For this task, we had to
get into a group to deconstruct and reconstruct an existing music video. In my
group there were 5 of us and we chose to reconstruct Miley Cyrus – Party in the
USA. The task was to recreate 30 seconds of the music video however we
recreated 40. This task was such a great way to help gain confidence with the
technology and the editing suites. We allocated a main role to each member in
the team. I was allocated to take control of the camera.
Before beginning the
process, we got as much information as we could about setting up the camera,
how to use a tripod to get still shots and doing tracking shots. This was
really helpful for recording ours and took us around 3-5 minutes every time we
used it. This really helped gain confidence and helped me understand how to set
it up for future filming.
The actual video was
shot in America and has a very different weather setting to that in England
which caused quite problematic having to depend on the weather. The video
appears bright and sunny giving it that whole optimistic outlook. When filming
ours, we took every advantage of the days when some sun came into view however
it wasn’t always possible to get those good days as filming needed to continue.
In the video, Miley Cyrus is wearing shorts and t-shirt with cowboy boots, so
to keep ours looking similar to the real thing we had to ensure the cast had
similar summer styled clothes. Due to having to shoot on different days, it was
also essential that cast bring their costume to maintain the continuity. It was
necessary for the video to be filmed in a car park preferably looking dusty, old
and full. We realised this could be a problem because we couldn’t use the car
park within the college grounds. However after loads of thought, we worked as a
team and came up with lots of ideas and then decided to meet up at the KC
Stadium car park on a Wednesday afternoon due to early finish Wednesdays. All
the cast and extra people we needed all attended to perform which created a
really nice team presence. We got a lot of our filming that was needed done
here and so after this, anything else needed to film was easier to do.
We needed to film a few
seconds with a black car which was exactly like the one in the real video, so
we managed to get our media teacher’s help to borrow his car one lunch time.
This was managed to be filmed really quickly because we had recorded what
needed doing and was able to just get done.
After filming
everything, the editing took us around 3 days in total to get 40 seconds of
film. We managed fairly well with editing our music video and never encountered
any problems because we always had our storyboards with us to ensure we could
get our music video as close to identical as we could and also to get the video
in sync with the song. Tasks were allocated to each member of the team within
the group which meant everyone got to experiment with everything which was
really good because it gave us all an idea about how to work different things
and made us a good team. We were always aware of what was going to happen each
day in regards to filming and who was doing what. This was helpful because it
meant we finished by the deadline.
After finishing this
task, I have grown so much more confident with the camera as I was terrified to
use it before and was unsure how to place a good angled shot. I also feel a lot
better on the editing suites because they look more difficult than they are
which gave me so much relief. However, without having our planned out
storyboards nearby, I don’t think our work would have been quite as good or even
finished without planning first before doing, so this task has benefited me
into knowing how crucial it is to always plan before hand.
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