I'm doing a music video for one of my close friends next month and I'm getting a little nervous about it. The guys in this band are really serious musicians (one of them has done some producing, and is the drummer for a really well-known regional band).
The big shoot I'm worried about is the one where we're getting all the band shots (there will be some other filler scenes that should be much simpler to get). We have an awesome location (abandoned Cold War-era military base), but it does mean some logistical challenges (including a lack of power and a lot of potential dangers).
As it stands right now, I'm looking at only bringing along one other person besides the band to help out, who will act as a PA and an AD. Part of that is because it's a dangerous place and I'd like to keep to a minimum the number of people who are there, and part of it is because I just want to keep things really simple. Basically I'm going to get master shots from a few different angles with my tripod and then do as many takes as I can with my Flycam for each individual location we set up in (I'm hoping for 3, but realistically we may only do 2). We're going for a specific look and between those two I think we'll be able to get it.
I guess I'm basically asking if only going up there with two crew members (including myself) is insane. It's a one-day shoot, I plan on keeping craft services pretty simple (I'll probably try to get someplace local to donate subs or something that will keep easily in a cooler, plus things like granola bars, fruit, coffee, etc.), and then we'll all probably grab dinner at the end of the day. The guys in the band can do a little here or there if absolutely necessary, particularly when I'm doing close-ups of each member.
Any advice on this would be really awesome.
The big shoot I'm worried about is the one where we're getting all the band shots (there will be some other filler scenes that should be much simpler to get). We have an awesome location (abandoned Cold War-era military base), but it does mean some logistical challenges (including a lack of power and a lot of potential dangers).
As it stands right now, I'm looking at only bringing along one other person besides the band to help out, who will act as a PA and an AD. Part of that is because it's a dangerous place and I'd like to keep to a minimum the number of people who are there, and part of it is because I just want to keep things really simple. Basically I'm going to get master shots from a few different angles with my tripod and then do as many takes as I can with my Flycam for each individual location we set up in (I'm hoping for 3, but realistically we may only do 2). We're going for a specific look and between those two I think we'll be able to get it.
I guess I'm basically asking if only going up there with two crew members (including myself) is insane. It's a one-day shoot, I plan on keeping craft services pretty simple (I'll probably try to get someplace local to donate subs or something that will keep easily in a cooler, plus things like granola bars, fruit, coffee, etc.), and then we'll all probably grab dinner at the end of the day. The guys in the band can do a little here or there if absolutely necessary, particularly when I'm doing close-ups of each member.
Any advice on this would be really awesome.
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