To start off this new unit and to help us gain some ideas for our own videos, we were given a group self-portrait task. We were told to direct a group self-portrait video showing what we're like as people and what we are interested in.
I was in a group with Nisserin, Troy and Sam, and we decided that we wanted to film something with a humorous tone. We started with the idea of showing off our different talents separately, but we decided that it wouldn't work with the lack of props we had available to us. We then moved onto the idea of a music video type thing. Everyone would have a song each and we would focus on the editing of the video by having a mixture of shots where everyone is in different seats in the car and the song changes based on who is sat at the front.
We booked out the camera, the tripod and the go-pro in order to get the shots we wanted. Due to a few problems we decided to use my phone to film inside the car and we would use the camera in order to get some close-up shots of each person. We started filming but eventually decided that the idea wasn't working, and we needed to think of a new idea.
Finally, we came up with the idea of everyone making their way towards Nisserin and her car, and during the walk there we would show everyone in a different light while sharing some of our personalities.
For Troy we filmed him with his headphones in a put a song over the top. In order of making the video humorous, we chose a song that people wouldn't really think Troy would listen to and we made sure to only add it whenever Troy was in the shot.
For Sam we filmed him talking to his friends, via his phone, and doing a football trick with a piece of gum. Over the top of this footage we added a football stadium atmosphere sound effect and a ball kick sound effect. We did this to show Sam's interest in football.
For me we filmed myself on my phone, scrolling through my Instagram timeline, and taking a photo. In order for it to be clear that a photo was being taken we used a photo sound effect.
Nisserin was stood by her car on her phone, which you can see in some of the shots, but we didn't actually film a lot of her. This is something that we would have done differently as we felt it focused on the three of us and not so much Nisserin.
Another aspect of the video that we would have done differently is the exposure and the aperture of the footage. Some of the clips are too exposed and others aren't exposed enough. Due to the time frame in which we had to create the video, and due to the amount of time we had left after changing our ideas, we didn't have time to make sure the white balance and aperture was natural.
My favourite thing about this video is the humour within the sound design and the effective camera shot of the car driving away just before the credits start to roll. We also added some extra footage at the end of us in the car, singing to some songs which added to the humour of the video.
I'm very happy with the outcome of this video, considering the time limit and the limit of location and props.
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