Music Video Preparation

The main task we (my group) needed to complete, was to make our music video. As you can see from my previous posts, we came up with a specific idea we intended to use for out video, but before we could commence with the filming, we had several things we needed to arrange.
One of the first factors we had to decide on was how many people would featured in our video and whom these people would be. After brainstorming and coming up with numerous ideas, we eventually decided to use four guys and either two or three girls (we were undeceive on this, as we were not sure if we could get enough girls wanting to take part). The next step was for us to actually go out and find the people that would be staring in the video. We all thought the easiest option for this would be to ask friends, as they were more likely to say yes, as they would feel more comfortable performing in front of people they knew. After asking numerous people, Jack (one of the individuals in our group) opted to play the role of leading boy in the video and managed to get three of his friends to play the other male roles. Becca (another individual in our group) also decided to play the leading female character. (At the beginning of filming, Becca managed to get two of her friends to be in the video. However, due to complications they were unable to feature in a large proportion, so to overcome the problem, me and Vickie, the remaining members of our group, opted to play the remaining female roles).
Now with all of our characters in place, our next step was to arrange where we would shoot our video. We knew we wanted the main and most important parts to be shot in Brighton. We chose Brighton as it was close to where we all live, but also because it is known for its nightlife and culture and of course this is what we needed to capture for our video. Having agreed on Brighton, we then needed to discuss where we would shoot some of our earlier scenes such as in a boys and girls bedroom. Jack and Becca once against offered to use their bedrooms, as they were the most convenient in terms of people getting to them. Now that we had all of our settings arranged, we next had to decide on when we could film.
As all of us are in college, we found it quite difficult to arrange set times and days, as it sometimes clashed with certain peoples timetables. However, we refused to be beaten and instead worked with what options we had. Evidently the majority of our filming was carried out on Tuesday evenings, as this slot was when we were all available.
Now everything was in place we were ready to begin filming.

What role will I play?
Originally, it was my role to help out with the camera work. By me doing this, I was able to learn many skills in regards to working the camera. Things such as changing the settings in order to make them correct for the environment we were in is a prime example of this. (This is explained in more detail later on). On top of this, I also played the part of director for some of the shots. I.E took charge of what was happening and made sure everyone knew exactly what they were doing. I also acted. I found this quite nerve racking, as I normally prefer to be behind the camera, however, as it meant helping my group out, I agreed to take part. Finally my last was to help edit our video. This was extremely difficult at first as we were not use to the Mac programme "Final Cut Pro", however, after a few sections, things became easier.

My group:
I really enjoyed working with the members of my group. As we are all in the same class we found it really easy to work well together and come up with ideas. We all shared the duties of filming the video and feel that we have achieved a good end product and ultimately worked well as a collective!