ATG Re-shoot Prep!

This post shows how we overcame the obstacles in the first shot and used our re-shot to our advantage,
After an unsuccessful first ATG shoot we booked a re-shoot to make amends and to collect better footage. One of the main problems that we felt was wrong with the original shoot was the backdrop. Going into preparation for our second shoot we still wanted a backdrop with out name as we wanted to be easily recognised as well as wanted all our set ups to be completely different. The main problem before the was the colour of the backdrop as it was too bright to be seen properly, so we booked a slot in the studio to test different backdrops. We found 6 different backdrops that we could use, downloaded them and went to the studio. We tested all the projections on both the studio projector as well as a portable projector. All the sides had different issues which meant that they couldn't be used. The slides were either too small, blurry or too light. However, as we had planned in advanced to test to slides we were able to come up with a different concept. We used the remainder of the studio time to test different coloured lights. After testing lots of different colour combinations we decided to use a bright pink. Although this was a much simpler idea that our original we were all agreed as we felt that our idea was already quite complicated so a simple backdrop would look good.
Another problem we faced was our performance skills. In the first shoot we were all very far apart from each other we didnt make us look very united as a band. We looked at past girl bands to see how we could perform better as a band as well as making the performance more interesting. Our man focus was around the iconic girl bands on the 2000s such as girls aloud, spice girls and sugababes.

With this video we liked how either though it was fully choreographed that had simple moves,such as moving their hips together, made them look more like a group rather than solo singers. We liked how they were all relatively close to each other showing their closeness as a band. That was one of the major issues with us was how far apart we were form each other. Furthermore there was just a lot of energy from all the girls even when the music was slower. We looked at this carefully and copied this as we needed to keep up the energy in out song during the slightly slower bits.

common performance themes ran throughout these videos.

As far as our costumes went we were all happy with how they looked on camera so we kept them the same. We practised putting on our glitter before the shot so that we spent less time getting ready allowing us more time to shoot. This proved very beneficial.

Furthermore we also created a shot schedule that allowed plenty of time for us to get all the shots that we needed.  

We learnt a lot from our first shoot and we felt much more prepared for our second shoot.