As we lay here - Evaluation

During the making of the music video my responsibilities were to be the camera man during some of the filming and I also done about half of the editing. In the video I was involved in setting up the tripod and camera quite a lot on the beach and I also thought of some ideas on where to film on the beach such as at the water fountain and where you see the feet with the wave going in and out on the beach. The parts that I edited the most on the video were mostly the parts with the guitar playing and the parts with the waves on the beach, I also saturated and tinted and a few of the clips.

I think that my contribution during the making of the project was very helpful because I managed to think of quite a big amount of ideas and there were a couple of times when we were a little bit stuck on what to do so I came up with some suggestions. I think that I done a lot of good work but I think the elements that I need improving on was that a tiny bit of my camera work was a little bit messy but apart from that I think that I done a contribution.

I learned quite a lot from making the programme. I learnt a lot of new skills such as when you place the camera in different locations it comes out really good when they are all put together. Another skill that I learnt was on how to use the final cut pro software, because before I didn’t have a clue but now I can do just about anything on it. I learnt a bit of knowledge about how smoother the style of music goes with the black and white filter.

The technical quality of are video was all good quality, I think that the location looked very high quality when we added the tint effect to it, because if we had just left it like it was when we recorded it, it wouldn’t had looked as good at all. I think that are editing quality is at a very high standard because of how clear and smooth the video went. I think that if we were to do the video again I think that the only different thing would be to keep the camera more steady on some of the parts but apart from that I think that it looked very high quality.

I think that the use of editing that we put into the music video was very effective although the whole video was in black and white; I think that it made it look a lot better than in colour because of the type of genre. I also think that because we speeded some parts up it made it look a little bit more exciting to watch. We used a lot of cinematography in the video and I think that this made a big difference to the whole thing. There was not a lot of mise-en-scene in the video because she was not wearing any fancy costume and we didn’t really use any lighting it was all natural.

I think that are ideas came across very well in the finished piece because before we went out to the beach we had done some thinking of what we were going to film ect, and when we were at the beach we filmed everything that we had discussed and we also added some extra footage so that we had a wide range to pick out of. I think that if we done the project again the only difference would probably be to get some more footage because a lot of the parts were repeated a lot. I think that are project responded very well to the brief because it had everything in it from the brief and also the synopsis and treatment. I also think that it met are target audience.

Are target audience thought that are music video was very good to watch. The positive comment that a lot of them said was that they liked it how she did not lip sync though the whole thing until at the end when they were together. We got a lot more positive comments than negative comments. The only negative comment that we got was that they thought that some of the scenes lasted to long. The target audience viewed it the same way as we did.

A lot of things went right on the project, we managed to get all of the shots that we wanted and the editing went as planed. The thing that we found worked well the most was the scene of her standing in front of the see with the waves and pier in the background; this was a very nice looking shot. The only thing that did not go as well as expected was that when we went to record the guitar playing in the studio, we had just set up everything and then a class came in, so we had to go home and record it the next day. But apart from that it all went according to plan.

A project compares to a lot of the effects in the other videos with the same genre that we looked at. I think that the one thing that is the most similar to the other ones has to be that the whole thing is in black and white; a lot of the ones that we looked at were mostly in black and white. Although not a lot of the ones that we looked at were filmed on a beach, the type of shots that we used still looked quite similar.

My opinion of the finished piece of work is that I really like it a lot because of the types of shots and effects that we used in it. Another reason why I really like it is because we used quite a big range of cinematography in it and this made it stand out more. I think that if we were given a chance to do the project again, I think that the only thing that I would approach differently would be to add a few fade transitions between some of the shots in it.

as we lay here - music video

As we lay here - Pre production work

Script treatment -

Title of program: As we lay here - music video

Crew members: Joshua Brett
Joanna Allington
Terri - ann clarke

Program format: Music

Intended audience: Country/Aucustic music fans

Intended program length: 3 mins

Cast: Terri - Ann Clarke
Joshua lee mulley

Props: Microphone
Mini amp
Stick
Chips
A ring

Locations: Park hill (either ccP or Ap)
a beach (if not possible, a zoomed in sand box)
outside a cinema screen
a sreet

Story Synopsis -

Start in the park on the hill laying looking at the stars. Singer in studio sings the verse, walking down the street holding hands. They are outside the cinema choosing a film. At the end the boy proposes to the girl, basically a summer love, happiness, love, smiling faces. It is kind of like a romance film but in a music video format.

Shot list sheet -

SHOT LIST SHEET

NAME Joanna Allington Terri-ann Clarke
Joshua Brett
YEAR (GROUP) A
DATE 25th November
PAGE NO. 1
SHOOTING ORDER
SHOT LIST
PRODUCTION TITLE As we lay here (Music Video)

SCENE NO(S)
DIRECTOR : Terri-Ann Clarke

JOB NUMBER
PRODUCER:
Joanna Allington
LOCATION(S)
P/A:


TIME OF DAY: Day

INTERNAL EXTERNAL

SCENE NO
SHOT NO.

DESCRIPTION
SHOT COMPLETED
1
1
Wide shot of couple laying on a hill

1
2
Mid shot of couple laying on hill

1
3
Close up of couple looking into each others eyes

1
4
Camera tilts downwards to couple holding hands

2
5
CU of Singer alone on white background singing into a mic

2
6
Mid shot of singer alone singing

2
7
WS of singer singing, guitarist playing in the background

2
12
CU of guitar

2
13
MCU of guitar & guitarist

2
14
CU of singer

2
17
MS of singer & guitarist

2
23
Tracking shot of singer & guitarist MCU

2
24
MCU of singer

2
29
CU of singer

2
30
MS of singer

2
31
CU of singer

2
32
MCU of guitarist & singer

3
8
WS couple walking through town holding hands

3
9
MS of couple laughing with each other through town

3
34
CU of boy rejecting call

4
10
WS of couple throwing pebbles into the sea, boy has arm around girl.

4
11
MCU of boy and girl kissing.

4
15
MCU of boy holding a bag of chips & the girl taking some.

4
16
MS of couple walking along the promenade

NOTES







SHOT LIST SHEET

NAME Joanna Allington Terri-ann Clarke
Joshua Brett
YEAR (GROUP) A
DATE 25th November
PAGE NO. 2
SHOOTING ORDER
SHOT LIST
PRODUCTION TITLE As we lay here (Music Video)

SCENE NO(S)
DIRECTOR : Terri-Ann Clarke

JOB NUMBER
PRODUCER:
Joanna Allington
LOCATION(S)
P/A:


TIME OF DAY: Day

INTERNAL EXTERNAL

SCENE NO
SHOT NO.

DESCRIPTION
SHOT COMPLETED
4
18
MS of Boy & girl sitting on the beach

4
19
MCU Boy picks up a stick

4
20
CU Boy draws a heart in the sand

4
21
MCU of girl taking the stick from the boy

4
22
CU of girl drawing an I above the heart & a U below

4
25
Boy pulls girl in close hugging her MS

4
26
Zooming out to a wide shot

5
33
CU of girl ringing boy

5
35
CU of girl finding shells

5
36
MCU of girl throwing the shells

NOTES

Call sheet -

Production Title: As we lay here – Music video

Shoot Date: Thursday§ 26th November 09


Crew:

Terri Ann Clarke - Director - 07807462904

Joanna allington - Producer - 07956013309

Joshua Brett - Camera Man - 07503171481


Cast:

Terri Ann Clarke - Terri - 07807462904

Joshua lee Mulley - Josh - 07728996311


Locations:

Location 1: Christchurch Park
Location 2: Town Centre
Location 3: Suffolk new college
Location 4: Felixstowe beach


Call times:

09:00 Crew to meet at college
09:15 Get equipment out
09:30 Start Filming
17:00 EST wrap


Equipment:

Mini DV Camera

Mini DV Tape

Tripod


Production Schedule:


Time Scene Cast Props
11:30 am shot 3 Terri and Joe Mic, mini amp and guitar

1.00 pm break break break


Nearest Emergency Services:

Hospital - Ipswich hosipital

Police Station - Ipswich Station

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