Health And Safety Review Part 1

This is the health and safety review I created for filming the band on the weekend and also for when I was to film the narrative.

Filming

On the journey to the filming location, I had to be careful when crossing the roads. There was a danger that I could've been hit by a car. To avoid this, I looked before crossing and even crossed at traffic lights whenever they were available.

I also had to be careful of not dropping the camera whilst I was filming. I also had to be careful of not tripping over wires, as the band rehearsal studio had several wires on the floor. To avoid tripping over and humiliating myself, I looked where I was walking and avoided going to the areas where the wires were.

The band were also playing for me live, so the noise of the instruments playing were very loud. There was a danger that my hearing could've been affected. To avoid this, I was going to bring a set of ear plugs for when the band played.

For the narrative, I have a person running, so I have to do it in small takes in case the person trips over. This could result in an injury, so that is why the takes are going to be brief.

Props / Costumes

The prop's needed for the shoot are: a guitar, a microphone, a drumkit and whatever instruments the rest of the band members play. We would also need a poster advertising the band's gig. A watch would also be needed for the narrative side of the video.

In terms of the costumes, the band members will be performing in casual clothes. The person in the narrative would also be wearing casual clothes.

Creating The Storyboard

Storyboard

As my music video is a performance, it also has a narrative. I had to storyboard the person running to get to the gig on time. This was the easiest part to do as I knew exactly what shot types I wanted and it was also easy to draw. Drawing the band's performance was the hardest part. I had to draw each band member from a different angle and since i am not the best drawer in the world, this was very hard to do. I managed to draw most of the shots, but in the end i gave up and instead wrote a shot list.

Shot List

These are the different camera angles we are hoping to get whilst filming the band's performances.

1) A mid-shot of the band playing together
2) A mid shot of the band playing from behind
3) A mid shot of the vocalist
4) a close up of the vocalist's face
5) A side on shot of the vocalist
6) A pan around shot of the vocalist
7) A pan around shot of the guitarist
8) A pan around shot of the drummer
9) A mid-shot of the guitarist
10) A close up of the guitar itself
11) A high angle shot of the guitarist
12) A close up of the guitar (only the solo)
13) A mid-shot of the drummer
14) A close-up of the drummer
15) A high angle shot of the drummer

Animatic

I then worked on creating the animatic with the frames of the storyboard that I did draw out. Here is the finished version of the animatic, which I edited / created using FinalCut.



Having shown the animatic to the band, they were impressed with the look of the video and agreed to let me carry on with the plans for the video. Their only concern was with me filming the narrative and I said I would start planning that after I had filmed them during their rehearsal on the weekend.

Filming Date

Having spoken with the band, we decided that I decided that I would not film them during the latest gig at The Junction Fiver. This was due to the fact that I was unable to get the necessary permission to film at the Fiver and would be unable to get the necessary footage to get the video to work. In the end, I negotiated with the band and I agreed to shoot footage of them rehearsing on the following Sunday, in preparation for their next gig.