The day had finally arrived to enter the green screen room and work with our actual artists. Although, complete, the Pockets are a group of four, upon consideration we decided it would be much easier to work with only the lead singer of the group. Reasons for this included:

• We had a very small space in which we were working
• The other band members weren’t as familiar with the song lyrics
• It would be easier to edit and cut between different shots smoothly and more effectively if it was all the same silhouette
• The shoot would take up less time for everyone if we were just working with the one member
• Finding a time where all four members were available was challenging with such a restricted timeframe to work within

Arriving at the green screen room an hour before our artist we had everything prepared and ready to film by the time he arrived. Dan, the lead vocalist of the group, was fantastic upon arrival and will to work with whatever we threw at him. It took a bit of time to get into the swing of things but once we had figured out the most effective way for him to be positioned in the frame and he had properly deciphered the concept and exactly what was required of him everything ran very smoothly.

Once everyone was comfortable with the setup we quickly realised that it didn’t take all that much time to get the various shots we required. Because of this we experimented more with the different props we had brought, tried different ways for Dan to enter and exit the frame, encouraged Dan to try more vibrant movements in certain sections etc. Pretty much, we realised we were much better off having too many takes to work with as a opposed to not enough and as no one knew how things were really going to come together during post, allowing ourselves options was one of the best things we could do.

We were able to wrap things up in around three hours and with plenty of material and lots of fun had playing around with props such as swimming caps, snorkels, earmuffs and blankets, we all left the green screen room in high spirits. We transferred our footage to the media server right away, returned all our gear and enjoyed some celebratory, well-earned brownies I had baked for the occasion.