Adjustments - Location 1

We are now solely using the black screen as our main performance scene. We feel that this works more effectively within our video as, although more mainstream, it has a more pop/rock feel, so the black mise-en-scene works better. 

We decided to try the concept out in our college but the black screen was not wide enough however this is not the one that we are anticipating to use for the actual piece. Therefore we conducted an experiment with the background but also with lighting. We used two professional white lights and played around as to where they created the best effect on our artist. We tried one of the lights in the shot behind our artist, to create an outline of our artist. This is a similar concept used in many music videos such as my research in Kelly Clarkson's video. From the picture she was able to use numerous lights as they had a big studio however with our resources we will use one light but we aim to create a similar effect. 

Slide 5 of the presentation displays the initial shots that we tried as we had an issue of using a back light but at the same time we wanted to see the actress' face. However we found a side light was too strong as it is evident from the picture so we had to try different ideas. We tried using an overhead light but again we found the light too intense however we found a solution to the problem by solely using the light behind the actress but then having a large white screen facing the artist so that the light reflected onto her front. 

Therefore this experiment was successful in trying out the black background and the lighting. We tried some test shots and did some panning around the actress that looked very effective and professional. Additionally we got a purple glint of the lens of the camera which added to the overall effect. 

We also tried dimming the lighting and then making it even brighter at the chorus which worked well; we will be able to use this in our project to create a faster pace, also using pans to make the overall scene visually appealing to our audience.