Music Video

Pre-Shoot Behind the Scenes (BTS)

For this post you should use either a VR camera or your phone camera to walk the examiner of your shoot set up before you begin shooting. Things you should explain to the examiner are the

• Date
• Time
• Location
• Choice of lighting set up
• Shooting equipment
• Props & Costumes
• Performer(s)
• Any other relevant information

Timelapse

As with your AS coursework, you should use your smartphone to record time-lapses of your shoots. This is especially important for any external shoots as these will be your main body of evidence to support the declaration that all work produced is your own.

RAW Footage

After each shoot, put together a quick timeline of a few chunks of your footage and export this as an unedited video. Do not feel as though you must include ALL footage; a couple of minutes from each shoot will be sufficient. The main intention of this post is to create a talking point for the evaluation, to allow you to draw comparisons to your RAW unedited footage and the final piece. If possible, try to include RAW footage of clips you know you will use in the final video.

Editing Process

This is where you log evidence of your editing. Ideally this would be timelapsed screencasts of your video editing, however this can be resource intensive, especially for storage space, so it is not 100% necessary to screen record every moment of your editing. It is recommended you include some evidence of important phases of your edit, including but not limited to:

• Importing footage
• Layering and trimming
• Application of digital effects
• Colour Grading
• Exporting

Rough Cuts

As with your magazine, the 'journey' you take is very important to the examiner. As a result it is important you export several rough cuts of your production. These are simply exported files of your production at key moments to show it's development over time. Whilst more is better with this, key moments to consider are:

• After trimming and completing your initial timeline
• After applying effects
• After colour grading.

Audience Test Screening Feedback

You should screen several of your rough cuts to potential audience members for feedback. This can be done individually or, if prior notice is given, can be arranged as a class activity in coursework lessons. Once the screening is finished you should then record feedback provided by the viewers of the screening. It is important to lead these feedback sessions to help you improve your product - What do they like? What would they like to see changed? Is there anything missing they would like to see?

Ultimately those that undertake this process frequently are the students most likely to produce excellent finished products.