Category Archives: Preliminary Video Tasks

This is our test shoot for our music video which includes the song “Starting Again” by day wave. Having filmed, acted and edited this short music video has helped me get a sense of how to shoot a music video as I have used the key skills that I need for my final music video.

Things that went well were the editing because it was on beat and the transitions worked. We had a variety of shots and had the star image centred in the frame on most of the shots. We choose a different number of locations for our shoot. Even better if we included better coverage shots for example the cut close up shots and panned shots. We could of used better shots that had clearer lip syncing and we could have used fancier transitions if we had more time to edit our video. We didn’t have the paradox of the star as we didn’t use any shots which showed off his talent on guitar. Are star image was portrayed as quite quite ordinary and he didn’t really connote the genre of alternative/indie as he was wearing the wrong costume for the genre and we filmed at very basic and boring locations.

Focusing forward, I will use cut to close up shots and panned shots as well as the correct MES to help communicate to my audience my star is an indie/alternative music artist.

The themes that me and my group got given were the early bird catches the worm and peaceful and calm. Me and my group have made this story board to show what scenes are going to happen in our short montage video and what angles we are going to use to convey our theme. The theme is about two different types of people one being calm, peaceful and organised and the other being late and messy.

Here is our video montage which we made from our storyboard.

pros of our mood montage

• The shots and camera angles were decent as the characters were in frame and centred
• The transitions in the montage were good and interesting.
• The music fit the theme of an early bird catching the worm as it was up lifting and in the major key.
• The lighting was reminiscent of an early morning as it was dark at the start then slowly lightened up.

cons of our mood montage

• It wasn’t finished as we ran out of time so it didn’t fit narrative and the theme was lost towards the end.
• The acting wasn’t brilliant for example the tie scene
• The editing wasn’t brilliant as it kept changing from mono chrome to normal which didn’t work with the video.
• The scenes weren’t very interesting  and didn’t grab the audience

After making this montage, it is clear to me that I can work in a group, I can use the right MES, I can act, I can get the right camera angles and I can using basic editing software.    It also clear that time management is key to producing a good music video with the correct number of shots as they will portray a well made narrative to our audience. By doing this montage it will help me to make my music video as I know what I need to include to make a good music video.