Our performance shoot took place in the Prison Lanes. For us, and as a result of our chosen song choice and genre, this location was great. We were able to represent our genre aesthetically through the location, Mes En Scene and body language/facial expressions. We, as a group, combined all of our ideas together, in order to produce a successful set of performance clips which we will be able to use in the finalisation of our music video.

Self Assessment:

• As a group, we all contributed our own ideas to the performance shoot, giving us a varied set of clips to work from when it comes to editing and finalising our music video.
• As a group, we took a vast selection of shots within the area of the Prison Lanes which set off a connection with our theme.
• We were able too, as a group, to identify a selection of shots that will connote our themes and issues well within our music video, using shots such as, High & Low angles, close up, long and mid shots allowed us to represent the ambiguous life of our star.
• The group editing provides a guideline to our group, as to what we would like our final music video to look like – using a range of special FX and filters to grab the attention from an audience.

Targets for improvements:

• We didn’t collect enough suitable footage, that we would be able to include in our music video, so recording some more in a different location environment may benefit us as a group.
• Knowing the words of the song would’ve aided us, as we wouldn’t of had to continuously provide the lyrics to the performer – our performer should memorise the lyrics prior to shooting.
• Even though shooting in the Prison Lanes represented our genre and MES well, a broadened location choice would’ve helped us when compiling all our footage together for our final piece.
• We shall ensure, when it comes to finalising our music video, that all transition and editing techniques are completed to the best standard possible, with group efforts.