Teamwork during Pre-Production:
Our
group ran into a few problems whilst developing our concept, though they
weren’t too bad. We had some trouble making the story make sense in some parts
such after the puppets wake up and how we could introduce the film, though we
agreed on most things. Some other problems we encountered were understanding
each others ideas for some parts of the video, such as Ilona’s idea for fading
some shots together and Georgina’s idea for moving the camera into the box. We
didn’t have much trouble choosing the song at all, it was quite a short and quick
process choosing the song after we had decided on the concept.
I
believe our group used the storyboards well to understand each others ideas and
to explain what we were picturing. These also helped during the filming
process, so that we knew how we wanted the shot to turn out. The shot list was
also completed well, we split it into three so each of us had an equal amount
to do. The shot list was done thouroughly so we wouldn’t have trouble filming
and it was done in a way that we would be organised whilst filming.
Our
group worked very well during class. We spent the first week or tow finalising
our storyline and making sure we were all happy with it. We spent this time
making a short plan of the actions that needed to happen during the music video
and we also spent this time choosing our song. We then made our shot lists and
did our treatments in the class time. We didn't begin filming as we needed to
be off campus to shoot our video. Each group member had a task at all times,
whether it was doing their treatment, shot list or storyboards.
Our
group focused a lot more in class because we got to choose our groups, so we
were much more comfortable and knew how each member worked. We worked together
much better than last term, as we got to choose our groups and this helped with
the teamwork. To improve our pre-production documents, we spent a lot more time
on them in class and tried to do a bit outside of class as well. We also tried
to work together a lot more to get it done rather than sitting individually and
doing it completely by ourselves. Overall I believe we did improve our
pre-production.
Teamwork during Production and
Post-Production:
The
storyboards weren’t used much during the filming process, as the main reason we
completed them was to get each other to understand our ideas. We did use them
during the filming if we had forgotten how we wanted it to turn out or if the
person filming didn’t completely understand how the shot needed to be done. The
shot list was extremely helpful during the filming process. It helped us to know
what we had to film and if we had to film anything else for the video. It was a
document we could refer to to ensure that everything had been filmed. It also
helped us to keep organised in what props/costumes we needed and how we needed
to film each scene.
Our
group didn’t run into too many organisational issues during the filming
process. Though one issue we did encounter was before we even started filming,
as we were going to organise to take a camera home during the holidays so that
we could film, but we forgot to and therefore had to use a different camera.
But luckily the camera had the settings that we needed to film in. Each group
member contributed a fair amount and showed up to each filming day and each
member remembered their costumes and documents. The main reason we were
organised was because we left most of the props and costumes at Ilona’s house
so that we wouldn’t forget anything. We also organised the days and made sure
everybody could come, though on one of the days both Georgina and I were very
late because of traffic but we still managed to get a lot done.
We
encountered a few problems whilst editing. One of the major issues we
encountered was that the timing was out when we tried to put all of our
separate edits together. This took a while to resolve but we ended up getting
everything back in time though we did have to add a couple of shots in to make
it fit again. We also encountered issues with timing of ending and starting
individual edits. I didn’t have trouble knowing where to start, because I had
the starting edit and Georgina didn’t have trouble knowing where to end because
she had the finishing edit, but because Ilona had the centre edit we had to
match up where we would be ending/starting exactly and we had some issues where
we crossed into someone else’s edit. But we fixed this easily by figuring out
who had edited more. Our group worked extremely well together and I am happy
with how it turned out.
Our
group finished all of the shots we had planned to do and we also did a few
extra. Though we didn’t end up using all the shots, we were happy that we had
shot extra because it gave us enough that we were not under the time limit.
Discuss your individual feelings about
the Music Video Task:
I am
very satisfied with the final result of our music video. It turned out as we
all imagined it would and we had a lot of fun completing it. I wouldn’t change
any aspects of the concept of our video, though I do wish we had thought some
things through a bit more before we started filming. I would have liked to be a
bit more consistent with a few things, like Ilona wearing her watch in some
scenes and not others and also her wearing shoes in some shots.
If I
could start the project again, I would complete the planning a bit earlier and
think into a few bits of the concept a bit more. I would also have liked to
finishing filming and organise filming dates earlier in the project so that we
had a lot more time for editing.
It was
much easier planning, filming and managing my time during this project. This
was because my group worked much better together this term and we all
cooperated well. Also, because of the short time to complete the task, we
managed our time much better so that we could get everything done on time. The
planning and filming was easier because we had experience from last term and
knew what worked and didn’t work. Overall this term we were much more
organised.
I
believe that my treatment accurately reflected our music video as we had
thought the concept through a lot before I started working on the treatment.
The concept and the final product are extremely similar and I am very happy
about that. Though they are very similar in most ways, there were some small
differences from what I had imagined, but other than that everything was very
similar to what I had written in the treatment.
