Points for part1 of the writing task

Introduction
-Explain what task you did for the AS production and how this one differs from it.(e.g. thriller in iMovie, music video in Final Cut)...
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- music video made in final cut.
- not an opening sequence like previous tasks, there is emphasis on lipsyncing and no need for non-diegetic sound. All sound is contained within the song.

Part One
- Explain briefly how the work came about and what the tasks were. (Talk about final Cut practice in the summer,analysing some real music vids and looking at student examples,talk from promo director, MySpace music range of choices, etc)...
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- talk about how we came up with the idea.
- remember that we originaly had a few different ideas that we posted on the blog so we should look back on them
- remember that at the moment we can only write about what we hope to achieve with the doll as we haven't shot that part of the footage yet.
- looked on myspace to see what we could find out about our chosen artist.

Which band/artist did your group choose and why ? (give some positive reasons here)...
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- looked on myspace to see what we could find out about our chosen artist.
- chose the song because we all liked the song the best, and thought it had a good beat that we could work with, as a group we probably suit the faster paced songs
- myspace gave us the lyrics

How did you ‘pitch’ for them ? (summarise briefly)...
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- all groups in a class picked a different song so we didn't have to.

Where did you get your ideas from ? cite/use and explain actual examples as shown on your blog !...
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- ideas from, adverts on tv, pre-existing music videos, and also trying to think of ideas based on the lyrics... aka- friends are false so the doll we plan to use acts as a 'false friend'.

What tasks had to be done in the research and planning phase? How were these handled and what could have been done to improve them ? (talk about storyboarding, animatic, organising places, props, equipment, people)...
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- practice lipsync on a pre-existing vid that was chopped up.
-look at music videos and music video directors
-student videos
-looking at the band, checking out their style/how they present to the public, official band websites, check out live performances, youtube.
-storyboard- not very detailed
-animatic- to vague
-handled by blogging
- organising the doll has proved difficult as we found it does attract unwanted attention which can distract from filming.

How did the group come to decisions about approaches to the tasks to be completed? (what range of options did you consider and why did you opt for the choices you made?)...
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- read notes that we have already written.

What roles did the various people in the group take on ? Concentrate particularly on your role in the various activities....
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-all played pretty equal roles except oli is the only one opf us actually featuring in the video.

Talk about any test footage you shot. What did you learn from doing these tests and from the animatic ?...
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- test camera shots (as in photographs) alerted us to the fact that the doll draws attention to itself so we need to/ needed to be aware of that when filming.
- animatic showed that there wasn't that much going on in our video that would keep with the beat of our music- it wasnt fast enough in its pace.

Write about the shoot. What went well/badly ? what could you have done differently ?...
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Consider your early editing and how you reached the rough cut stage. Outline this process and discuss decision-making you undertook....
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What does the group feel about the rough cut ? what still needs to be done ?...
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