Shows to look at for shooting music are things such as Jonathan Ross, Alan Carr: Chatty Man, X Factor, and of course the master of them all Top Of The Pops. We actually watched an episode of TOTP in this lecture so that we could analyse what happened with various acts. Different styles of music require different types of shooting; for example, when Beyonce was performing on TOTP, she danced around a lot and had a band and back up dancers behind her. So for the most part the shots were either close ups of Beyonce herself dancing, with fast cuts to wide shots of the whole ensemble.
Shooting music is basically one performance captured on several cameras; in our case it will be three cameras. The camera shots should be fully planned so it is engaging and reflects the music.The speed of music effects the speed that the cutting should be.
Shooting music is driven by the audio rather than the visuals; this is a contrast to the interview and demo that we will be shooting, which are more about the visuals.
Camera scripts will focus on musical queues so that the editing matches up with the pace and beats in the music. It is helpful to know how to read music, however this is not necessary.
With the music item, because the musicians in our case are not moving; it is always nice to get contrasting shots together rather than similar ones. This way the viewer will find the music item more exciting and interesting to watch; this will keep their attention.
Using various strange angles such as extreme profiles or low angles can make the piece very interesting to watch. Extreme close ups of the instruments and singers gives detail to the shoot and allows for breaks whilst the other cameras can change their camera shots.
A music script is similar to a camera script for an interview; it is one sides so that the shots are clear and so that there is space for notes.
Here is an example of what we looked at in terms of camera scripts for shooting music:
With these scripts they always have to have a front cover. The front cover details everyone involved in the production and the details of the shoot. Here is the example we were given:
My Reflection
I found today very helpful. Any work that we are doing on scripts I find useful because I have never done any script work before. I think that shooting the music will allow us to experiment with the camera script a lot and use more interesting angles than what we are going to do with the interview and demonstration. We are working hard towards our final product and so any knowledge that I can take on board is going to be useful. We are going to work as a group to do our scripts, this way we will all have a chance for input and also learning how to layout the scripts.
You Learn Something New Everyday
The script is everything!
Speak Soon!
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