1. The planning process of creating a music video is very important in order to have a
successful outcome. There are many stages that need to be completed. There are
things such as booking the location to film and getting permission to film in that
area, rehearsal schedules, booking camera, costumes, props, make-up, getting
contracts signed, health and safety assessment, storyboarding and working to a
budget.
I took on quite a large role when it came to deciding on who did what stage within
the group. I was in charge of:
- creating the contract for the actors and getting it signed
- booking location and getting permission to film
- costume and props
- equipment
- production schedule
- and creating a section of the storyboard.
As you can see, these were quite a few roles to undertake and I had a huge
responsibility within the planning of the music video. Since the people in my group
were the only ones that featured in the video, I just had to get each of us to sign it
which took a lot less time then it would have to do other people and meant that I
could get the forms back immediately. We decided to film the video in our school in
the playground so we didn’t have to book the locations but I got the permission to
film from the events coordinator and the person in charge of the school. The
costume was basic school uniform with a few extras so not much had to be changed
and I provided the props. I made a list of equipment that we would need to use and
left it up to the person in charge of booking the equipment to get a hold of it. I
created a particular section of the storyboard as we all took a few lines from the
song and created the scene that would go with it.
I think that I did well at balancing all of these roles and completing them. However it
was difficult to create the production and rehearsal schedule as we wasn’t sure
about when we wanted to start recording and when we would all be available as we
had to balance the work of other subjects.
I think I could have been a little bit better at meeting the deadlines because I did
manage to meet them but I had to rush at some points. In future if I was to do the
same thing then I would have balanced my time a lot better and efficiently and
would have planned it out.