On Saturday over the weekend, I got together with my club
(Gender-Sexuality Alliance) and filmed the photoshoot that went on! A brief
summary of what went on/the executive decisions I made while filming:
- When I
arrived and myself/the other officers were setting up, I immediately took
out my phone and started recording. I got a lot of good stock footage of
the set up/the hard work that everyone put into it and the very blatant
passion/happiness that they exuberated while putting it together.
- While
filming footage of everyone changing/getting their makeup done/hanging
around, I realized that because there was music playing, it was going to
ruin the footage’s sense of continuity within editing. I immediately had
to be the cranky grandfather that turned the music off whenever I was
filming - luckily, no one seemed to mind too much.
- I got
(what looked to be) great footage of the individuals getting their makeup
done. I also held impromptu interviews with the makeup artists/subjects
while it was being done that I think will make a great addition to put
into it.
- I went
for a very casual, handheld look with lots of movement in order to create
intimacy between the trifecta of myself, the subjects and the situation
itself.
- I
periodically pulled aside the subjects that I wanted to interview aside to
ask them questions; I slightly regret not using a tripod to film the
interviews, mainly because my arms got very tired and I feel as though I
could have been a better interviewer if I wasn’t so focused on holding
steady and channeling mental effort into keeping my arms up. The footage
itself didn’t come out too poor or shaky, so I’m not too worried about
that.
- I made
an executive decision in the moment to film myself talking to the camera
in order to place a face to the name, set context, and establish myself as
the figure and documentarian physically stepping into the world that I’m
shedding light upon. I had my friend Chris, who is also in AICE Media
Studies A level, film it because I know that he has some sense of how to
film professionally/properly.
- Finally,
I of course got footage of the photographer taking pictures of all of the
subjects – particularly (or maybe even limited to) the interviewees I
questioned.
I’m excited and fond of the footage I got and excited to
edit it and put it all together!
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