The test shoot has helped me to develop my current skills and also learn some more. I was able to clearly understand the concept of premier pro by editing our videos and adding transitions into our test shoot. During production, we tried to gather a collection of shots, varying from close ups to long shots that allowed us to get enough coverage to create a lip sync clip. This has helped us to improve our skills ready for our actual music video.

What went well:

• We were able to gather a variety of shots
• We were able to edit most of the clips efficiently
• We matched the lip syncing with the song well

What didn’t go well:

• We struggled to include sufficient transitions that worked
• In some shots you can see that camera shaking

What have we learnt for next time:

• We must get even more shots of the performer moving through the frame, extreme close ups and long shots
• we must practise our editing transitions and improve them as they don’t correlate with our theme well.

For this assigned task we had to plan, act and film a short 40 second video on an emotion given out by the teahcer. We had the feeling of frustration and had to capture this by acting and filming a performance based on this emotion. First we had to create a storyboard that included all of our ideas. With this we were able to plan our video and decide what kind of shots we would include and how we could plan out our transitions. We decided on 3 different scenarios that would capture this feeling of frustration. One shot was of me losing a board game, we then filmed someone trying to untangle a group of wires, eventually giving up and becoming angry and finally we captured several shots from different angles to show someone playing basketball and missing shots, leading to an act of anger and frustration to which our video ended.

From this task I was able to learn what I could improve upon for the next time when we shoot our music videos.

Strengths:

• We captured a variety of shots and angles
• We were able to include some live transitions
• Our group worked well together and we were able to include most of our ideas

Weaknesses: 

• The setting didn’t always match the feel of the scene or emotion
• We were rushed, therefore we weren’t able to include all of our clips or as many transitions as we wished
• Not all of our transitions were smooth and just ended up being cut off

Overall I have been able to learn from this task. I have started to get a feel of the editing aspects of film and play around with different transitions and techniques. I have also been able to work in a new group that improves my confidence and to be able to communicate and contribute openly. Ultimately I have taken a lot of positives from this task and will use this as a platform to work on and improve as I progress through the practical stages of the course.

In this task we had to create a storyboard in order to finalise our ideas on what we would perform and which angles to use when shooting. We created 3 separate scenes in which we could convey the feeling of frustration. By planning which angles to use, we can start to think how we can covey that feeling of frustration and see how it will turn out in a completed montage.