Test Shoot

We had our test shoot on the 7th November, in the studio, to test out our lighting and the whole mise en scene of our studio shots. We focused on the mental hospital scenes, to test out the cyclorama and because the hospital scenes have the most complicated shots.

We did a test shoot and after completing it we learnt:

- The lighting that worked - in our hospital scenes, the infinite white really works on the camera we are using, and in our band scenes the lighting looks good, but we need to adjust the spotlights on each band member because there was too many shadows and the spotlights were slightly too dark.

- It took us 3 hours to set up the studio before we started filming, however it will be quicker when we do it for the real shoot, because we have had practise but we have to make sure we are efficient in setting up the studio to ensure we have enough time for shooting all 3 studio set ups.

- During our test shoot for the projection set up, we have lens flares either side of the projector, and we have to change the position of the bass and guitar players in the band because they were getting in the way of the lens flares, so we have had to rethink the set up of our band when they are performing.


Our group was really pleased we did a test shoot, because we now feel more positive about the real shoot and are happy with the mise en scene and lighting for most shots. We also got practise on the camera we will be using, so got ready for working with that and learning all the settings as well as practising using the dolly for moving shots, to make sure we get a lot of variety in our shots.