Video Pitch Feedback

I presented my pitch the class and got feedback. Most of feedback was asking about the locations. "Do you the location, especially the field?" I have found a field I want to shoot my music video in which is a public field so we don't have to worry about permission.
I also got told that my idea of the music video is similar to the original music video. My music video will have a story line instead of Taylor Swift's which is just random home footage of her and her family and friends.
 I got questioned about how I would film in a super market. I already have permission to film in a supermarket so that won't be a problem.



Mood Board

I have created a mood board to show how I would want to represent my music video. In my mood board, I have chosen an image of a woman in the streets. I would want my video to be located in the streets. I have gone for the rock star look which shows a bit more old fashioned type clothing. I have chosen to put a guitar in my mood board because in my music video, I imagine the lead singer with a guitar. I imagine people hanging around in the streets having a good time, that is why I have an image of girls on the streets. For make-up, I thought dark eyeshadow would work best because I am going for the "rock chick" look. Overall I am going for a street party, old fashioned rock star outcome.

Target Audience

Demi is a typical 16 year old who likes to do regular teenage things like going to the cinema, hanging out with friends, going to parties and also loves listening to music. Demi likes listening to different genres of music such as; pop, rock, classical, r&b, country and hip hop however her favourite genre is pop. 

Some of Demi's favourite music artist include; Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Lana Del Rey, Kelly Clarkson and Rihanna. Demi always listens to music when she gets ready to go out because it puts her in a good mood.

In her spare time, Demi likes to write her own music as she aspires to be a songwriter in the future. She enjoys watching TV shows such as; 90210 and Gossip Girl.

If Demi could go anywhere in the world, she would go to America because there are a lot of good opportunities there and Demi thinks it would be a great career move if she wants to be a songwriter. 

Music Video

I have chosen Katy Perry's music video for Firework as an influential video. The video includes different peoples situations. The video has a message that's trying to tell viewers, no matter how difficult life can get, you always have to stay positive because you can overcome it. Overall the video is a positive video and could inspire people to be comfortable in their own skin and should not worry about the negative comments.

Q7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

From looking back at my preliminary task, I feel like I've learned a lot looking at how my finial product came out. I feel my camera skills have improved, even how I hold the camera is much more improved. I feel like I can take better shots seeing as my close-up, over the shoulder and match on action shots have been come out a lot better. I learned how to use a tripod correctly. Also my editing skills have gone better looking at my preliminary task, I didn't use effects because I didn't know how to however, I'm much more confident. 

Q6. What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

For making my horror film, I used a number of technologies to help me with my finial out come. I first started by creating a survey where I wanted to find out what type of horror films do the audience watch/like. From the results of the survey, I produced a presentation on Prezi brainstorming my ideas for my horror film opening sequence. I added YouTube videos of some existing horror film openings to add to my ideas. I also created a Production Company logo on Photoshop 'Woodland Studios'. The name was inspired from the idea of filming our opening horror sequence in a forest.

We used a video recorder to film our opening horror sequence. Some of the footage in our film is handheld because we wanted to get into the point of view of the character. The scene with the flashback is when we used a tripod to shoot. We wanted to make the flashback clear to the audience. We also used the tripod to film the panning shot because we wanted the shot to run smoothly and to make sure we captured the park entirely. What I learnt from using a camera is that I have to remember, when shooting, to make sure I get everything in the shot as some things I wanted were left out. 

I used Premiere Pro to edit the opening sequence of my horror film. I imported all my footage onto there and had to decide which footage I wanted to keep and which I had to cut. Once I did that, I put all my footage together so each cut flowed well with one another. I used effects like red tint and dip to black to show the flashback. We went on YouTube to look at opening horror sequences and listened to the type of music they had used. I then went on a website called 'FreeSound' to find music which would fit our opening sequence. We found a classical type music which we thought would fit our opening sequence quite well. Its also good because it builds up the tension. 

Q5. Film Commentary