Planning: Group Preliminary Task (Budget Britney)

Evaluation

What we did/how we did it: As a class, we created a music video for the song 'Baby One More Time' by Britney Spears. Everyone had some sort of role, Tawanda and I were cinematographers, David M was the director, David S and Kyle were main singers and everyone else were the back up dancers. The purpose of this activity was to get used to the cameras and editing. Using 2 cameras, we had more options to which footage was best to use.

WWW/EBI: Filming our Budget Britney had both good and bad. Here is a list of them:

What Went Well -

• Everyone co-operated well and thoroughly followed the Director's instructions.
• We had 2 cameras in process so it was easier and more efficient to film as we then had options of which parts to use in post.
• We managed to sync the audio with the visuals to make it look like a conventional music video.
• We incorporated cutaways, such as the clock ticking and pen tapping, to add make the audience more interested in watching and it also went with the audio.
• The use of stabilization on the close ups when released from the tripod was very realistic and the camera is still. 

Even Better If -

• We only had limited time to film the extract of the song - if we had longer time, we might have been able to be more innovative with the outfits and acting/miming. 
• We used perhaps match on action or three point lighting,
• We could of filmed the whole song and perhaps had found a better location / more suitable actors for the roles.
• We could of perhaps also tried filming a genre of music which is similar to our genre (rap) which is more relate-able to our music video, however i do understand it has helped us to show variety in our filming.  

Skills learnt/how this experience can be used for filming: During the process, we learnt more about the camera itself. We learnt how to change the settings of the camera in terms of ISO, aperture and shutter speed.

The ISO goes from 80-3200 and it mainly controls the 'noise' of the visuals. 'Noise' is the grainy and hints of blur that may sometimes not be noticeable while filming, but very prominent in post. It also changes the light sensitivity of the camera which therefore adds artificial light to the visuals. We will be considering this whilst filming our music video because it is vital that we have the least noise as possible for it to look professional and like a conventional music video.

The aperture controls how much light travels in the camera. It is the main control of non-artificial light as the larger the hole, the more light passes to the camera sensor. We will be experimenting with the aperture while filming to see which focal ratio we want as we will be changing from dark lighting to brighter lighting.

The shutter speed is the length of time a camera shutter is open to exposure light into the camera sensor. It is measured in fractions of a second. The slower the shutter speed, the more light it allows in and vice versa. Therefore, while filming, we will be using a slow shutter speed in most the artist scenes as more light will be allowed in an already low light area.