Prelim Evaluation

1) Did you enjoy the workshop day? What were your best bits and why?

Me lipsynching

I really enjoyed the workshop day, although it was very long and stressful having one of the main roles. This did mean that I had a chance to see what making a music video was like for the performers and the crew. The best part of the day for me was the last dance shot, because it was really fun and the crew were all really supportive. Being one of the main band members was very out of my comfort zone, as I'm not a confident person at all, so it helped to build my confidence. It gave us all a unique experience that we would probably have never had without this opportunity, and will definitely help me when I make my own music video next year.

2) What have you learnt from participating in each of the prelim tasks?

Task 1: Analysing a performance video. Analysing a music video of our choice meant that we learnt the typical format for a specific type of video, so it would be easier to create our own.

Task 2: Making our lipsynch video

From our lip synch video, I learnt how to edit to music and how to perform to a camera, which were helpful whilst editing the remake. Making it with close friends was definitely a highlight, as we all had fun filming and editing it. It also taught me how to be more confident in front of a camera and how to make a lipsynch look believable.

Task 3: The workshop day. The actual workshop day was probably the most informative of the preliminary tasks, because I learnt how a real music video shoot worked, and how each role of the cast and crew was extremely important in different ways. Because I was a main band member, I also learnt how to direct a performer, because I now know how it feels to be on camera, and how to get a convincing performance out of a performer.

Task 4: Editing the video. Editing the video taught me how to edit to music, especially breaking out of continuity editing and starting discontinuous editing, which is crucial for a performance music video. It also taught me how to do certain special effects (such as the radial blur at the end of Jesy and Perrie's verses), which I may want to use for my own music video next year.

Me as Leigh-Anne

3) Are you pleased with your footage and your edit? Is this how you expected it to be?

I am very pleased with our footage, because I think each shot looks really similar to the original video, especially the sets and the costumes, and the footage looks very professional. The edit is very similar to the Little Mix video, and due to us working in a group of 7 people, we can all bounce off of each other's ideas and have more time to edit the video, so the editing process is a lot quicker. It is more professional and slicker than I expected it to be, but I am extremely happy with our final edit.



4) How do you think your prelim experiences will impact on your approach to next year's music video coursework?

Emily learning how to use the track

I think it taught me what each person's strengths were, and how we can work to those strengths next year to create the best music video possible. It also gave me the experience of how a shoot works, so next year our shoot can be as efficient as it was on the workshop day. I also learnt how professional a music video can look with only a fraction of the budget that real artists get, and how to create and gather sets, costumes and props, so hopefully my music video will look more professional with the knowledge I have gained from this experience.







Here's our final edit: