Music Video Remake Evaluation

Did you enjoy the workshop day? What were your best bits and why? 

Yes, I thoroughly enjoyed the entire day as I found I was never without
something to do. I especially enjoyed shadowing Harrison, our director, and gaining a better insight into his role on set, as well as working the camera for a couple of shots and feeding the wire. Most of all however I enjoyed my time on the other side of the camera, dancing as a whole group for the 'Union Jack' set ups, even though it got very tiring towards the end. Getting ready before-hand was also fun and I enjoyed helping others with their hair and make-up. Overall the experience of being involved in a semi-professional shoot was extremely rewarding and entertaining and a memory that I will remember for a long time.

What have you learnt from participating in each of the prelim tasks? 

Analysing a music video

Here I learnt the key conventions of a performance music video, in particular the technique and importance of discontinuous editing.  

Creating an audition video 

This was a probably the most fun prelim task and prepared me well for my performance on the day of the shoot. I learnt how to lipsynch and be more confident on camera and know what looks good.

Learning the performance 

This was also a very fun part of the project, as I enjoy dancing a lot. Being a principle dancer enabled me to help others learn the dance and I realised the importance of working as a team for the project.

Planning and organising costumes

The main lesson I learnt here was to immediately flag up issues I was having with gathering my costume as it would be a lot easier to resolve witht he help of others.

Are you pleased with the footage and your edit? Is it how you expected it to look? 

I am quite impressed with the footage as it looks a lot more professional than I thought it would do. The edit is also quite impressive as it matches up to the original video quite accurately. However there are certain shots we did not get and so had to work with what we had to the best of our abilities.

 

How do you think your prelim experiences will impact on your approach to next term's music video coursework? 

Next term I will have a much clearer idea of how to run a music video shoot. In particular:

• I will definitely plan each stage of the music video, creating deadlines along the way and ensuring they are met so that the project is finished on time and as least stressful as possible.  
• I will feel a lot more confident in front of the camera if I ultimately end up appearing in a music video.
• Editing a music video in a discontinuous style will be more familiar to me and I could perhaps be more adventurous with my editing style and technique.