Music Video Research- Rihanna Diamonds

I like this video because of some of the effects that are used. The use of reversing all the broken items looks really good and I would like to use something like this is my final product. I also like the shots of the hands which are slowly loosing touch. I think this creates an effect on the audience. One thing I think that I wouldn't use in my final product would be the bright lights behind the main character as it cuts out some of their face in the shot.

Music Video Research- Beyonce Love On Top

I like the setting for this music video. Even though it is only in one setting the whole time I find it really works. The dancing and coreography work really well and draw attention to the music video. When making my music video I would like to involve some sort of dance as it works really well. The bright lights used also work really well as all the colours are bold and bright.

Music Video Preliminary Task #Power

We were asked to make a short music video which gave us the chance to see what we have to do in order to make a successful music video. Below is our music video to #Power William ft. Justin Bieber.

I think the acting and the lip syncing in the music video went really well. Also the use of the multi- screen.
It would have been better if the green screen was ironed out which would have meant the images would have been better for the backgrounds.

How will you avoid issues when making a good music video?

When making our music video I will avoid problems such as the lip syncing not adding up by making sure that it does fit in with the music. If it does not I will make sure that my group re- shoot until the part is perfect. One thing that would work well is by playing the music whilst filming this will make sure that they can sing in time.

Making sure that the shots aren’t grainy and dull is important. I will make sure to avoid this by using correct lighting throughout the production.

Making sure that it isn’t boring and that people are drawn to watch it is important. Using different costumes and settings is worth doing as it draws people in to the music video rather than one setting for the whole video.

When deciding on effect I will make sure that they suit the song. If they don’t then I believe it doesn’t work well and makes the video look bad.

Another thing that I will make sure works well is the cuts. Making sure that the cuts fit in with the beat and rhythm of the song is important otherwise it looks messy.

AS Project Evaluation

From completing the foundation AS film I have learnt that a lot of time should be spent on the planning and the storyboards to make sure that everyone is on board with what should be happening. We didn’t spend as much time as we should have on the planning because we rushed into wanting to film quickly. Next time I would spend more time at the planning stage as I think it is the most important stage of the production.
We spent a lot of time making sure that the MES and costumes were right for the filming. One thing that should have been better is the usage of equipment. We didn’t make proper use of the lighting we could have used which meant that it was a fairly dull picture quality.
 I spent a lot of time doing my classwork and homework and I personally don’t think I need to improve on this much. All my deadlines were met with homework without fail. So there is nothing I had to learn from this. One thing that I could improve is looking back on the work and revising it which would make it easier when it came to the exam.
A couple of members of our group missed quite a few lessons which meant that it was a struggle as we didn’t have as many hands as we could have had if they were there. I have learnt that when choosing our groups I need to make sure that I am in a group with people that will all pull their weight and not people that will sit back and let others get on with it.
One problem that occurred when filming the first time was that it wasn’t light enough and the shot were too dark which meant we had to re- shoot. We made sure that it was earlier in the day which allowed us to have enough light to film it better. This did help but I believe we made a mistake not taking advantage of the extra lighting equipment that was available.
When it came to editing one person in our group knew a lot about the software and was able to show us and teach us all about it. By the end of the project I had learnt many skills about all the software’s that had to be used which is important to take onto A2 with me when making my music video.
I spent a lot of time on my blog but not as much as I should have. I didn’t keep much track of what was happening as I spent a lot of time on the filming side to the work. Our group blog was also not paid much attention to which was a problem but by the end we managed to sort it out and upload a lot of relevant information. On my individual blog I had labels for each of the posts which were listed. This made it much easier to find what I was looking for and keep track of the work.
I let my evaluations slip and I know that in A2 I need to spend a lot more time on them. I believe this was my biggest downfall for this part of the project as I didn’t finish all the evaluation questions and didn’t use many different multimodal ways. Next time I know that I need to focus more on the evaluation questions rather than leaving them till the last minute.