Contribution to the Project
- 1. ContributiontoMusicVideoPre-ProductandPost-Production As the whole mediaproductof the musicvideowascompletedinagroup,throughoutthe productionof the projectwe assignedspecifictaskstoeachmember.My groupconsistedof two otherstudentsmeaningwe were able todistribute the taskfairlybetweenus. In termsof pre-productiontasks,mostof thiswe didindividually,includingresearchintomusicvideo genres,the planningsuchasthe locationscouting,riskassessmentandshotlist.A piece of pre- productionwhichwe completedtogetherwasthe storyboard,as the songisthree minuteslongwe thoughtinsteadof individuallycreatingthree storyboardsthatwe woulddivide the songintothree sectionsandwithoursectioncomplete the storyboardforit.Likewise,ontaskswe leftwe hadto worktogetheronwe did so,thisincludedthe lyricstovisualisationprocessaswe leftthiswasa task where we hadto deconstructthe lyricstogetherinorderto puttogethersomethingwe all agreed on.During thistaskwe all equallycontributedideasintothe musicvideovisualsanddiscussedthis successfullytocreate one piece. Duringthe productionstage of the musicvideowe all hadroleswhichwere equallyimportantto create the bestpossible musicvideo.Aswe wantedamaincharacter withinourmusicvideowe decidedthata memberof ourgroup shouldbe the actressas thismeantwe didn’thave to relyon anyone else andwe couldfilmwheneverwe wantedandalsothatwe knew exactlyhow we wanted the final productto looklike soitwouldhelpduringthe productionstages. We thoughtcarefully aboutthe character andwho outof our groupwouldbe bestsuitedtothe role.We agreedthat me as the maincharacter wouldsuitthe actingpositionthe bestandinresultit didworkout really effectively.Thiswasmymainrole duringthe productionstage of the project,likewise,Iwasin charge of the mise enscene of my character whichincludedthe symbolismpropsandalsothe outfit of the character whichhadto remainconsistentthroughoutthe multiple filmingdays.Intermsof the filmingthe shotswere sharedbetweenthe twoothergirlsinmygroup,howeverIcontributedto the filmingduringsceneswhere Iwasn’tneeded,thismade itfairforeveryone.Likewise,the two othermembersinmygroup alsotookpart in the actingroleswhere ‘membersof public’were needed. WhenIwasacting anothergroupmemberwouldfilmandanotherwoulddirectme and thiswouldalternate dependingonthe shot andwhose acting. For the post productionwork,inspecificthe editing,we decidedtoeditasa group because we wouldendupwithone final musicvideobetweenthe three of usandthiswas the easiestwaytodo so.On differenteditingdayswe tookitin turns to leadthe editinghowever,throughoutthere wasa large effectof groupcontributionasthe decisionsmade were made byall of usand refinedbyall of us. Regardingthe ancillarytasksagainthese were groupprojectswhere we all contributedequallywe completedthe tasks,makinggroupdecisionsonwhattoinclude andhow to presentthe products. As some of the membersof ourgroup were more familiarwiththe Photoshopsoftware thanothers, whichiswhere we chose to designthe products,we thoughtitwouldbe bettertohave themlead the tasks,myself beingone of them.