For our transition from AS media to A2 we
were asked to recreate a 1 minute of an existing music video, we chose to do
‘Frank Turner – The way I tend to be’. This was chosen because of the location
and costume being quite simple so we thought we’d be able to do it more
successfully compared to if we tried a more difficult one. Although we didn’t
consider the amount of shots needed in the first minute so if we did it again
I’d want to chose a video with less shots in the first minute for example like
the Snow Patrol chasing cars video which has fewer shots and also uses a simple
location. We didn’t choose this video in the first place as we thought we’d be
able to do the Frank Turner one without a problem. We also encountered problems
with the storyboard as it was missing a few shots when we took it out as a
reference when we went filming so we had to improvise a few shots in the
editing with the footage we had taken doubles of just in case some had gone
wrong. Another problem we encountered
was when our main actor Connor turned up for the last 7 shots of filming in the
wrong clothing we needed for the filming so once again we had to change it
slightly. We had to stop originally filming when we tried to get it all filmed
in one shoot but we had to stop 7 shots short when it started to rain and
because of the fact we were in a field we had to move quickly to avoid getting
any rain on us or the equipment. We also had problems with our actual team as
Connor wasn’t here one of the days we needed him to bring in the files we
needed or he’d turn up late to filming in the wrong costume. Ford wasn’t here
two of the days so with people being off on different days it made it quite
hard to do some of the filming and editing at times. The video itself was a little bit dark in a
few shots which if we tried to recreate it I’d want to sort this out.
So even though we had quite a few problems
with filming etc I still think we did quite well in the editing as when we
played it against the actual music video to check the timing it matched up quite
well with each other, along with this we made sure the shots in which Connor
had to sing matched up with the lines in the song. I also think that the planning and
preparation went quite well as it we got it all done quite quickly and without
too many problems.
So overall I enjoyed the project even if it turned out to be quite problematic at times but I am quite happy with out final project and we even had enough footage left over to make a bloopers reel.
So overall I enjoyed the project even if it turned out to be quite problematic at times but I am quite happy with out final project and we even had enough footage left over to make a bloopers reel.
