Post-Production

For the post-production stage, we had to edit our footage together for the Busted music video. Every Imac had both bits of the footage (interior and exterior) uploaded onto it, so that we could revert to our original groups of 7 or 8. As it was pointless us all sitting around and editing one bit of film, we split off into 2 halves; one half went and did blog work, and the other half did the editing.

It was very successful, and we all got through our sections of the work without a hitch. If the editors needed a second opinion, it didn't take a second to check what they had done before they finished, and then we went back to our own jobs. Once it was done, it was uploaded to YouTube by Chanan, Nicky and Ricken.

Production.

For the Production stage, we had to actually film our music video. The class split into 2 groups, and one lot went outside to film the exterior shots, and the other group stayed indoors to film the interior shots. The idea behind this was so that we could simply edit the two groups work together to save time. The group I was in went outside, and filmed in a spot next to the library, where it was unlikely we'd be bothered, because its out of the way of where people go.

Because the inside group had borrowed our storyboards, we had to find another way to know which shots we needed to record. In the end we used someones laptop to view the video, and then set up each shot we needed accordingly. Depending on who had brought what uniforms, if any at all, we decided on who was to play what part in the video, and who was going to be behind the camera organizing each shot. On reflection, I think we all did well with what we had, and our teamwork was something to be proud of, as we all contributed and got through al the shots we needed to film within the lesson, whereas the inside group didn't.

Overall, my teamwork skills were quite good, as explained above. Also, there was organisation required from me as an individual, as I needed to bring the uniform to school to take part in the video, which I did.

Pre-Production.

For the pre-production stage, we had to create our storyboard and create a props list for the video (see earlier posts for details). We were in groups of 7 or 8, and we had to try and re-create the first 1 minute 14 seconds of the video for Busted's What I Go To School For.

For the storyboard, we split the video into 3 sections of roughly 25 seconds. We had to do a rough picture of the shot, and then write down the type of shot, the duration and the camera angle/ type. My group did the quite well, and it was our storyboards that the class ended up using for the production of the video.

The skills I developed in the process of the making the storyboard was mostly teamwork and co-ordination. We had to make sure everyone knew which bit they were doing, and not to do the same shots twice to avoid confusion in the production stage. With good co-ordination as a group, we could work efficiently and quickly, so that we aren't cutting into the time that can be spent on our main coursework videos.