Technical Props- Induced Framing

This is an idea our director Micheal Burrin designed to help us to film knowing that afterwards we will convert all the filming to widescreen. as the camera shoots in standard digital (4:3) ratio we will have to work out in our heads how much of the top and bottom will be cut off during filming. 

Using 2 piece of dark tape we have been able to map out onto the camera monitor a widescreen canvas approximate to the 16:9 aspect ratio commonly associated with widescreen films. this means that when we begin shooting we can see clearly defined on screen what we will later cut out. This helps us to control the framing of the band members and get the shots that we need.