Music Video First Draft

Using planning documents

The story board helped me most in organising and filming my music video. It gave me an idea of what shots I was going to use and at what specific time throughout the video.  On the day of filming I took the story boards with me, so that I could look back and refer to them on what shots I should be filming. It also saved me time in knowing what exact locations I will be going to throughout the day.

The risk assessment gave me an insight on to what hazards I should be aware of on the day of filming. I also took this with me when filming, so before each shot I knew what to expect and therefore would be able to prevent the hazard from occurring.


The animatic I produced on Adobe Premier also gave me


Shooting schedule


Paper edit


 Rushes Log

First draft evaluation

I thought that in order to make the first draft of my music video successful, I needed to include; a range of shots, include all four locations, ensure the artist singing and the track was synced accurately, include a range of shots for cutaways and also to include various effects. So far, I think I have done all of these things apart from including visual effects e.g. slow motion etc. I have made sure various amounts of shots are involved throughout the video and the four locations are clearly shown in each frame. When matching up the lip-syncing and the track together, I had to look back at a few shots to edit them. This was because sometimes the artist was a fraction too fast or the track was too far ahead. However, after looking and listening to each one, I corrected them and now look a lot more professional than they previously did. The camera angles I included for each cutaway I think had a variety an each were relating to the shots/location before and after them. I wanted to perhaps include more effects to give the music video a cutting edge to it, and make it look more professional. It will also make it more interesting, giving the viewer some variety in the video. If I had to improve on something it would definitely to be add more effects, and also if I was recording again I would make sure to have more shots of the artist lip syncing to the song.

Uploading + exporting footage evaluation

I thought that uploading my video footage from the camera's memory card, onto the computer then onto the editing software was very successful.

After I had shot everything that I had planned, my next job was to then upload it onto the Apple Mac and start editing. First I had to eject the memory card from the camera and insert it into the slot in the back of the Mac. Then I had to open up the memory card file on the desktop, and transfer all of the shots into my 'student share' file. This is so I don't lose anything and all of my work is in the same place. I then opened up Adobe Premier Pro and imported all of the shots to the software successfully. Everything I recorded was easily transferred onto the Mac, and then into Premier Pro which made the whole process a success; along with nothing getting lost or deleted.

Exporting my work wasn't a very hard task either. When I was ready to export it; I clicked on File, then went to Export Media. After I had chosen that, I had to change the format of the video to QuickTime; whilst changing the preset to: HD 720p 24H.264. I then edited the output name to 'Lewis Roberts Final Music Video. After the video had rendered, I logged into the ClassDMV YouTube account and uploaded my music video.

Music production so far

What did you film?

I filmed my artist lip syncing to the whole song in various locations. Whilst also filming various cutaways in a few different locations. I managed to film in all four of the locations that I planned to.

When did you film?

I filmed on Wednesday 29th October and Thursday 16th October. I filmed most of my cutaways on the 16th and all of the lip-syncing, with some cutaways, on the 29th. I was happy that  managed to get all of the lip-syncing shots done  in one go, rather than over various days.

What went well?

I think that filming everything I wanted to within a short amount of time helped me a lot as It will give me more time to edit. Also, I think the shots that I filmed were successful in looking professional and getting everything into the frame.

What could you do better?

I would have filmed more shots with the artist lip-syncing to the song in more locations. I would have also gotten the artist to make the lip-syncing more clear for the camera. I also could have possibly used more camera angles throughout the filming

What have you learnt so far?

I have learnt that before filming, everything has to be planned and that you're not always going to get the shots filmed in the first attempt.

VOXPOP questions

1. What do you think is the most important thing to stay safe online is?
2. What platform do you normally watch things on? e.g. TV, mobile, computer etc.
3. What channels do you watch and what's the reason you like them?
4. On average, what time do you watch your programmes?
5. What is your favourite genre of music, and why?

Blank Questionnaire

Focus Group