Evaluation of Preliminary Task

When editing our music video, Rachael used Premiere Pro as she is most familiar with the programme. We feel that the video was edited quite effectively. We used 2 cameras during the filming process; a basic camcorder from school and a Sony camera, which was of a higher quality. We used two cameras as often we were filming multiple shots and it often sped up the process if we filmed multiple angels at once, particularly if it was a hot day. We employed this technique on the last day of filming as we were filming in a field with little shade. We of course used tripods for a lot of filming in order to get steady shots.

One thing we learnt about casting in particular was that it is extremely difficult to make sure extras can be altogether on the same day. This lead to a confusing video with issues with continuity - even if it is not too noticeable. We also learnt that it is important to make sure that multiple ideas are developed, in case issues arise that mean we cannot follow our final idea. For example, we had to adapt our ending, due to the fact that we had a lack of extras on the final day of filming. In this case, it was useful that we had come up with several alternatives. This was possible through a good group dynamic. We were all on the same page in terms of a theme and ideas, but still able to come up with various ideas with different viewpoints. We all contributed to this process.

Our feedback was very similar from person to person. The positives were often that the camera angles and editing were great, but the story hard to follow. This was not unexpected. With all the issues we had with finding extras and getting them together on the same day, we had to adapt our story line. This, as mentioned before, led to continuity errors. We felt as a group also that better thought needed to be put into costumes and making the members of the alternate world look different. This may go someway to helping the story line be more coherent.

This time around we look to improve;

• costumes
• the story line
• number of extras
• locations