Task 1: Reflecting back on my AS work

Three technical strengths of the video:

We thought carefully about where we wanted to shoot the video because we wanted to make sure that we had good lighting.

The base tracks that we used worked well with each other, and the performer  was lip syncing in time with the lyrics.

Most of the shots in the video work edited to transition in time with the music to make a more professional music video.

Three technical disadvantages of the video:

We didn't really spend any time thinking about Mise En Scene but if we did take time to bring in props and costumes then it would of improved the overall quality of our music video.

We didn't use nearly as many edits as we should have done, but we now know exactly how to put edits on a music video so we can only learn from our mistakes.

There was not a real variation between shot types in our video, we only used the basic long shot and close up so when it comes to the real thing we will improve on that.

Technical skills learnt in my AS year:

Throughout our AS year we were introduced to a number of skills that we then were able to put to use when it came round to actually filming out thriller film, all of these skills combined really helped us improve the quality of our music video.

Continuity editing

Soundtracks

Framing (rule of 3)

Base tracks

Mise En Scene

Camera Work

Sound Effects

Connecting shots together using fades

Experimenting with different shot types and angles

Evaluating mock music video:

Last summer we were tasked with filming a mock music video from which we learnt a number of skills that we will be able to use when it come round to filming out final music video, overall i feel that the music video went well but it could of been better if we had brought in more props and costumes that would improve the overall professionalism of our piece.

I think when it comes round to filming our final music video we will all be really confident because we know all the skills that we need to make a great music video, we are planning to film about 4 base tracks in our final music video which will be just enough because it is a really slow song and if we add loads of base track then we will probably ruin it.