First we were told that we had to film a short clip of a music video using the song Jessie J - Price Tag and 3 different sets. In each set we used three different cameras: the fx100,... and the .....We were told to use three different shots also: an extreme close-up, a close-up and a mid shot. Once we were organised into our groups we set up the cameras and assigned a job for each of us, which we then rotated round once we moved to a different set. My first job was as a director, which involved me organising where I wanted the singer to be positioned. The job of the singer was to lip sync the song while the cameraman filmed this using the three different shots (they sung the section of the song three times). I also played the role as floor manager, which meant I was incharge of all the groups and decided when they were ready shoot a sequence. This job involved me saying words, such as 'roll your cameras' and 'playback'.
I enjoyed trying out the different jobs as it was interesting to see what roles you can play and what they each involve when filming music videos. I also enjoyed watching people lip sync the song, simply because it was entertaining and amusing as some were boys. As a group we worked very well and it was also fun, which was the point of doing the preliminary task as it made us excited to start working on the real music video and also gave us more understanding of what we would have to do next year in comparison to our first year filming the thriller.
I believe the preliminary task taught me how many different roles I could involve myself in next year and I began to understand what each role consisted of in the process of making a music video. Furthermore, I learnt that if I want to create a successful product next year, I have to consider other peoples opinions in my group as if we don't work well together, the process of making the music video will be a disaster. This preliminary task also inspired my own ideas for my music video as I learnt different ways I could film the video using various sets and camera shots, such as using the green screen, which I didn't consider beforehand.
What I like least about being in the studio is that I find it is harder to be inspired to do more creative things as you are confined into a small space. I believe that there's is lots of various ideas that can be done in the studio but it is not as interesting as working on a real life set and therefore it is more challenging to be original and dynamic. Working in the studio for the preliminary task was quite tiring at times as you have to spend a lot of time on a sequence that is only a few seconds long. However, after experiencing this with my Thriller I don't think this will be much of a problem.
After filming our sequences in the studio, the class moved to the editing suite where we looked at each of the groups material and put it all together into a file. Once we familiarised ourselves with the work, we used Final Cut Pro to edit our own short music video in our groups. We began by choosing our favourite shots, including the other groups shots and synced each one with the song Price Tag. Using a variety of different shots and people made the editing a lot more fun and our final product a lot more interesting. We cut each shot where we wanted so our sequence was filled with different people singing a different part of the song, consequently ending up with a complete song. For example, one shot would be a close-up of someone singing 'its not about the money' and then would cut to a midshot of a person carrying on with the next line or completing the line: 'money money' and so on. My role in the process was primarily being incharge of editing everything (I was on the computer) while my group came up with different ideas that we could do as well as my own ideas. I liked my role very much as I was able to get more experience working with Final Cut Pro before next year.
I really enjoyed editing in the preliminary task as I believe editing is very interesting and entertaining. I liked looking how the other groups shot their sequences and comparing it, which supplied me with more ideas for my own filming. Looking at the other groups music videos also gave me more ideas on how to edit my music video next year because everyones editing was different in a certain way.
During the editing process, I found it difficult to choose with shots to use as there were so many. Furthermore, it was challenging to find shots that went well together and produced an entertaining product overall. In addition, it was quite hard at times to listen to everyones opinion and include it as there were so many ideas that not always agreed with one another. I found this fustrating at times but it worked out well in the end. Whilst editing, we came up with creative decisions by looking at all the shots together and choosing our favourite ones. Then we tried organising them and swapped shots round in different orders until we were happy.
FINISH 9 AND 10
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