A2 Production Planning

We have now started A2 and so we must begin planning out what we want to do for our production which shall be a music video. Such tasks involved in planning will include:-

AS Production skills analysis and evaluation
Song lyrics
Producer pitch
Animatic
Recce shots
Research on song
Production schedule

Bonkers- Dizzee Rascal

Dizzee Rascal- Bonkers (YouTube link)

Skills Evaluation of AS Production

Technical:

Blogging wasn’t problematic however uploading pictures proved to be problematic because the images came up blank and didn’t show.

Camera Skills:

Needed to go for A grade shots instead of standard shots and ought to have done more experimenting as an alternative to sticking with one shot. Most of the camera positions were mediocre and could have been upgraded, specifically the shot following Honey Bear through the street. That also meant that many of our shots didn’t have enough impact and should have used match on action shots more. We had some good shots showing the characters expression but we could have done with some more.

Editing:

The captions we made were very professional and we did investigate titles before we chose the correct one for our film opening. We did encounter some problems with our song The A-Team by Ed Sheeran, we couldn’t use the original version nevertheless we did still use the song. We had Harry playing the piano but it didn’t sound accurate and we could have improved. We were very experimental with the scream at the beginning and I think it had a strong influence right at the start. We didn’t use enough video effects and we might have used more fades and other effects. 

Creativity:

The scissors that killed Honey Bear wasn’t the right weapon to use; we could have used a kitchen knife or a machete. The back garden location didn’t work as well as graveyard would have, in addition the voice over wasn’t very original.

Characters:

Shaunagh played Honey Bear really well and really stuck to the role and showed the stereotype well, and because of that you felt very sympathetic towards her. Harry on the other hand portrayed the role as a cold blooded killer really appropriately. Bethan played her role as Honey Bear’s mother well, but the back garden scene didn’t work.

A2 Production Planning

Final Cut of Honey Bear

Ideas For Our Final Video

Me and Harry needed to correct some of our mistakes from our Honey Bear video. The framing of our shots weren't as good as they could have been, such as the doorway shot were Shaunagh walks through. This is because the shot lingered for too long and it showed to much of the door and not enough of Shaunagh. Also we need to demonstrate uses of extreme close ups, like when Harry is holding the scissors into Shaunagh's body.

Final Cut Feedback

We had some certain points to improve on our final cut. The framing of our shots are all fine but the use of the extreme close ups makes it really dramatic and nervous. Our final shot wasnt as strong as it could have so we could make it stronger by using the photo frame at the end. Our editing is also very strong particularly the fade to white when you see Shaunagh change from a prostitute to a normal person.

The use of sound in each of our shots is good bit we can make it better, we have added a loud door slam for when Harry leaves the room where he killed Shaunagh.

We have also been told to change the use of song because Bethan went a bit flat when she was singing the A-team. We have changed it by having Harry play the A-team on the piano in a low note to give it more tension. Because this is copyrighted music we have emailed the company who published the A- Team music.