2. What have you learnt from participating in each prelim task 1,2,3 and 5?

I have learnt an array of different things whilst doing tasks 1,2,3 and 5.

Task 1: Audition Video 

Above, is the audition video that Angela, Iggy and I filmed for the casting of our music video remake. This was a new and nerve-wrecking experience for me because I'm not used to being in front of the camera. We took a few takes of this and the first take I was really embarrassed and wasn't really giving it my all. However, Angela and Iggy really pushed me and encouraged me and I ended up actually enjoying myself. It also allowed us to get a feel for performing and also encouraged us to learn the lyrics.

Task 2: Learn and Practice Your Performance

The next task was to learn our specific roles and then practice them so that we knew what we were doing when it came to the shoot day. 

We had scheduled rehearsal sessions after school from Monday through to Thursday to ensure that we were fully prepped for Friday. I learnt that warming up before every performance/practice  session was vital as you can seriously pull a muscle/cause harm to yourself if your body isn't fully warmed up and ready to work.

The hardest part of the whole music video to practice and execute was definitely the massive knee slide that the lead guitarist does in the video. It took a while to learn and it was also quite painful when the attempts went wrong, but in the end I managed it with the help of Jasmine and Tash. There was also a bit in the music video where it was focused on the guitarist and his solo. This was also a difficult part to learn but overall, I think it all went pretty well.



Task 3: Help to Plan and Organise Your Costume 

Finding costumes for everyone was definitely a challenge. We all had to bring in clothes that we thought were appropriate from home and had a massive session with everyone there where we picked out our costume from a whole pile of possibilities. However, we didn't always get it right the first time around. For example, I initially picked out a costume after liaising with the teachers which we thought would look quite good. However, this costume didn't really look 'rock chick' enough so we decided to change it. In the end, we found a better alternative to the costume before and it definitely looked a whole lot better.

Costume before - orange vest top, black
ribbed skirt and black tights with black
trainers. 

Costumer after - Bright orange crop top,
black vest underneath, black leather skirt
and black tights.

Task 5: Editing

Editing was definitely the hardest part of this whole project. We used Adobe Premiere Pro to edit it and we used layering on multi-tracks to make it easier for us to sync the video to the music and also cut up the shots as needed. It was difficult trying to get shot for shot match on these but Angela and I definitely tried our best to match the original shot as close as possible. As you can see above, the shot in the bottom right hand corner is the original shot and the shot in the center is the one we filmed and cut in. They both match pretty well. Below is another shot where we were able to get a pretty good match. However, this wasn't possible for all shots and eventually we had to learn to be creative and accept that not every shot will match perfectly.














Editing was very time-consuming and laborious and at times it was hard to carry on but we pushed through and managed to finish it. I also learnt how to grade and correct shots to adjust the lighting, brightness and contrast in order to match the original shots more perfectly. This was a hard and enduring task but it was still a lot of fun and the satisfaction after fully grading one shot was very pleasant. Adding the flashes and high exposure shots was definitely challenging as well but it helped bring the video together and adding them definitely made the video look complete as well.






Overall, this whole project has been a huge learning experience for me and I found myself really enjoying and now missing this whole thing. I learnt how to perform, get over my camera shyness, encourage, how to grade and also how to persevere through tough situations.