MiniVid - First Shoot

entrance and hallway

We did our first shoot on the 21st of June. In this shoot we decided to do all the group shots needed. We chose to do this then as it was a time in school that was very convenient to get lots of people involved and able to participate. We used the main entrance at school to film it as there is a wide corridor where lots of people can walk. Also there are doors which open automatically, and this fits in well with our story line as it emphasises the main character as it seems to open for him, enhancing the big ego traits he is meant to have.

group shots

We asked groups of friends to be in our MiniVid and quite a lot of people were willing to participate. However, as the shoot started to go on longer than expected people got impatient about taking part. The shoot taking longer seemed to be due to people walking through shots as we were stood in the main entrance. This is obviously something to be expected, but we should've taken it into consideration. 

another location

Another location we used was the stairs at the end of the corridor. Here we got Jake to slide down the corridor instead of waiting for people to move on the stairs. This worked effectively and linked well into the next location of him walking down the next corridor. In our first shoot we used props such as scrunched up paper balls and a football. Both of these were thrown at Jake to attempt to distract him. I think the football worked very effectively as we then cut to a shot of him casually knocking it away with his head which looked effortless and added to the personality he was giving off. 

another location