For
this transition task I have worked in a group with three other people in my
class to remake 60 seconds of an existing music video. The existing music video
we decided to remake was Stay the Night
by Zedd ft Hayley Williams. At the beginning of this task we assigned each
person in the group their roles, I was in charge of Mise-en-Scene. For my role
I made a table which included pictures and descriptions of what we needed to
include in our remake video for example a orange wig for the main role. After
all our pre-production work was done we began filming, starting with the main
part which was the shots with the singer in it. We used Talitha, who was also
our director, as the main part as she fitted the characteristics of the part.
For the two dancers in the video we also used Alex and Chloe, who were in
charge of the storyboard and the lyric timings, because they were also ideal
for the part. Alex was also used again for the piano player in the video.
Throughout
this task I have felt confident that we all worked to our best of our ability
therefore the good communication skills within our group we were organised and
finished our project on schedule.
Though when it came to editing, we had to add
in effects that were similar to the video. Our director in our group edited the
video and eventually got similar effects used in the video.
This
transition task has been fairly easy because I am also a film student so I
understand the pre-production work that is needed to ensure filming and editing
is planned. Although, next year I will be making the video on my own so I will
be doing everything myself. I will have more time to plan and look into more
detail when it comes to elements such casting and location.
This
task has helped me a great deal. This is because, even though I am a film
student, I felt more confident in filming and directing the actors where to
stand and what to do. I was the camera operator and because of the camera
training and previous knowledge I was able to film the music video correctly.
I
thought that our music video was a success. We achieved everything that we
wanted due to good teamwork and the skills that were needed to create this
video. The final product is produced to
our best limit with what we had compared to the real video through the use of
Cinematography, Editing, Sound and Mise-en-scene.
Before
this task I was a little apprehensive about making the music videos at A2
because I was worried I would not produce a video as good as what I have seen
from previous years. But after this task I am confident on developing into A2
because I have realised that as long as I am organised and on schedule then I
am going to progress very well.
The
best thing about my final product that I like is the effects that have been put
on to match the ones in the video. I like how they are so similar to the
original video which makes our final product look more realistic.
Overall I have really enjoyed this project because of the
hard work our team did together to get to our final product. The final music
video was success and reflects our work as a team and shows that we are more
prepared for the A2 level. This task has also helped me as an individual to be
more confident in filming and directing and will be more confident in projects
like this.
