Linking a music video with a short film!

As you may have noticed, for my practice piece of media work I completed in July, I made a music video, however this year I will be creating a short film. Here I am going to tell you the skills I gained through creating a music video which will be useful when I am creating a short film.

Firstly, I learned how to choose the best shots to storyboard. I did this through checking the location several times before I began storyboarding, and then I sat down with the lyrics and decided what I thought would work well in order to keep in line with both the feel of the music, the lyrics as well as any creative ideas that I had. This has helped me with my A2 production, as I have a very clear idea of a location to shoot the short film, and because of this, I have been able to create a fantastically vivid idea of what I want to happen in my short film, as well as thinking about how I will achieve it.

Secondly, through creating a practice music video, I gained the skill of colour correction. Even though I added colour correction to my AS Foundation portfolio piece, I do not believe that it was as good as it could have been. This changed when I created my practice piece, as I put quite a lot of time into making sure the colour correction had been done well, and I believe that the difference can be seen when you compare both my AS piece, and my practice piece! I cannot wait to use these skills in creating my A2 short film!