My Progress From Year 12 Into Year 13 In Media

I believe that I have made great progess in my work since year 12, in this short time I believe I am concentrating much more on my work and making a greater effort to complete work on time and be organised. Although we created story boards in year 12 I think they were not created well enough to benefit the planning of our thriller opening. I feel that I am planning my work and actions much more effeciently since year 12, I have been making lists and filling out story boards taking care, ensuring that the work is in great detail. I also think that I have been taking alot more time in doing research. I have been watching and taking notes on the original Him and Her In the Sun video and various other schools music videos to find good and bad aspects in a music video in order to avoid creating a bad music video, which includes things such as viewer fatigue.

This year I have much more confidence in performing in front of the camera due to the practise time we have had in seperate groups. I feel that I can improve my performance in front of the camera due to the fact that I have more confidence.I think that this year I have learnt more about setting up a shot and planning how long it should be on to avoid viewer fatigue. Our thriller film wasn't planned out as well as our new 'In the Sun' video.

You can see the progress I have made from year 12 into year 13 by comparing these two contact sheets, each of which are contrasting. The 'In The Sun' lip sync task contact sheet show a variety of different locations where as in the thriller trailer we only chose two locations which is slightly boring and repetitive. We have also used more long shots and mid shots rather than a sequence of close ups. The 'In The Sun' lip sync task video had birds eye view shots and shots taken from the side shown in the 6th screen grab. During the move from year 12 to year 13 I have learnt it is important to focus on making a video or sequence as exciting as possible, by changing every variable such as location, costume and shot type. Also to make sure everything is perfect by not having any wobbly shots or lip sync out of time.