Test Shoot

Changing Outfit Test Shoot - DONE :)

In out triple lesson on Thursday we practiced some of the shots we are hoping to do in our video. We found a gorilla costume in the media prop cupboard, so decided to use it to make our test shoot more interesting. The shots where to test out some techniques of costume and location chan Here are the results...

The Lampost Shot - Walking past a lampost we are going to try and cut and change the actors costume with a replica shot and croping the shots in editing. I think that this test shot was relatively effective, but it did move and we could not have that in our final project, so we will try and shoot it, but we will cut it if its wrong. The editing is tedious and minute camera movements are clearly noticeable, however the rewards of implementing a shot like this could really boost our videos style and technical calibre.

Changing Cotsume Shot -This is a technique where our actress walks towards the camera and along one long take (shot multiple times in alternate costumes) her clothes change, hopefully as smoothly as possibly. In the test I think that the changes where not subtle and therefore where ineffective. I want to have multiple costume takes of each shot, so that this technique i an option, but again I reckon it will not come out too smoothly unless we take care with each shot. I want to try and use this technique in the final project.

The Person Wipe - This is where we shoot our actress walking fom the same angle, twice in different costume and possibly in a different location. Then by getting someone to walk in front of the shot, close to the camera we can edit the shot so that it appears the person pasing is a wipe and the change of location or costume looks fluid. Essentially if pulled off this shot is stylish and an effective way of moving the video on. I think that we can do this, and that it will look good. The test shot is pretty effective on our second take, and now we know what to be careful about doing the same and how to shoot it. I think that its likely this technique will make it into our final cut.