Evaluation Of Re-creation Of Lucy Rose Video

The task was to re-create a 30 second sequence from and existing music video. We had to do the task in Groups. In my group there was me, Mark, Kate, Charlotte and Dave. We all knew each other so it was easy to get along and organise planning within the group. We all had allocated roles:

Charlotte	Filming
Dave	Director
Harriet	Edit
Mark	Producer
Kate	Editor

 

Our first problem was that the storyboards we created over the summer where all too hard to film in the college. This is because mine was set in an old shack in a forest and Dave and Marks where set on a boat. To resolve this whilst everyone else was working on their production; we had to sit together and create a new idea. After the lesson we had chosen the song and I decided that I would create the storyboard for us all to follow. Which was a good idea, because we used this to help find locations and get the composition of the shot correct.

We chose Charlotte to be in our 30 second sequence because she was already in our group meaning that we knew she was reliable and would turn up to the lesson so that we could film. She was also the most familiar with the song chose because that is what she listened to. Music can affect the way you dress and the way you look you inspire to be like your favourite artist so you want to appear like them. In this case Charlotte did dress a lot like her and her hair was very similar and natural so she fit the sequence really well.

We organised to shoot in our lesson times and then we would edit in our study periods. This worked really well we managed to get the filming done and have plenty of time for editing. The film locations we found in or around college and they were very similar. One shot was done from a balcony and we managed to get access to one in the college. The shot by shot comparison I did proves how similar our shots where I think it was a really good achievement.

One location which was difficult to find was the mid-shot of Lucy Rose in a building with an old fashioned window. We didn’t have any in college like that so we made one. We used the classroom in oak 38 then stuck masking tape on the window to create the correct pattern, the backlight then turned the masking tape black on the camera and they looked like real window frames. The backlight however became difficult as it turned Charlotte into a black figure and you could not make out anything else. To solve this problem we used the big lights and put them up in oak 38. At first we just had one light we tried it from all different angles and positions but we still couldn’t achieve the shot we wanted, Charlotte was still just a dark figure. We then tried the shot with another light and placed each light to each side of Charlotte. Here we got what we wanted from the shot we was able to see her and get the background dark and highlight her in the end it turned out to be the best shot we created.

Something we did find difficult was lip-syncing. When we was shooting the film we followed the storyboard and thought it was all going correcting the lip-syncing looked perfect. However in the song the artist repeats the same bits of the song just in different tempos and we realised we had recorded the same tempo start for a numerous of shots. The problem occurred when we put the footage onto the editing suite and we didn’t have enough time to go and re-shoot so we had to work with what we had. To try and solve the problem we increased the tempo of the shot this improved it slightly however it was still not perfect. It made us realise that we need to plan more effectively in our final piece and make sure we had the correct parts to the song.

Overall I think that the task set provided us with some great new skills. At the beginning of the task we didn’t have much filming experience or how to construct a music video piece now I am confident that I will be able to create my own music video and be able to direct, produce and edit my piece. The task has given me great confidence and now I can’t wait to produce my own music video.