Jacob Gill Improvements on first attempt

Improvements on first attempt

During our second attempt of filming we changed a great deal of things to film to the best of our ability. Firstly we changed our script around to create a loose relaxed feel to proceedings and giving the illusion of a true to life interview with a areal band. We also used interchanging angles and a bevy of shots to highlight the tone of the interviews as being formally like an interview but not a serious interview.

We also used more shots during filming so the film would not become stale and boring; we also used previous already filmed parts of the film as breakers in the interviews. Also the use of voiceovers to set the scene and to dictate the tone was used widely as the character of the interviewer was attempting to bring the viewer into the story of the band.

The second shoot also contained more rehearsal and therefore was a lot neater as a film, for instance people knew what to say, where to stand and how to act on camera to bring an authentic feel to the picture. The most valuable improvement though was the ability to pick up sound and music that the band where playing without distortion.

After the problems with the first attempt we learnt that the way to get this effect was to turn the mic pick up volume to low therefore louder sounds came in as normal, by doing this instead of dubbing over the music of a different already established band it gave the feel that the interview was again more authentic and more like it would be if a real band was being questioned on there roots etc.