During the start of A2 media, I thought this would be very similar to AS Media because we were told we had to make a music video which I thought it would be very similar to a film which we did for AS and do a blog with this which we also did in AS. However it was only when we got more and more into the course we realised AS and A2 media are very different from each other. Firstly by completing AS Media and almost finishing A2 Media I can say A2 is much more complexed than AS. This is due to the increased workload, the increased editing/filming and the increased levels of organisation and meeting deadlines.
In regards to filming, last year we had to make the opening scene of a film. Because it was a film we didn’t have to use several shots or different angles for the same shot and so it was fairly easy to do as there where a limit to the different shots and angles you had to use. However when doing a music video, just for a single shot there could be several shots from different angles making the music video harder to film and edit making it harder to plan what shots we were going to do. This resulted in us setting an outline of our music video and using our creative ideas on filming scene. Also in a film a location is rarely repeated whereas in a music video locations switch quickly and locations are revisited continually throughout the music video making it harder to film. Because of this, we had to revisit the same locations many times which was time consuming. In addition, the film made in AS media was completely our idea as in we decided what to put in the film and how it is edited and filmed. However when doing a music video, we already have a rough outline to the music video and we have to have many idea’s to put into the music video to make the music video entertaining such as the I-phone sequence in our video to engage the audience into the music video.
In terms of editing, when doing a music video the amount of editing is considerably more that when making a film. When editing a music video the shot changes every few seconds to keep the audience interested and to keep up with our high beat and up-tempo beat. Compared to the film editing, editing was only used to show emotion and establish the atmosphere of the scene. Apart from this editing was used but not nearly as much as the music video. Editing the film in AS helped us to edit the music video because we were more used to the program ‘Final Cut Pro’ however the editing we did for the music video was so much more than what we did for the film.
In terms of performance, in the opening scene of the film you had a very specific script and a storyboard that you stick to making the whole production easier. However when doing a music video, to make an exact story board was very hard because of the quick switch in location and the different shots we had to do. Because of this we went to the location with a rough idea what we wanted and did the scene at the location at the location after which we went to the editing suit to edit the music video. We would revisit the location 2 or 3 times to improve our shots and film better shots at the location.
Looking at the blog, there was much more posts we had to do because we did more planning, meeting and editing which took alot of time and effort. In conclusion we thought A2 media was very much harder than AS due to workload, the planning and organising we had to do.
By Jubil Kunnassery
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