Videography Workshop

After doing the basics  of videography which includes most of the technical aspects such as camera work, lighting and editing, that we had already discovered and worked with in the previous magazine task, we moved on towards the more detailed part of music videos which included its narrative, codes and conventions and their deeper meaning. As we finished with learning, we were told to experiment with kinds of cuts and shots typically used in music videos which included shot/shot reverse, match on action, master shot, close ups, 180 degree rule, over the shoulder shot, eyeline match and jump cut with a small task of making a short video with a narrative, no longer than 2 minutes.

As a group it took as literally 5 minutes to decided the narrative which clashed with another group so I gave the idea of making a video that showed a very simple scenario that we all go through which was that there is a girl who reaches the class late and is told by the teacher to give her class presentation first. The thing was that we could easily film in a free class and use our maximum group members to act and then get random girls in the cafeteria to be the class audience. I think that the main problem regarding the filming process was the scenes that we had to shoot in the corridors. Teachers and students went past there many times so we chose the early morning time to shoot because it was the time when all classes were in process.

We made a sheet with the needed shots and what we could do in the act to fit with them. Making the sheet before hand was really helpful as it made things much easier and organized as with this we shot the scenes in order.

I contributed to be the one behind the camera because I had a few ideas in my mind of how to shoot this, especially the movement and the angles. Thankfully the team member understood me and trusted me to be the one to capture with the help of Iqra of course who contributed to help me in the filming process.

Behind the scenes

The filming literally just took us nearly half an hour and i think that the reason was that we had already planned and the places that we used to shoot the scenes were just in one path. And also I think that we all worked out really well together without any disagreements and arguments which was a really positive thing.

One thing that i found difficult to shoot was match on action because making it look smooth and realistic was very complicated especially when you have to stop the actor and then move to the second position and film it from that angle with continuous feel. It did take few attempts but at last we did make happen. Iqra was persistent with what she did. I think she also has a good idea for how to shoot videos but the angles and movements we wanted was i guess were challenging for everyone.

Final video