In order to recreate the music video we hunted
around the college to see where would be the best place to film our music
video. We chose either the back of the college field or the grass near the
pond. When we took pictures of our choices, we thought that the grassy area
near the pond was the best choice because there would be less chance of getting
the houses in the background which would make the shots look less authentic. Once
we got our entire group together we then divided the costumes that we had
collected between the actors in order to make them look like the actors in the
video.
The section of video that we chose was the first 30
seconds which showed ‘Florence’ standing facing the camera then dancing with
other people around her. The mise-en-scene was obtained quite easily as it was
made up of pieces of clothing that people had in their houses and a piece of
lace to put over the front of the camera to be the shimmery material at the
beginning of the original video.
One of the main problems we found was that some of
our team members weren’t showing up to lessons and the producer didn’t get us
people to film, which meant that when we were trying to film we were unable to
do so because we didn’t have anyone to film. In order to overcome this problem
we joined forces with another group whose members weren’t turning up either,
therefore, the people that wanted to get it done weren’t being obstructed by
people that weren’t turning up to the lessons, however, we then decided to just
join as one big group of 9 then if some people didn’t turn up then we would
still have a significant amount of people to make the video. Another problem we
had was during the editing process, we found it particularly difficult to
lip-sync the actor singing to the actually music because our actress sang the
lyrics too slow on one of the takes which meant that the shot started off in
sync, but then later in the same shot, the mouth wasn’t in sync and that shot
was the only version with a certain amount of lyrics which was even more
infuriating because we didn’t have the time to reshoot that section so we
needed to accept that those lyrics wouldn’t be in sync.
I found out the skills which went into editing just
a mere 30 seconds of film which was difficult on its own because I had
forgotten all the skills that I had developed during the transition period last
year, therefore, I had to re-learn the skills that were required. I am worried
that I will not be able to master these techniques before I have to take on the
task of creating my own music video. I have also learnt the importance of
planning my project and giving myself a schedule of when I will be filming and
where since I have chosen may different locations, also, I have learnt the
vitality of actually sticking to the schedule so that I don’t fall behind and
have to rush my work, very much like my group nearly did with this task, but we
were lucky enough that the location was at college so we were able to film
during our study periods so that we didn’t fall that far behind our timescale.
One problem that I can see occurring with my video
is that I won’t be able to find a location for a specific section of my video
that is actually quite vital for the storyline that I am aiming for; therefore,
I will have to rethink that section of my video. I will overcome this by
looking round my local area for a location that will give my video the look I
am hoping for. Another problem that I can see occurring is that my main
actress’s busy schedule will cause her to miss a few shooting sessions as she
is part of Hull Truck Theatre and has a few shows coming up which will take up
most of her time this will result in me having to find a new willing actress to
be my main person which I don’t want to do since my friend is a natural
performer and will be able to get this part perfect as she is flamboyant and
eccentric which I need for my video. I will try to overcome this by making sure
that I alter my schedule round her and my actors or shoot the sections that
don’t require certain actors at a different time and then edit them all
together so that they look like they’re there. I’m also scared that I won’t
leave myself much time to edit my video or that when I do decide to start
editing, the editing suite that I am assigned to is taken up most of the times
that I have free which will mean I have less time to edit than everyone else. I
am also concerned that I won’t be able to the costumes that I vision in my head
and therefore, my video will not look the way I want it to. I will try to
overcome this by making sure that I spend most of my study periods.
