On Location Promo Shoot

To prepare us for the real shoot, Vivian and Josh got into consume and we went to a green area near school. We captured a few test shots to see if the ideas we had for the website and album cover were actually realistic prospects. Below are a few of the shots we took:

We happened our first proper promo shoot location by chance. We were en route to Grovelands park, from school when we noticed that it was beginning to get darker. Realising that we wouldn't get to Grovelands Park in time we explored a more local green, being lucky enough to find an ideal forest location. 

Due to lack of precis planning, we hadn't allocated time for Josh and Vivian to get changed into costume beforehand, so we took up some of the little time we had, letting them get changed. In anticipation of the dark, we had with us, a flash attachment for the camera. This allowed us to capture a few extreme long shots of the artists with the forest engulfing their surroundings. Therefore, achieving our primary aim of the shoot. 

Unfortunately, although we had the flash, the shots were still too dark when we came to review them. They had a very artistic feel to them, fitting the artist's style perfectly, but they weren't up to the qualitative standards that we were aiming for. So, we decided upon a re shoot in a couple of days time.

Learning from our previous mistakes, we all arrived at the location much earlier on the next shoot day, with Josh and Vivian already in costume to avoid wasting time. In addition, we also brought along a tripod for the camera, which will aid in keeping the camera stable and allow us to pump out shots much quicker. Due to the time of day, there was no requirement for a flash attachment. The natural light was more useful than expected as there were rays of light shining through the trees, giving off a really authentic and stylised look on camera. The tripod served its purpose for a few shots but we ended up going back to freehand after a while. Again, we achieved our primary objective of capturing the extreme long shots, but this time we also got a range of other shots as well. These shots did eventually go on to be used in our final products - the website and album cover and was therefore, a great success.