I enjoyed creating this music video because there was a variety of shot lengths and distances. It was quite difficult to get the timings of the music exactly in time with the visuals but this created a good effect, as the actual music video was the same.
In the beginning, whilst getting into the car the zoom is very uneven as we used the button on the camera, this also caused the frame to loose focus. We have learnt from this that to get a smooth zoom on a shot we should physically move the camera forward, this is called 'tracking'. This will enable us to zoom in on exactly what we want at the speed we want whilst also keeping it in focus.
I am disappointed that the camera is very shaky when filming the side-on views in the moving car. Although sometimes this can create a good effect, like at 9-15 seconds when it's just a landscape view, I think it distracts the viewer from the song and lyrics as they would be concentrating on the visuals too much. Also the video lacked in continuity as the filming of the back was in a stationary car because we could not film it whilst moving as it was filmed from the drivers set. The cuts back to the driver in this sequence was in a moving car, on the other hand, we were happy with the camera angles and general filming of this sequence.
Overall I am quite happy with the outcome of the task, however we can learn from the things we did wrong, I feel this has prepared us for the real task as we have more of an idea of how the music videos work.
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