Preliminary Task

For our A Level Preliminary task we had to create a remake of the famous "Hot Me Baby One More Time - Britney Spears" music video. Our whole class worked as a group and all took turns in creating and editing the piece.





Shooting - To shoot our music video we used two cameras, every member of the class had their turn to shoot a scene which gave us all the opportunity to have our fair share of  contribution. We used loads of different angles for the shots to make the video as interesting and close to the original version as possible. Overall we had around 65 shots to take which took us a long time. Our timetable for shooting was lengthend as we needed more time for this aspect of the project than we initially thought.

Mise en scene - For our costume, we were all dressed in school uniform. For the girls this consisted of a shirt, cardigan, skirt, knee high socks and hair in pig tails. For the boys this consisted of a shirt, tie and trousers. Key props we used in our video were the pencil, bags, coats and lockers. 

Editing - The class split into partners so we could all do a sufficient amount of editing. However, I was delayed finishing my piece as the software became slow due to the whole class using it at once. This lead to the allocated time being used up and we had to move on before I could complete my editing. However, I had used the editing programme before and had plenty of experience editing a project. 

Directing - Every member of the class was given the opportunity to voice their opinion on how they thought a shot could look or be changed to make it more effective. We all discussed each shot to ensure we agreed it was the best way to shoot it. Some of us were more confident than others with how they felt the piece should look, although the class became very harmonious with their views.