Post Production

   The post production was very successful as we managed to complete that in a short amount of time to a good standard for a prelim video. We did not film the shots in the order that they appeared on the storyboard, so we first had to cut down the shots we wanted and put them in the right order, parallel to the song - we had to match up the song to the lip syncing. The most difficult part of the process was figuring out how to incorporate the photographs into the video. We did this by cutting down their duration (which was automatically set at around 10 minutes) to a fraction of a second. We also sped up some of the footage, such as the clock turning. This enabled us to fit in the footage that we wanted into the short time frame.

Production Of The Prelim

  We managed to film the music video in around three hours. The filming locations were around school, so very easily accessible which enabled us to spend more time re-filming anything that didn't quite work. Therefore we could collect a variety of different shots and choose the best ones, which would help during editing.  I think the filming was successful as we managed to get every member of the group in the end video, and created a group shot by using a tripod to sit the camera on while it was filming. In one of the scenes of the video, we were in a sweet shop, so acquired permission from the owner to film in there and we set the camera to continuously take shots over a period of ten seconds to produce a variety of photograph which we would edit into the film.

Pre-Production Of The Prelim

   During the pre-production we used conventional methods in planning. After choosing the song 'Stay Out' by Nina Nesbitt, we created a storyboard which allowed us to gather our thoughts together into one final vision that could be used to aid us during the filming. It specified the types of shots that we would use, the number of seconds for each shot and the lyrics or music that we wished to appear in the shot. We also used prop lists to ensure we had the right costumes and equipment to use in the video, and clearly distributed the tools to collect between each person.
   The pre-production was successful as we managed to completely plan our video and discuss the locations for filming, which allowed us to be much more productive in the following sessions where we were filming. Therefore from the pre-production I learnt that good planning is essential for completing a project as it gives a clear direction for filming.

Preliminary Video

Prelim Prop List

Prelim Storyboard

Continuity Exercise