Research For Live Event

In order to visually imagine my set design for the music show i will have to research into various other live music events that have been filmed, but i will be concentrating on mainly on new and current live events that have used multi camera setup. I will be looking for idea's and various equipment that may benefit the show i plan on looking for events such as festivals and gigs performed in small locations on a very basic stage. The bands will be performing in Fielden Campus in one of the classrooms so looking at gig setups will be suited to the bands we will be filming.



After searching online for various ways to set up my set design i seen this which is a three piece band
performing in a similar environment that our bands will be performing in. The set up is relatively small and looks like they have a black curtain round the the band with a typical set up of the drummer being set up at the back and the guitarist and bass playing at the front. The reason this video caught my eye was with the lights on the floor round the curtain which gives the set a nice glow from the floor. This gives me and idea to set up this for one of the bands because it is already very similar. When watching this video i also noticed that they used multiple cameras to film this with the main camera being the wide shot and then another camera stood on a tripod getting still shots from the band, meanwhile there is also another camera which is handheld which gives the shot a more personal feel and can offer some great shots although can make the shot very unsteady, this is another idea that i may use for my music performance.





One thing that i wouldn't want to do which is seen here when filming Mumford And Sons is that even though they are using a live multi camera set up and switching between shot to shot and only one of the camera's is on a tripod meanwhile two of the shots are handheld and not steady which means the camera is constantly moving round side to side which is quite uncomfortable to watch. Although the close ups on each of the band members i do like as well as the static wide shot behind the audience. The set is very basic but is wide which enables for each member of the band to stand on line with each other which means that its easier to film close ups and being able to see everyone in shot constantly.





One thing that i believe can get fantastic shots when filming live music in a multi camera setup is when a camera is on a crane and can get excellent high angle shots of not only the main singer but can get great moving shots of the band behind the lead vocalist such as in this video where it shows and opening shot of the pianist then as it moves out it gets a high angle shot of the rest of the band. This is brilliant and i would love to be able to have this for my music shoot, but the cost of the equipment is very expensive which means that we couldn't purchase one although i believe that if we have a camera on a track and maybe raise it to eye level it would get some great shots in.

I like the colours used in this song by Olly Murs once again this is shot live and i like the way the colours constantly change in the background to various colours. I would like to have lights for my show behind the  musicians. Also the way the band is shaped is also  interesting and i may inherit that also into my music show in order for everyone to be seen having them in a horse shoe shape with the main drummer at the back and the lead singer at the front .