1) Planning: Planning gives the whole group a clear understanding of what they are filming the day they film. It also speeds up the whole filming operation.
2) Groups: What should you find about potential group members? When in the group what should you do to help coordinate?
All members in the groupd should be organised, motivated, determined to complete the whole music video with success. All jobs should be shared equally, and fair to everyone. Everyone should have contact details to one another; mobile numbers, facebook, msn, email addresses ect. Share each others strengh and weaknesses, so everyone is comfortable with their role and do a good job of it! We should work together with Schedules and planning as well as our blogging making sure we are up to date.
3.) Tracks: What should you not do? Why? What tracks are better to work with?
When picking a song to make a music video for the main things we should not do is;
. Choose a popular song - This will make the music video extreamely hard to make as it will be compared to the original.
. Choose an original song without asking for permission off the artist - This can cause copyright issues.
Our brief is to promote an artist with no recognition when it comes to CD covers, magazines or photoshoots ect.
4.) Pitch: What benefits are there from preparing a pitch?
A pitch shows us a variety of gendres we can do, but also shows us what we can and can not use, it also lets us see the different ideas that the group as, to see which is the most possable as well as looking at the best ideas and combining them together.
5.) Viewing: After looking at other videos for ideas you should get a sense of what NOT to do. What pitfalls should be avoided?
When watching other student videos we were able to see what is effective and what is not. When watching the videos we noticed things that we should try and avoid, such as;
. Over done lip syncing.
. Not in time with the song.
. None matching narratives.
. Un needed miss-en-scene.
Doing things like this will make our music video a failure and less appealing to the audience.
Using a hand held camera would only suite certain music genres, to suite that certain style of the video.
6.) Planning and Shooting: What is important about timescale?
Getting the best out of the time you have and using it wisley. Keep a strong schedule and sticking to it and meeting deadlines. Along side of making time for filming also make time for editing the footage you've shot. You need to make time to shoot plenty of footage, sticking with the storyboard. This will save lots of time and give you a good understanding of what you have to film next.
7.) Why Storyboard?
Storyboarding is important as it lets you know exactly what you need;
. Camera shot
. Angle
. Location
. Who is in it
. Props
. Lighting
. Sound
They also helps when editing, if there is a colour filter needed and shot duration. They also acts as a timescale as they;
. Help to complete tasks.
. Keep up to date.
. See what needs to be done.
. What needs re-doing.
. What needs editing.
8.) Checklist: What should you check before and during shooting?
Before going to a location before filming, we need to check;
. If wehave all the equipment.
. Make sure the battery is charged, plus a spare.
. Have your tape that is labeled yours.
. Check you have tripod.
. Shoe for the camera to stand on the tripod.
When leaving location or leave from filming make sure you have all of your footage and you are happy with it, and make sure you've packed up all your equipment before you leave.
9.) Why shoot cutaways?
Cutaways should be shot because not only does it keep the audience interested and engaged, but it shortens the editing time, and also sometimes makes them more effective than the editing version. Also allows breaking up performance and narrative to balance out the variety of visuals.
10.) Editing: What should you do when downloading footage?
When downloading footage, save it in a folder in the right location on the computer, check that everything is all there. This will ensure that your footage is always there to use when editing.
11.) Are effects important?
Yes, i effects are important when editing depending on the genre. If you have a very upbeat and fast pacing song, then bright colours and colour filters will be effective as well as any shining effects to make it look glamorous or stylish. Effects also keep the audience interested as well making the music video less boring.
13.) How useful are cutaways in this process?
They help to keep the video going, they keep the audience engaged and keep the narrative going. It allows to see the story, performance and to see the locations, characters etc in different camera angles which also allow the audience to become more interested and makes it less boring.
14.) Why would you use lighting and filters?
Lights and filters create atmosphere and effects. They help create mood as well as keeping with the style of the music video. It also shows the time of day to set the scene. Blue filters give the music video a dark atmosphere and would probably be used in a metal genre such as a video from Evanessence to give it that dark gothic feel. Red is used for a pop genre of a video about love. Lighting such as natural light shows the video was outside and looks natural.
15.) Is there a set rule about transitions?
The transitions must fit the style of the video. If its a 60's style video the transitions can be funky and stylised to entertain and fit its conventions. The transitions also help to make the narrative move along as well as moving to the next sequence of events.
16.) Feedback: Do you need anyone else's opinion?
Yes, feedback is good when editing and creating music videos, this is because not only do they show other peoples opinions, but also show you what you need to improve on or add to your videos to get a wider audience, as it is improving them for the best.
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