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To choose what style of editing i would carry out when coming to do the band promotion video i decided ask around my friendship group and some of my colleagues at college. As they are my target age group i thought the best way to find out what interviews they see and like was to ask them. I found that majority of people watched interviews of bands on tv channel MTV and that others watched videos they come across on the internet. As MTV seemed a specific source i looked into how their interviews take place to get ideas of how I’m going to shoot my own. I found out that MTV also give unsigned bands the oppotunity to be interviewed and go on television on MTV2.

When watching an interview with an unsigned band i noted that the interview runs as long as one of their songs do and along side their interview you can hear their music. between shots of them talking ou can see the group rehearsing in their garage. i liked the way MTV cut between the band talking and them performing as it kept me entertained when watching. I also noticed that i never heard the interviewer talk, only the band answering the questions. telling us about themselves, the local area, the oppotunities they had and so forth. The interview was short and sweet and i thought it was ideal to recreate in a simular style for my group as the viewer wouldn’t get bored with the style its shot.

As i had booked a gig for the band at local venue The Square i thought it would be ideal to shoot the interview in the lounge area downstairs. I would have plenty of time to shoot them before the loud music came on and the relaxed enviroment i felt would give a laid back appearance. I then would film the actual performance so i could later on edit all the footage together.

I tested the camera before I met the group to see what the sound quality was like filming from a distance. i discovered that the microphone built into the camera produce a high quality and clear sound which then provides me with less equipment to carry to the concert. To film the performance itself i realised that the music would be too loud and that sound clipping may occur. The Square provides a live recording facility on their mixing desks so i was going ask them for a recording of the gig that i could sync up with the visual later on.