My Music Video Filming Process
Throughout my music video, I feel like there were some things that went really well, while others I struggled with quite a lot during the film process.
Something I specifically struggled with a lot when filming was when I was dropped from my film group and forced to make the video all by myself. I unfortunately was not in class for over a week during the process, and as a result I had to create a new idea and make a completely different music video. I did struggle with this a lot, as it cut my time in half and put a lot more pressure on me, but I feel as if I handled it as best as possible. I included a variety of different shots and recorded in multiple different locations, despite my limitations.
Following this altercation, I had received help from a friend outside of my class to help me record some shots. However, this friend cancelled on me last minute. To help with this issue, I went out and purchased a cheap tripod so I didn't have to keep propping my phone up in front of random objects around my house. This simplified the filming process SO MUCH and made filming the rest of the video 10x easier. I had used my tripod and made it appear at my head level to shoot the scene of me on my bed. Although this was a bit of a setback for me, I think in the end it worked out very well. The tripod actually made the video look more professional, rather than my friend holding the camera, because it was still and not shaky.
Another concern I had during my film process was my attempt at a quick change in one shot in front of my bedroom mirror. I had to refilm this MANY times before I finally got the right shot. This was really difficult for me because it was hard to get the camera to stay in the perfect angle, and it was even harder to make sure the lighting and positioning of the camera was correct. So, I used my recently purchased tripod to help, which made the process of shooting this clip SO MUCH simpler.
Although many parts I had a hard time with, other parts of the filming process I really enjoyed. For example, the match cut (an editing term used in film that connects two scenes together by matching elements) where I go from looking at an Instagram post to a real life scene of my two friends walking down the restaurant, was really easy for me. I feel like this scene came out really clean and it blended together very well (in my opinion at least). I also had a lot of fun shooting this scene, and we even got a good meal out of it!
For my next project, I am glad that I now have a tripod that can help make the filming process tremendously easier. I would also like to make sure that I work with someone else because I quickly realized into shooting my music video, making an entire project by myself was a lot harder than if I had additional help.
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