OS - Skills - Planning - Brighton Reccie

Consider why the Reccie is an important part of planning?
The reccie is an important part of planning as you have a chance to see what type of shot look good before actually recording anything meaningful towards your music video. It gives us a chance to practice shots we may or may not use in our videos which is useful for when we come to shoot the actual music video.

What was the brief?
As a group we travelled down to the coast to visit Brighton, which gave us valuable time to practice shots in a completely different location. Our aim was to take around 10-12 shots, some of which we were set and others that were our own shots.

The shots we took were;
POV shot
High angle shot
Low angle shot
5 minute time lapse
Split frame shots
Medium long shots
Pull back focus shots
Panning shot
First person mode of address
Tracking shot
360 Panning shot

These are the shots we tried to do and we did most of them quite well. I particulary like the 360 panning shot as we do it in the middle of the pier and it makes me look overwhelemed by it all.

Where did you go and what did you do?
We went to Brighton Pier and the surround locations such as the beach and the lanes. This area was very useful as Brighton is such a photogenic city. We found a few alleys in which we recorded me running through them and into a locked door, which we had fun with using the cameras and getting new, interesting shots.


How are you going to use what you learned in the production of your music video?
As we experimented with so many different shots, we found out what worked and what didnt so the shots that we thought were good we may use in the final video, the ones we didnt find good we will not use. Hopefully this should help us waste time on shots we do not need and also improve the whole standard of our work.


When are you going to carry out the reccie for your music video?
We are planning to carry out a few reccie locations in the next week hopefully one of us will get down to Camber if not both of us and also i will go to a remote location such as the countryside just outside of Langton Green.