evaluation: fourfive seconds

1)      Who did you work with and how did you manage the task between you? 
in my group I worked with pip and Beth, as a group we gelled and came up with 3 different video ideas. the first video we thought of was James arther: say you won't let go, we thought this video would be easy to shoot as it is only 4 different shots so we could get it all done in a couple of hours but it is a bit boring so we carried on looking. the next song we came up with was
 
2)      How did you plan your sequence? What processes did you use?

 3)      What theories could you apply to the video you chose?

 4) What technology did you use to complete the task, and how did you use it?

 

 5) What factors did you have to take into account when planning, shooting and editing?

 

 6) How successful was your music video copy? Please identify what worked well, and with hindsight, what would you improve/do differently? What did others say about your production?

 

 7) What have you learnt from completing this task? Looking ahead, how will this learning be significant when completing your music video, do you think?

 

 8) How does it compare with filming an opening to a film?

 

 9) What are your strengths and weaknesses as a group member?

 

 10) Looking at the other group's videos which do you think were most successful and why?

performance, concept and narrative

narrative music video:

this video is a narrative music video as the story line used follows the lyrics of the song it also shows a story throughout the video. this video demonstrates narrative as it uses all of the lyrics to show a story as the key story line points in the video are "when I was three I met a young lady" at this point there is a shot of two three year olds in the "shy city" which is mentioned through out the song and music video but this is part of the story line. another example of a narrative music video is Justin Bieber's, as long as you love me. this shows narrative through the video but also audio before the music starts as it is showing Justin and the father of the girl talking and it sets the music video up more so it has got more tension. this is done in a lot of music videos to get across the story line.

performance music video:

this music video shows performance by using all artists who sing or produce the song to be in the video. this video demonstrates lip syncing with the song as all of the artists do. this music video is seen as a performance video as it is all lip-synced with the song and it shows all of the artists. this could be confused with a narrative music video but none of the lyrics link with the video.

production diary

Monday 26th/ Tuesday 27th
Over these two days we discussed the music video that we wanted to replicate. By finding a good song it would mean we had better skills to prepare ourselves for the main course work ahead.
Finally we decided on the song Four, Five Seconds by Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney. we thought this would be a good choice as it meant all three of us could have an attempt at acting and find out what part of the production that we all enjoy most.

Wednesday 28th
We started to produce the shot plan and focused on when are where we could film them. This lead to us producing the filming timetable and we booked out the gym for Friday morning to make sure it would be available.

Thursday 29th
Pip completed the shot plan and we all made sure we were prepared with all of out props for the filming on Friday morning.

Friday 30th
Today was spent putting the clips together and seeing what worked and what didn't. The editing of the prelim is a very long process and therefore meant we spent Monday the 3rd and Tuesday the 4th completing everything that needed to be adjusted.

Wednesday 5th
Finally the editing was complete and we could export it. We moved onto the paperwork of the project and made sure we had everything complete to guarantee the most marks possible.

Thursday 6Th
This was the due date of all of our research and prelim tasks so we spent it completing our evaluation and completing our checklists.

shot plan

Four five seconds from englefieldf11

prop list

Rihanna:

• Big denim jacket & tight belt
• Timberland boots
• Dark makeup
• Piercings and earrings
• denim jeans

Kanye:

• Ripped jeans
• Oversized denim jacket
• Ripped t-shirt
• Grill

Paul McCartney:

• Guitar
• Denim jacket
• Dark Jeans

shooting schedule

To make sure we were prepared we produced a timetable to keep ourselves focused and on track...

fourfive seconds

For this task we had to choose a music video to copy so that we could learn the skills and techniques, preparing us for when we make our own...