Radioactive MATD Music Video

Marina And The Diamonds: Radioactive 

           For this assignment we were to create a 90 second music video; my group chose Radioactive by Marina And The Diamonds. The purpose of this was for us to practice getting lots of shots for the video and to edit well. We spent a few days trying to find a song and decide a story line.

           There was a misunderstanding in our group, so while two of us decided a song/got shots for the video/storyboarded, the other thought they were in charge and were going to direct the video to a different song. This caused for some friction in our group because we all weren't on the same page.
       
           We talked among ourselves and saw when the miscommunication happened. In the end, we ended up throwing away everything and starting over with a new song. This put us way behind schedule. After we spent a few days filming, the SD card got left in the camera and we lost it. Once again we were put back. Thinking we had lost the SD card we wasted more days recapturing shots we already had; then the SD was found and we had practicaly wasted those last days refilming old shots. When we finally started editing I was dissapointed because some shots I wanted to use to show the story couldn't work. However, I did manage to edit more eficiently than before.

          While editing, I used more shortcuts than I had before. For example I used the keys "B" & "A" to quickly change between the blade tool and the selection tool. I also used the "Home" and "End" to get to the beginning and end of my timeline. While we were filming I also learned how to turn objects out of focus into focus and vise versa. We got some interesting shots by using this technique.

           I also learned how to cooperate with others and how to make adjustments to our plan so everyone was involved. That was the hardest part for me because I like to make the best use of our time, but it seemed like we were just wasting everything. Next time I would spend more time planning and making a good storyline and song choice. In addition to that I would constantly make sure the whole group knows what is going on.
         
          Overall I am not thrilled with the finished product, but I feel it turned out pretty well considering all the setbacks and challenges we had. I am also glad I learned how to take a lot of shots and learn how to edit quicker. This project helped me to learn much that I will use from now on.

The link to my video is below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7fjLEryDAw&feature=youtu.be