Construction Post 1: Week 1 Production

During week 1 of our production we began revisions of our test shoot. After evaluating our test edit with the help of our teachers and TA, we began to extract the elements of our video which we did not think worked. For example, in our test edit the male narrative shoot had a long sequence in which our actor is seen walking into the train station. We realised that this section was too long and made this part of the video dull. I think that we had created this section in the mindset of attempting to create a continuous sequence of events, however, I soon realised that this was detrimental to our video as music videos conventionally have non-linear editing. This new mindset made us much more willing to cut down this footage, allowing us to create a shorter and sharper video.

How we established the actor entering the train previously

We also had to work on establishing the character of this male after a member of our TA said "I was confused at first because I didn't know who he was". This meant that we had to think of a better way to introduce this character visually.

Our original establishing shot of Andy

We decided to get rid of the shot above in our final shoot as it was an ineffective way of introducing our character. He is so far away that you cannot see any of his features and he appears to be an average civilian on the street. Instead, we decided to create a CU of Andy which would immediately introduce him to the viewer and highlight him as a character of importance.

Our final establishing shot of Andy

As well as re-drawing shots, we also remade our projection video. Previously the footage made had been too dark so we had to edit in some new brighter footage. This meant that my face was better lit in these shots. During this time I also became interested in the idea of creating a projection that consisted of geometric patterns and images which I went on to create and can be seen below.

An example of my projection

Another example of my projection

To conclude, we took this week as an opportunity to build upon our test shoot. This week was a very creative week for us as we were forced to push our artistic ideas and abilities.