What I have achieved this week & how I am apart of it:
This week we were placed into groups of 2-3 in order to
begin progressing in our music video. In my group, I have Taylor and Anthony -
which I think we will work very well in, given the amount of dedication that we
have already aimed to put into creating this video. We have already decided
that if one of us begin to slack off in the amount of effort put into the
planning and production of this video, that we will certainly not hold back as
we remind them and encourage them on why we have to keep on persisting, even
when things become difficult. I believe this is essential to the making of a
good music video.
This week as also been successful in that not only have we
made a rough sketch on what we wanted to shoot in the video and the characters
used, but my artist finally replied to my constant messages of asking for
permission. Not expecting this, I was delighted to see that she just wasn't
using her email so often which is why she didn't reply, as opposed to her
ignoring me. She happily sent me the song and told me to ask her if I needed
anything else, she was genuinely lovely.
Altogether, this has been a productive week.
HOW DOES THIS FIT IN WITH THE PRODUCTION SCHEDULE?
Before, it was quite difficult to predict exactly what we
wanted to place in certain categories of the schedule since we hadn't had a
firm confirmation that we could even definitely use the song. This was
difficult to get round since both members of my group were confident that they
wanted to use my idea. Therefore that final push to my artist that led her to
sending me the song have the final confirmation and this now means that we can
boost forward and get started.
Also, getting all of the planning done on time meant that it
was now easy to properly frame our detailed script and so we can keep on track
with what we have to film - meaning filming will not become messy or
disorientated.
WERE THERE ANY PROBLEMS?
No major problems this week - filming our video on why we
chose the group was a little bit difficult due to the fact that we had to keep
refilming as we either messed up our wording or we just laughed for no reason -
but we stayed focused and got it done in the end. Also, finding actual ideas on
what to put in our first draft of our shooting script was more difficult than
anticipated.
HOW DID YOU OVERCOME THEM?
In terms of having too many retakes, we had to become very
stern with eachother and automatically aimed to keep a straight face. Soon
everyone became focussed enough to get a decent video.
In terms of shooting script creativity - once we all
listened to the songs a little more, it became easy for us all to get ideas and
once one of us thought of an idea - soon everyone had one and by the end of it,
true creativity was flowing.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK?
Next week we're hoping to get a finalised shooting script
with a lot more detail - the different shots for different seconds, angles,
shot types, all of these elements will this time be included and be further
developed. We will aim to get this done swiftly but also to take a lot of time
and consideration into what we are filming as if something goes wrong, it could
ruin our entire planning time.
