Music video evaluation

What went well and what would you improve next time?

The remake we did was ‘All About that Bass’ by Meghan Trainor, I think what we did well was getting the timings correct and in sync to the music video, however, the remake has a lot of room for improvement because we did not finish filming the entire remake because many people did not have time to do it after school so many parts of it is missing. What we should have do is organised a day to do the filming and complete the filming in a entire day to get it over and done with instead of doing a little each day which we clearly didn’t have enough time to do it like that.

Another thing I will have to do differently is choose a song that was simple so it would not take too long to film or if we kept ‘All About that Bass’ we could have managed our time better, so one thing I think I have to work on and help my group with is time management.

I would also improve on how quickly I edit the remake because I took too long to edit it, I will improve how quickly I edit by getting used to the editing software and learning short cuts for tools such as the cut tool which is what is used the most when editing, this will stop me from constantly asking people how to cut or move a clip and wasting time doing so.

The filming could have been improved by adjusting the settings of the camera to make it look less grainy. My knowledge of camera is not very good so I will have to practise using it before filming.

I think learning about exposure and lighting can help a lot when in come to the end product as our remake did not look like an actual music video and looked more like it a project or rough draft instead of a piece of work.

How do you feel about the equipment?

It was not very hard using the equipment or software but it wasn’t the simple, I am not very good at using the camera because I don’t know how to adjust the settings and what the settings do so maybe in the future I will learn what the settings do, I am going to improve my knowledge by using the camera and asking my friend who is good at using cameras.

The editing software Adobe Premiere Pro is not hard to learn, as it is simple to use. It also has much more advanced settings for those who know how to use the properly.

What I found easy about the software was that it has an easy to use cut tool, which allows accurate cutting of the clips.

How confident are you about editing?

I am very confident about editing because I find it simple and not hard to do, however, it takes a long time to edit depending on what you are editing.

To be more confident I have to improve my work rate and stop being distracted whilst editing.

What challenges will be different when it comes to filming your own music video

The challenges will be to make the music video suit the chosen genre and decide whether to follow the typical conventions of the genre or not to follow the conventions. We will also have to come up with new and original ideas that will also match the song. We will also have to get the shots spot on or it will not look as good as we expect.