Shoot: Filming Narrative

For our performance we decided to use an urban environment in order to relate the surroundings to the lyrics. For our verse shoots we chose an area which we believe would be effective, however when looking back at our footage with Mel it is clear that the surroundings did not achieve that effect which we desired. As well Mel informed us that a wider variety of shots will be necessary in order to entertain the audience. The screen grab below highlights one of the typical shots that we used in our filming, which reveals how the distance between camera and actors was too great making the connection between audience and "artists" weak and boring. Therefore in our next shoot we have decided to use the graffiti location which we used for our CD cover, this creates a stronger image making the visuals have a larger impact on the audience. Also Mel told us that the rapper's costume should appear more dominant therefore, throughout the shoot his hood will be up portraying an urban image.