Some useful advice...

'A' - Level 4 Music Video Mark Scheme

Level 4 32-40

The candidate is expected to demonstrate excellence in the creative use of most of the following technical skills:

• shooting material appropriate to the task set; including controlled use of the camera, attention to framing, variety of shot sizes and close attention to mise en scene

• editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer and making selective and appropriate use of shot transitions, captions and other effects

• recording and editing sound with images appropriately.

• where a candidate has worked in a group, an excellent contribution to construction is evident.

Music video of the week

Because it's nearly halloween.....

Another student music video

Music Videos To Grade

Music video of the week...getting the lip sync right!

Planning for production tasks

You need to be blogging about the following:

1.    Time management

2.    Research into target audience

3.    Performers - casting

4.    Organisation of locations/permission

5.    Costumes and Props

6.    Choreography/movements and blocking

7.    Lighting & colour

8.    Shotlists and Storyboarding

Animatic - storyboards: the first one is the actual - real storyboard used for the track. The other two are student examples:

Examples of shot lists:

http://amya2mediablog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/planning-shot-list.html

http://indiajonesa2.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/shot-list.html