Olivia Halliwell-Williams Unit 3 Evaluation

Media Nationals Unit 3 Level 2

Introduction to Media Production

Evaluation

By Olivia Halliwell-Williams.

1. During unit 3 we worked together as a team to make a music video for the song ‘feel the love’ by Rudimental. Our weaknesses were not knowing how to use final cut and being able to edit the clips we recorded. However we were determined to improve our skills therefore we used the help of Spencer (special projects worker).We all put an equal amount of effort into creating our music video. We worked well to get all the paperwork done for this unit and split it equally between all of us so we all put our own part to the work in the video and paperwork. I think we was slightly disorganised and the reason was because the first time we went out we did not have a list of shots. When we next went out with the camera we have a shot list so we knew what we were looking to record.  Other people have stated that i bring a nice atmosphere to the group by always being upbeat and seeing the positive in the problems we came across. For example on the numerous occasions that our footage was lost i attempted to make people feel better by pointing out we have extra time.  


2. I am pleased with the outcome of our video i particularly liked the transactions that took place in the video. I enjoyed making the video and met our aim of making a music video However we lost a lot of our footage and the camera broke our footage. We also looked at other music videos in our group to get some ideas about the sort of music video we wanted. We managed with the footage we had. We then made our video to the best of our ability and we are happy with the outcome of the music video. I was good at suggesting ideas towards the video but if i had the chance to edit the footage for the music video i would struggle as i am not very familiar with ‘final cut’. I kept my role and gave my input as much as i could towards the music video. I would like to get better at using ‘final cut’ but the role of the editor is good at what she does as she know’s how to use ‘final cut’ which is good for the group and we are all willing to learn how to use final cut at a high level of use. At the start of unit 3 we planned how we wanted our video to look with a mood board and shot list. This is because we wanted to know what we was going to shot when we went out recording. Also we was very organised at the start of the unit as we wanted to get on with our recording.


3. In the music video we made part of our video black and white as we liked this effect on our video. We think that this effect makes the video look very retro. This is the look we wanted for our video as it was quite an urban area we recorded the footage in. In some parts of the video we speeded up certain footage like with the dancing we speeded that up to make it look more effective with the dancing. Also when we recorded the train we speeded up up and made it go back and forth on the train lines. This look’s very good in our video. We did this as it stands out. After that we watched our video over and over again then saw where else we could add things in and edit things in the video. We changed some of the transitions and also put 3 different types of recording into one shot but next to each other. This looked nice in the video and looked very professional. We wanted different transitions as this show’s of the good recording we have got and the editor in our group (emma) has shown off her skills on final cut.


4. In terms of legal or ethical terms i have discussed with the people who have been in our music video that the footage will not be used for anything other than the music video. Also all the footage we have recorded has been our groups own work. We have had some ideas from other music videos we looked at but we have changed the ideas slightly to make our footage unique.

Final Music Video

Meeting Proforma 3

Meeting Proforma


Production Meeting No :3

Date : 25 June 2012

Group members present: Emily, Olivia, Emma, Alice.

Agenda

Meeting number 3


At the moment everyone is sticking to their roles to get the final shots together and begin editing them. We are all doing the same amount of work to try and ensure all outstanding tasks are completed. Although we have all been assigned particular roles to suit our strengths within the group - we have all been helping each other in all aspects to ensure everyone gets a say in each part of the production.


All of our members are group have good attendance to the times required to carry out the tasks, we are beginning to dedicate our lunchtimes also which is helping greatly.


The production is so far pretty spot on with the time that we hoped to have had the project finished by, we only have a few video clips to shoot which members of the group can do whilst others begin the editing. We have a few weeks left to complete the task and all written tasks have been completed


We have contacted each other on weekends in order to make plans for the completion of the video.


Minutes from meeting

1. Editing the recorded shots

2. Getting last few shots

Shot list

SHOTS

. A long shot of cars
. A mid shot of dancers 
. A close up if facial expressions  
. Wide shot of train
. Shots of country side 
. View from high building 
. Low angle shot of moving objects
. Different angles of someone dancing
. 5 second shot of feet

. Speed up of cars 
. Close up of dancing body parts 

EXTRA SHOTS

. Mid shots of puplic
. Shots of buildings like shops 
. Low shots of cars
. Shots of people walking
. Average day setting shots
. Skaters and Bikers 
. More shots of movement 

Meeting Pro Forma 2

Meeting Proforma

Production Meeting No : 2               

Date : 30 July 2012

Group members present: Emily France, Alice Clarke, Emma Pilling and Olivia Halliwell-Williams

Meeting number

All the members are still sticking with their original roles, but a swell helping each other with their rolls to if they aren't 100% sure on what to do. Everybody is giving the amount of effort and coming up with some really original ideas for the music video. Luckily most of the members of the group are confident with using the equipment to film, which is good because then it will be easier to get the video done.

We have been sticking to the plan and schedule as we said and the extra shot list helped us with the filming, which made it a success. Although one of tapes got broken, which took more time up because we had to try and get those shots back again.

As we said we would did filming on the 25th of September, because that was the only day that we were all actually available. We filmed  around Wem which was also easier because it was somewhere we could all get to. Wem was a good place to shoot for our video because it is rural and has some good places around like the big green bridge which has graffiti on it, which was what we were looking for. We got a dancer who was also available that day, by informing their teacher. We took out the camera and tripod and walked round Wem to find some good places to film which well suited our ideas. We still need some more clips as our tape broke and we lost some of our footage that we hadn't saved onto the computer, so we are again planning to organize going into Wem with everyone to film the clips again and maybe come up with some more ideas to make the video better.

Risk Assessment Form

Booking Form

Production Schedule

Meeting Pro Forma

Plan for our Music Video

Rudimental- Feel the Love

Music Video Plan

We are making a Music Video for the song ‘Feel the Love by Rudimental’ we are going to make it in a Narrative format.

Our video story based about a ‘Famous Dancer’ getting chased by Fans (three girls). The video will be set in a rural area, above a train track. We chose to use the town Wem as our location. We intend to use loads of footage of our famous dancer showing his talent and making the video interesting.

We will all be contributing in the filming and editing the video, and all at sometime operating the camera. The main person in charge of directing the video will be Olivia because she is good with controlling people and she is very organized. Emily will be responsible for the equipment and making sure its ready for us to start filming. Emma will be in charge of editing our video because she can work Final Cut well. Alice will control the camera because she has experience using a camera. Our actors in our video are, Lucy Smith, Lucy Brown, Louise Bebb and Ashley Gillott. Ashley is our main character in our video because he is good at dancing and he said he would help us out, he is taking the role of the ‘Famous Dancer’. The three girls, Lucy, Lucy and Louise are taking the roles of the crazed fans that chase our famous dancer around the location.

We have booked to use the Camera and tripod and confirmed it with our teacher. We have organized to meet with all people we need for our video and planned all to go out and shoot on a particular day.