Personal view on our group...

What did I struggle on?

I struggled at first with the timings. The lip syncing especially, this was very hard as we put this footage in last due to all the re-filming we had to do. This meant that when it came to putting footage in we had to move a few of the other clips around to fit them in correctly and make sure they are perfect. 

What skills I learn?

I learnt skills that i will most likely use a lot later in life as i want to be involved in Media somehow in the future. Some of these skills include: the

- Speed play; 

- Reversing clips; 

- Cutting clips shorter; 

- Making clips longer; 

- Split screens; 

- Using markers; 

- Lots of different short cuts

- Video transitions 

- Effects 

And much more 


How I felt our group worked together?

Throughout the production process, personally i feel that our group worked very well together and communicated with each other like mature and responsible adults. At first we didn't really know each other and i feel that we had a very professional relationship more than a personal friendship although i like to think that working together has made us become friends and i am very pleased with the way our products turned out. Overall i feel that we got everything done efficiently and mostly on time. We did struggle with timings a bit with the magazine advert and album cover but in the end we managed to pull it together and we finished it and in my view it looks amazing! A big well done to the people that had that role and a big well done to the editors  and everyone that was involved in our filming. Everyone had an equal role and everyone helped in every way possible which helped us to get to the high standard we are at now. 

My Roles...

Role as a Cheerleader:
As a cheerleding within the music video i had a lot of fun. As a cheerleader we usually have certain groups within a team. However my team were unable to take part in this filming so we had to improvise. Emily, the other cheerleader, who is usually a base, had to become a flyer. That was the first time she had flown in cheerleading and I think that she was very very good at it. Our back-spot and front spot were also first timers and I had to teach them what to do. All things considered I think that that group worked very well together and I had an enjoyable time teaching and performing the skills we did.
Role as a Dancer:
This role was more embarrassing that others, I had to dress in a leotard and shorts which made me look silly and I felt silly performing all those dance moves. However, due to me being a cheerleading I am use to dancing in front of people which helped me a little to overcome the embarrassment slightly. As I was meant to look funny while performing this I was allowed to laugh and make funny facial expressions, which helped me when filming as I didn’t have to worry about acting serious as well as dancing while wearing clothes I was uncomfortable in.
Role in a Duo Dance:

This was very awkward at first as my partner was shy and didn’t know what he was doing. Billy, my partner wasn’t a very good dancer, so I had to help him a little. Traditionally the male is meant to lead the female but in this situation, the female lead the male and made it look like he was the one leading, which was very difficult. We were asked to dance together and spin and do what we call the romantic drop. He spun me around and I lent back and we stared at each other. This was very funny and we tried very hard not to laugh while performing.

Problems that occured when editing:
We found that using the speed play made our frames shorter and this had an effect the amount of footage we had. This meant when I came it the end of our footage we still had lots of space on our timeline. Therefore we had to go out and re-film some footage and come up with new ideas. However, after using the programme for a while, i got use to all the icons and learnt shortcuts that sped up the editing process. My favourite pat of Final Cut Express was using the speed play. Watching the footage over at different speeds was funny and made the editing part of the production process a lot more enjoyable. 

Personal feelings:
Editing was probably the most difficult task i had to face. This role required a lot of time and work. It also involved some skill. I had previously gone through different editing exercises like Tom Jones, Pink panther, Piliminary sequence ect... to help me out. These exercises helped me to speed the process up as i learnt how to use markers, which helped me to position frames onto the time line correctly.