Research And Planning

Task One
The first lip syncing task didn't require much research or planning and neither did we have much time for it; after finding out about the task itself we were sent to choose a song out of the 5 provided (Rihanna ft Jay-Z - Rihanna) and then learn the lines for that, and were allowed a few practise singing sessions which then moved straight on into recording.

For this task I found the research and planning extremely simple as it was just an amateur video and wasn't being entered. I found the learning the lines most vital and useful as this would be the main aspect of the lip syncing task.


I feel that after not having much time to complete the task as a whole, it would have been more professional looking if we had the time to create a storyboard and add more theatrics into the video.

Task Two

The second task was a bit more complex with the research and planning;
A director was chosen by the class; who then focused on the major aspects of the planning in which the whole class took part in; she created the casting lists as well as the prop lists to make sure that everyone knew what they needed to do or bring. We also used storyboarding to ensure we all knew what and when things needed to be done, and we also used a shooting script; this allowed the class to see what was being filmed and what was needed each day and most obviously we had the music video which allowed us to see what we needed to do, the timing and how it needed to be done. Due to the amount of research and planning that we did, we had a lot more time to do this task than the first one.





After using a wide range of planning tasks I think that everything that was needed to be understood and done was done efficiently, I don't necessarily think that any more was needed to be done, but I did find the storyboarding and also the shooting scripts the most useful as it helped me both in the production and post-production stages of the task. It allowed me to find the correct timing, and also the correct shots in order to re-enact the music video itself.


In the A2 year I would expect to be using storyboards, lyric sheets, shooting scripts, prop lists, casting lists as well as looking at actual music videos which would relate to the genre of music that we are going to use for our own videos, and then moving onto audience research.