Filiming ideas

After the feedback from Ford and Freason we realise what what we need to do to get up to the marks we need. We are thinking about re storyboarding it out and possibly changing people in the band.
We have looked at the inspirational material we had and have decided to do something which is a dark and complex idea, possibly back to the idea of an argument and a party and the after Mathe-the extras would be easily picked because we can use people which we trust and therefore people that we can manage! but also people who Will be natural in front of the camera! We do have the issue that the band members (excluding the lead singer) will not be in the film so we will have to think of a way to avoid this however (referring to Verve, Bitter sweet symphony) they only have Richard Ashcroft in there.
We have decided to use different software and hardware. We originally were filming with a Canon 500 D however we have thought about it and we do not like the effect it gives in terms of zooming in and panning. As the 500 D is a still camera it doesn't always focus well on moving things, the panning doesn't seem to work (for me it is static). We will now film with a film DVD recorder which we believe will give a better effect and in turn will give a clearer stronger image. We did consider filming to start with with the DVD recorder however and this is my own fault I thought out of being so naive that the Canon because of it having a better Len's and possibly because it is an SLR that i should use it and it would give a better image. I was wrong with these thoughts and I have learnt that I should use them as A. it damages the camera as you film because the Len's is not meant to be used like so, and B. It is an SLR so it will focus upon what you tell it to.
We will now begin to storyboard again and we know this is going to be hard work but I believe that it needs to happen! looks like alot of long nights and early mornings as the dealine creeps its way forward into the very very close future!