First Draft Section 1

Here is the opening section to my music video. This is just a first draft, and I have decided to re film this section of my video, as I am not happy with the outcome. I feel that this looks very unprofessional, with some shots looking 'shakey,' and in relation to cinematography I feel that some of the camera angles I have used could be improved or changed to make the piece look more effective. One of my main errors in my filming is to do with my planning, as when I started to film, I made sure I stuck to my storyboard that I had planned. However when I put this all together and edited it on the editing suite to follow my storyboard, I found it looked wrong and did not fit properly with the timing of the music, and many of my shots felt too long. To resolve this I listened to the music I have chosen, and realised there is a clear distinctive beat to the song, I then listened to the music again and this time counted how many beats there was. From doing this I decided that it would look more effective if I synchronised my edits with the beat of the song, which in this case meant I would need more footage because the majority of my shots were too long. Instead of just filming some more footage and adding it in, I felt that it would be more beneficial if I re-shoot all of my footage from this scene again, as it would improve the quality of my footage as well as eliminate factors such as inconsistency in my filming.

Although this issue has set me back in the way that I now have to re-shoot a lot of my filming, I also feel it has been beneficial as now I feel that when I re shoot my footage, I will be more aware of what i need to include and how it will look, over all making my music video look more professional and fluent.