- Plan, Plan, Plan - Ensure you plan for everything to make sure you make the best out of your filming because there is nothing worse than turing up on location to find out you have forgotten the cameras or the tripods. Make a list and then check everything off once they are loaded into the car to be transported to the location.
- Know Your Equipment - You need to make sure you know the limits and capabilities of the equipment you wish to use because if you want to shoot a extreme close up there is noting worse than the image coming out all fuzzy because the camera isn't good enough.
- Shoot More Than You Need - Pete advised us to shoot from a multitude of different angles with multiple cameras to ensure you get good quality usable footage. He advised to run through what needed filming a minimum of 4 times to ensure you get footage you can use because at the end of the day you can cut off extra footage but you cannot add more!
- The Edit - Piece together a 'Rough Edit' where you can get all of the footage down on the page so it makes some kind of sense and once it is all there in order work down to all the tiny adjustments rather than focusing on small adjustments and then realising the bigger picture is all wrong.
- Use Other People - Gather tips and information from other peoples blogs other teachers and other music video directors as the more you know the more you can incorporate into your video and therefore the better it will be.
Pete Fraiser Tips
During the day off timetable Pete gave a talk on how to ensure you achieve the highest marks below are the points he raised and highlighted as important.
