skills learnt over the filming period

During the process of filming, I, aswell as the group, have learnt many skills along the way, much more compared to the filming that was done in AS.

In AS, the crime thriller that we created was very easy considering that there were four boys in the group, which made it easy for us to interact and understand each other. In this project of creating the music video, i am the only boy in the group working with three girls on a song that is aimed at the target audience of females. This meant that I had to adapt to interacting with the group and understanding the things that would make a successful video. One skill that i learnt in AS but extended on was my ability to work as a group. Without team work, our video and process of filming the video would not have turned out well.

Filming felt  much different compared to the thriller that was produced in AS too. For example, whilst filming the thriller, we used the tripod a lot. For the music video, we were informed from the start that good music video would usually be filmed with the camera being held and moving, rather than it being still. Learning to film whilst the performer moves and filming whilst moving the camera did sound easy at first. However, once we started to film, we had to learn how to make sure that we did original camera work properly, such as shot angles and shot types.

Also, learning how to use different equipment were skills that  i built on. For example, using dedo lights, setting up the lights, controlling the camera, using top lights, lighting stands and much more, were things that were new to me, but were easy to learn how to use.

Overall, there were many skills that i learnt along the process of filming, but also with the help of the members of the group, As a group we all developed our skills and put our skills and ability together to successfully film and complete our filming. Along the way of filming, updating the blogs was a main skill that i had to keep up with, as there were many processes and research for this filming project and it all had to be updated on the blog, which i managed to keep up with.