Filming Technique

Whilst watching the music video to You Me At Six- Gossip (above) I noticed that the majority of the music video were dolly shots, I wondered how they made the dolly shots seem so smooth and professional even though it was a low budget music video. So I then decided to research in to the filming technique that they used.

I used Google to see behind the scene photographs which would show the

band filming, I came across a couple of photographs which show the equipment that they used whilst filming the with the dolly. The photograph on the right was taken from www.myspace.com/edinfocus. The camera was placed

on a poll with wheels which was used for the dolly

shots, the artist was pushing the poll along to get the continuity shots for the different rooms.

I then decided to zoom in to the photograph to look more at the camera itself (screen shot on the left). Mask tape was used to stick the camera to the poll, which made the camera seem smooth. The rooms in the music video were dark because it was made to seem like a party, the lighting around the camera made the artist stand out from the extras at the party.

After researching this technique I have become more confident that even 'amateur' directors can create good and professional music videos.