Production & Rehearsals evidence

After finalising our shoot schedules, we spent time in the studio in order to set up the correct lighting, adjusting and focusing the lights in the correct positions for our shoot. In the sound and lighting booth, we used the zero-88 lighting console to adjust and create specific pre-sets to ensure continuity and easier set-up when returning to the studio.

Me coordinating sound & lighting during the first shoot

 Whilst preparing in the studio, we also set up a simple HD camera on a tripod so that after trialling each lighting pre-set, we could play it back on the camera display to ensure that it looked professional and was thee look we wanted to achieve- highlighting both sbjects in the shot.

Seb Taking control of the camera

This experience also gave us a chance to gain a sense of the space we were working with in the studio- we noticed that on camera, the lighting made the actors look much closer together, and as a result, we adjusted the spacing of the set.

Lighting Test

By conducting a lighting test, we were able to both experiment with different lighting styles- altering colour and intensity to see which matched the artist aesthetic best, as well as seeing how the artists appeared on Camera, and on the big screen.




After reviewing our footage from the lighting test that we wanted to retain the artistic feel of the video by keeping a minimalist black and white theme- using intense clear lighting for the white shots, and dimmer warmer focused spotlights for the black shots.