The Video! - Equipment/Props

The creation of our music video required lots of props and equipment to create a realism effect about the mise-en-scene of the location. Listed below are all the props used when recording the band shots to help our music video gain a more realistic feel to create an overall better quality production for the viewer:

• Drum kit (An example of the drum kit used)
• Two guitars (Stret + Fender)
• Two Mic stands, standard size.
• Two Microphones (An example of a similar mic used)
• Two Amplifiers (An example of a similar amp used)
• Lighting effects produced by ceiling screen lights *(spot light)
• Drawn large black curtains to reduce background attraction
• Specific clothing choice - to fit with genre of music (rock)

The camera we used was a 480p HD handheld video recorder.

The reason for using this camera was simple; it was easily accessable and did not require any form of transport to be re-located. The camera was of a high quality (480p) and worked fantastically with a small grain over to recreate a great production. The fact the camera was HD was an added bonus, giving a better quality of imagery and in a higher definition with more pixels. The camera could also be used for still shots incredibly easily, as it was accessable to most tripods. Due to the camera being small enough to be handheld, it could also be used fantastically for moving imagery, such as pans and wide based free handed shots - this gave us a broader range of shots to create a better overall production.

This camera is also very easy to use when editing/reconstructing the shots taken. The shots are easy to edit with such effects as blooms and wide pans as the pixel count is high. The high definition also means the quality of the video is not lost if a zoom is necessary - this was an added bonus for the close ups used throughout our video. Close ups are a convention used in almost any music video and hence this was a necessity for us, this camera allows us to play around with the close ups and edit some of them in after the shots had been taken rather than creating the shot on the day.