Evaluation of
Florence and the Machine remake video
To start this task we organised ourselves into groups of
four or five. Within our group we looked at the storyboards we had created for
our summer task and there was only one that we could recreate, Rabbit Heart by
Florence and the Machine. The reason we couldn’t recreate the others were due
to props or locations that would just be too difficult to find and shoot in in
the short period of time we had for example the protagonist in my video was a
gymnast and some of the things he did and the equipment that was used would not
be able to be done without also using a gymnast and none of us know one. Philippa
was the creator of the storyboard we were using and knew the video the best so
she was the director and we then decided as a group what everybody else would
do. As Philippa had only created 30 seconds of storyboard for the video we had
to do that part but that worked well as following the 30 seconds used a lot more
props and unrealistic things that we would not have been able to use or find.
At the start of the process we put together a production
plan of when we were going to meet up to do filming or editing and where we
were going to meet. We also sorted out who was going to bring in different props
and costumes and who was going to download the song onto their phone so we had
a copy of it at all times. With it being on a phone we could then play it out
loud whilst we were filming so our actresses knew when and what to lip sync. Our
production plan didn’t really work from the start of the project as we had many
issues due to lack of attendance and this made it very difficult and annoying
for those of us in the group that were turning up. Because of this and the lack
of work we had done in three days we decided to converge with another group
that were having similar problems to us and once we had done this we started
getting a lot of work done and we worked really well together.
The things that worked well for us when we actually
started was the team effort that went in to the project, I think we worked well
as a team and were always prepared to help each other. Our time management was
also very good: if we said certain people were going to meet up to do some work
in a certain place at a certain time they generally would and we would get a
reasonable amount of work done. Our best working days were our second big day
filming and the two editing days we had. A lot of hard work went into those
lessons and at the end of the filming I think this showed when especially as at
one point it looked very unlikely that were going to finish the project to the
deadline.
When filming I think most of it went well although there
are things we can learn from. Because it was continuity editing I think we
should’ve tried harder to film it all at one time especially with us filming
outside. The lighting in our video wasn’t continuous as on the first day it was
dull and on the second day it was sunny with the odd bit of cloud. We managed
to edit this to make it look similar but it is something to think about when
I’m filming. Another thing to consider is the movement of the actor/actress when
they are been filmed. At the start of our video I wasn’t aware of how Hannah M was
going to move and I lost the top of her head in the shot because I didn’t move
the camera smoothly and quick enough to keep the top of her head in the shot.
When I am filming my video for “I Was Here” I will need to know exactly what I am
filming and when and I will choreograph what movements Hannah C will be making
so I can make sure the camera is in the right place at the right time.
One thing that made the editing of the video very
difficult was the fact the lyrics we had printed off were wrong so the lip
syncing and the song didn’t fit together exactly. We’d had a similar issue
during the filming too and we had to stop filming to listen to the song clearly
to determine the correct lyrics. When I was researching the lyrics for “I Was
Here” I looked at different websites, the album cover and also listened to the
song so I hopefully have the exact lyrics and I won’t have this issue.
It was difficult to find the clothing for the Florence
and the Machine video because it is all so “weird” but we worked together and
managed to get it sorted as close to the real costumes as possible. I shouldn’t
have these problems when filming my video because Beyoncé is very fashionable and wears
average clothes so I don’t have to be too creative with the costumes although I
do want to make some hair and makeup creative. The hair and makeup in our
Florence video was very natural as we didn’t really have the time to do much
about it. It will be very important to manage my time carefully especially when
it comes down to filming and making sure I have enough time to edit.
Overall I don’t think we did too badly on the task but I have
definitely learnt a lot from it and I know what I need to change when I’m
filming to make my video more successful. I think the main thing I need to do
is be certain on what I am filming before I do so because in our project that
definitely wasn’t the case and I don’t think the storyboard was used to its
full potential. It’s something to think about.
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