Shoot Day

Our shoot day went very well. I drove up to the station in the morning and parked my car and was in Waterloo by 10am, our meeting time. Unfortunately a few people were late so we didn't start our shoot until 11am, however I used the hour I had spare to scout for any more locations on south bank. I managed to find some lovely spots such as a colourful art wall as well as a great spot by the river. We started the day at the top of South Bank where we shot the dance that Josh and Gracie had choreographed with help from myself and Ben's direction. We ended up building quite a crowd due to the talent of the dancers which gave the performers lots of energy but luckily the crowd did not effect and of the shots. Myself and Gabe (my friend who came to help us shoot) politely told people to walk behind the shot whilst Ben was shooting this part of the video.

Sorting out equipment before the shoot

After shooting this for about an hour we we walked down south bank to our second location which was a large brick wall, we managed to get some great shots with the slider we had on hand which also helped for stabilisation. Our good friend, Jacky, was also on hand to help the process and brought along his shoulder rig and Canon 5D which was fantastic help as the shots were exceptionally stable.

Providing the dancers with warm coats between takes

After this we stopped for a snack break as we were all getting hungry so we ate some food to refuel and we were on our way again. We were very lucky with the weather as it did not rain at all so we could get all the shots we wanted. Me and Gabe both brought along our bluetooth speakers so we were able to play the song out loud for the dancers so they could hear it above the busy London crowds so they could stay in time. This worked really well as the dancers could get into the dance due to the volume of the speaker.

Directing the dancers

As a whole the day went exceptionally well and we got some great footage in the limited time we had. We are now looking forward to filming the performance on our given shoot day of the 13th November.