Skills audit: What have i learnt?

Research in the AS year 

As we were a group of three, it was easier to visit locations and sort out costume for our group.

The location was close to the college therefore we only had to visit it once and took some pictures while we were there. We didn't think outside the box and only had two locations and one of the locations were actually inside college/the technician room as it was just the opening of the film. With costume we discussed it briefly however it could have been discussed a whole lot more to make the opening more effective and to link with stereotypes. We did talk about camera angles and editing as we wanted to be clear on how it would be presented to the audience and because we had to create a story board and a rough cut all before the deadline, we really thought about it so it went with the background music and the credits.

What about this year?

This year me and my group have given 110% in to research as we want our music video to be good and planned before hand so we don't have to worry when it comes to the editing process after the filming period. We have chosen 6 locations and we have visited half as a group and tried our very best to visit some extra potential locations by ourselves. With costume we have been very strict as we are all girl performers so there's a lot more to think about ie make up, jewelry and we want it all to be similar and simple so we had to do a lot of research around that. 

Research to target audience 

Last year we asked our target audience questions AFTER we made our film, this year we have already asked our target audience what they expect to see in a music video.