Preliminary Copy and Director's Commentary

We had to find a music video, and re-create one minute of it, for our preliminary task. As a group, the video we chose was "Enemies" by Shinedown. The reason behind choosing this song was because two of us new the song really well, but also because the video as a whole seemed relatively simple to copy. 



We decided to copy the first minute, because we thought it would be the simplest as later on, the band members get into a physical fight. (which is staged an choreographed... obviously...)

Above is our copy of the video. Overall, I think it's not that bad- there are some things which could have made it better, which we have mentioned in our Director's commentary:

Like I said, for a first attempt at editing and syncing the song and the video to match and go at the same pace and everything, it's not too bad. One of the main differences is the fact that we had three girls and one guy, instead of four guys. I don't think this is a massive issue in some cases, but we needed some people so we went with what we could get. Towards the end, editing the song to sync with the singing part became a bit more difficult, because we didn't have quite enough footage that was long enough for it to flow fluently. However, the majority of the video is relatively similar to the original, and I am proud of our preliminary task of copying a music video.
What I have learnt about recording over our copy for the commentary, is how vitally important it is for the audience to be able to hear what is being said. When we recorded ourselves talking, we were in a classroom, and we hadn't thought about telling everyone to keep the noise down a bit. I now know that when we film our music video, even though we'll be using a song over the top, the extras are going to need to be quiet so as directors, we can think and hear the song alongside with the acting for the narrative.

-Janet