Boy band shoot

This post shows the pros and cons of our boy band shoot so that we could identify what worked well and what we needed to improve on for the next shoots.
The timing of our shoot was during our lessons and over lunch. This meant that we had a very specific time frame to work within. Through careful planning we were able to successfully get all the shoots we had planned for. In this shoot we accounted for changing, shots as well as freestyle where we were able to shoot new ideas that had come to us during the filming. This section was particularly effective as during the film when we were performing we thought of more iconic shots to use we could use throughout the video.
Originally we filmed the dance routine as a whole routine.  We repeated we perform and shoot the whole dance however, after several takes we realised that this was not the most effective way to shoot that section as we were not always in time with each other. To correct this situation we shot individual dances sections which allowed us to be completely in time with each other.
During the shoot we found in quite hard to know how to act during the performance. We looked at our inspirations again so that we could replicate iconic hand gestures and facial expressions. From the start we had decided to make the boy-band section quite sad and dramatic in order to create more comedic effect. Our main influence for emotions and how to convey these feelings was 'Gotta be you' by One Direction. During the shoot we watched this in order to remind ourselves of the type of feelings we needed to convey- this was very helpful and helped to uplift the shoot
Due to careful and detailed pre planning of the shoot we were able to gather all the shoots we need in a relatively short shoot. After watching the footage after during the editing stage the only problem that we had was a few of the shots were un focused. However, we managed to over come this by the ordering that we used the shots and adding a black and white effect. Overall the shoot was very successful and we feel this is shown in the quality of our boy-band shots.
Overall I feel that the success was a great successful and we worked the most efficiently on this shoot with the time available. We used our past experiences to see where we went wrong and what to improve on.