Problems faced on our shoots

We faced a few problems in each of our shoots, but on the whole managed to resolve them to make sure everything ran as smoothly as possible:

Album Cover Photo Shoot:

For our album cover shoot, our plan was to shoot the front cover in a bath. Our problem was lighting, we were not able to take photography lights home, and instead had to use lights normally used for filming and getting lights at the right angle not to reflect the water seemed like it might be a struggle, on top of the fact getting the lights wet was a hazard!
- We managed to rectify this by using only 1 light faced up at the ceiling and it lit the whole bathroom, including the bath, giving us the type of lighting in the shot we wanted. 

The rest of our shots for album cover were done in our school studio, and because we wanted some shots of us covered in water, we had to find a way to make sure we did not leave the studio floor soaking wet, or damage any equipment.
- We all brought towels in to wipe up any water, and put down on the floor to ensure the water did not spread and we mopped up any leftover water off the floor at the end of our shoot.

 

   

Brick Lane Video Shoot:

After having done our location reccie, we realised that some of our locations would be very busy on a Sunday so close to Brick Lane, because that is market day around the Brick Lane area. We also only had a limited amount of time for the days in Brick Lane, because we needed the shots to be light, and so we had to be finished by 16.30 and on top of that we had to fit in with our dancer's needs and work with him to make sure he was happy.
 - We ensured we had notified him months in advance of the days and times that we wanted him, and he confirmed early on, meaning that there were no concerns on the day and everyone knew when and where they were wanted. We also made a shoot schedule so we could make sure we took all our shots on time and to the schedule so that there was no fear of running past 16.30. 
- In regards to the number of people, many people realised we were shooting and just walked around us, whilst some thought we were selling equipment on the side of the road, so we had to ensure we kept an eye on all our things the whole time.

Studio Band Shoot:

This run quite smoothly other than the fact that we did not keep to our schedule at the beginning of the shoot because it took us longer to set up the studio, and do hair and make up than expected, so we had to try and get easy shots done more quickly in order to make sure we had enough time to get all our shots done and had enough time to work on longer shots.Alice, the drummer, was not used to the song and occasionally found it difficult to play to the beat.
- We were able to catch up on time later on and the shoot ran more quickly and smoothly than expected once we started getting into the swing of things. Although an extra 10 minutes was taken from the schedule to get Alice playing the drums to the beat, so that in the video she would not look out of time.

Hospital Scene Shoot:

We faced a similar problem of water on the studio floor, as in one the shots Arianna spits water at one of her nurses, and we had not brought towels along, so had to use coats and other items on the floor to make sure not too much water went on the floor. 

The bed we had bought for the studio was quite unstable, especially when we put it on two platforms to make it higher and Arianna was nervous that it would break.
- To solve this, we put tape around the bed, strapping it down to the platform, to ensure the bed would not fall of the platform and to make it more stable.