LOCKED - AS Work Anaylsis

For our AS work we had to create a opening sequence that could be a genre of our choice that had to be around 3 minutes long. My group and I decided to a psychological horror, as it seemed like an interesting genre that we could get creative with, which we named LOCKED:

What Went Well?

I think our sequence was a genre that had not been done yet as we added a psychological twist to a horror so we could be as creative as we wanted and I think we managed to show the genre very well. One of my favourite scenes is when our protagonists gets grabbed. This scene was difficult to edit as the shot when our protagonist gets grabbed had to flow into the next one when no-one was there and the editing had to be precise and I, personally, think it really works and represents the genre very well. I think we also used a variation of shots to make our sequence more visually interesting to watch for the audience.

Even Better If...

I, personally, think that the narrative could have been sped up a bit more at the beginning as in some places is was a bit slow. Some cuts end to quickly so they are only briefly shown. and this could have been improved by filming longer shots and spending more time editing that particular scene. The lighting also changes throughout the sequence which takes away the dark feeling to the sequence as some scenes are lighter than others.

Overall I think the sequence was successful as we managed to represent psychological horror through both cliches but also new ideas to keep it different and exciting. The sequence was interesting to edit and was a great challenge for me but I enjoyed it overall as it was nice to see all of the footage come together.

My Favourite Music Video

In todays lesson we had to watch through previous years work and comment on what made them good and what could be improved. This task inspired and helped me to begin piecing together some ideas for the music video I will be making the in the future. We then had to view real music videos to try and find most visually interesting and gripping video we could. I knew straight away what song and music video I wanted to show the class. My favourite music video is by "Panic! At The Disco" and the song is titled "This is Gospel" and I believe that it is one of the most creative music videos I have ever watched. I liked this video from the second I saw it due to the continuous shot that links to the next scene and costume design while telling a story:

I hope to use some shots like the ones shown in 'This is Gospel' in my own music video as I think it is effective and creative, keeping the audience gripped and creating something that the audience was not expecting to see, so that our video would be memorable.

Finished Lip Sync

We have finished our lip sync task! Our sequence was to 'Let It Go' and overall I think it was good. However some of our footage did not quite match the song but it could not be fixed because the mistake was made while filming. This is the end product:

I like that we never used the same shot more than twice as this gives our sequence more variation and makes it more visually interesting to watch. If I were to do it again I would get even more shots so we have more options when it comes to editing, that way if there are any filming mistakes we could replace them with another shot. This would also make the editing process easier as well as finding a shot that matched the lip syncing would be easier as we could choose the shot that best matched the lip syncing rather than spending a long time trying to make it match.

Lip Sync and Editing Practise

We were given a task to create a minutes worth of footage where someone must lip-sync to a song of our choice. My group decided to go for the hugely popular hit "Let it Go" from the Disney film Frozen's soundtrack (however it is a mash-up version) as we feel as though it has a lot of potential shots and themes. One requirement for this task is that the actors must sing out loud so the footage looks more realistic. Our goal is to use various locations and never use the same shot twice as the sequence is only a minute long. This is also a good practice for our editing skills. The music has to match the lip syncing of the singer in order for the sequence to look realistic which makes the editing process a bit more difficult but also a challenge which I will enjoy.