Lost footage

Stupidly after spending so much time on stage with Ben I have managed to lose my performance footage!! I didn't realise that I already had files with the same name as the footage on my laptop when I was copying my narrative footage onto my computer and I managed to delete the performance files.
Whilst this is somewhat annoying and frustrating in every way, it does give my a chance to re-shoot and improve on the footage. Reflecting back on the footage I realised that actually all of my shots were static and whilst they varied in distance, they were perhaps a bit boring and unadventurous when I could be making them more exciting.
My plan for re-shooting my footage will be to again try to get hold of the stage as the back drop and location for my shoot, but this time instead of just using static shots I will also experiment with some movement.
As with the last shoot, I found that it was effective to make every shot a 'master' shot, covering the whole song so that it gave Ben a chance to get a feel for the music and also so that his lip-syncing flowed more naturally within the footage.

 

One addition to the performance footage that I want to make is to do with extreme close up shots, such as the one featured above. I've decided that to help tie my music video into my promotional print work, it may be effective to include various extreme close up shots of different parts of Ben's face and body throughout the performance footage. These shots could then be used to make up sections of my digipak or advert. I also think that it will make the performance footage more abstract and a bit more interesting, fitting well into Ed's quirky personality. 

I am currently just waiting on Ben to have some spare time to be able to re-shoot this footage.