Task 9 - Resubmitted

Planning the video

To plan our video we first of all chose the song so we brainstormed our idea’s and eventually we came up with Thrift Shop by Macklemore. We chose this song because everyone knows it and it’s very catchy and upbeat. Using this song will also appeal to our young target audience as most of them will know this song well.

To come up with our idea’s we just thought of stupid silly things that could go in there that would fit with the music and appeal to the target audience so again we brain stormed our ideas on a3. To allocate roles we went out with the camera to do test shots, when this happened only 2 out of 4 students were in. This then left me to do the filming and Asha to do the acting, doing this made the roles fall into place. The other 2 people that weren’t in they then helped me film & edit the video.

Pre - Production

Before filming we had to fill in pre-production documents, this included risk assessments and cast & crew list. As a group all of us completed the documents, we thought it would be easier doing it all together rather than allocating one person to do one thing etc. Both documents were important because they both protected the safety of the cast and crew during filming. The risk assessments contained potential risks & hazards that we could encounter while filming, the filming could not be started without the risk assessments.

Equipment

During our filming we didn’t use a lot of equipment; we only used a video camera & tripod. For some parts of the video we used a Nikon D3100 and a tripod for that as some weeks we couldn’t get a video camera.

Filming

When it came to filming everything went well and according to plan although we didn’t get a chance to film all the things we wanted to as we didn’t have enough people to film with, this was a downside to the video since we were a small group. We also didn’t have enough weeks to actually film the parts we wanted too, this would be an improvement to make if we ever wanted to make another video. All of the group helped when filming except the actor because he was in the video at all times, the actors were also in every week; this means that every week we were able to record something without a problem.

Problems we encountered

During our filming the only problems we encountered was that we couldn’t film in most of the places we wanted to because we needed private permission from the property owners.

Editing

The editing took us a while to do because for most of the video the actor was mouthing the words, this made it harder to place into the video because the timing had to be precise. We also filmed a lot of footage which took quite a while to capture into the programme on the laptop; we then had to cut the pieces we wanted to use to place into the video. Placing the parts into the video wasn’t really a problem as I did most of the editing so there wasn’t really anyone to discuss where the parts went.

Overall

The target audience for our music video is young adults; the reason for this is because it’s modern popular chart music that appeals to young adults and using Asha and Aaron as the actors allows the audience to relate to the video as they are young adults themselves.

The props we used for the music video were all supplied by our group and we used a video camera & tripod to film it. Using different props and locations helped vary the video instead of having it in one place making it more interesting.

Overall I think our video worked well and our teamwork really showed within the outcome. We had a lot of fun making & producing the video. If i were to redo this task again I would get more people involved & make sure we film all the things planned instead of missing things out because of timing apart from that everything was fantastic.