AP - Reflection on Brighton RECCIE

What did I learn from Brighton?

• What I learnt from Brighton is that when it comes to doing our music video, we will have to thoroughly story board our ideas so we know exactly what we are going to do for our final piece.
• I have also learnt that for a music video, you need more shots than what we did last year at AS level. Also as well as more shots, you also need a wider range of angles, distances and different shots so you have more footage to work with when it comes to putting it together.
•  As a group, we only filmed what was on the sheet meaning that when it came to putting it together back at school, we did not have enough footage for a full length song.
• Also some of the shots needed to be redone as we did not view them after filming because we did not want to drain the battery on the camera.
• Another thing I learnt is that using a wider range of locations is more effective as filming in just one can be boring and music videos are meant to be repeatable, and if there is only one location, people will just switch off because they are bored.
•  Finally, I learnt that Brighton could possibly be one of the locations we use for our final piece as there are many different areas in which we can film in which all look different.

What can I take from this task and use for my final piece? What direction is it going in?

• From this task I have learnt that when we do our piece, I want to use a wide range of locations both external and internal unlike last year where we had only one location, a back garden.
•  It is also important to know which track you are going to be using when filming as we were not sure so it was hard trying to think of what we should film.
• What we have learnt from this task as well as last year is that time management is important and we also need a wider range of locations.
• As well as this, we need a lot more footage to ensure that we have enough when doing the editing.