Evaluation Activity 1

This shot here shows the use of costume in our music video. We wanted to create an abstract take on the music video, and felt these animal masks made this possible. We used them hoping they would be creepy in the video, rather than funny. We feel as a group they created the correct image that we wanted them to, and feel they worked well in the video.

We chose this shot to emphasise the remote setting we used. Throughout the music video, there was some urban settings used, however we felt it was important to start the music video in a secluded setting, such asFyfield, which is shown in this screenshot. The secluded setting ties in with the conventions, as the masks were used to create fear. The secludedness shows the vulnerability, and therefore works well in our music video. We originally planned to shift from a rural to urban setting, but found problems filming in an urban environment. We therefore changed the video to a transition from day to night. We were happy with how it worked in the final product.

We thought this shot worked well to show special effects that we used in the editing stage of our coursework. We used these special effect to make an abstract image which would cohere with our video. We wanted to make an abstract video, and by changing the colour effects, it followed the abstract theme.

In our video, we decided it would not work to use performance, we decided to go fully for an abstract video, with no performance. We felt performance would not suit the big beat genre, so we did not include any, and made it all abstract. There were also no words, so performance would of been harder to include in our production.

This shot shows the editing techniques used in our musicvideo. We wanted to reverse some clips to go with the beat. We feel we were successful in this shot, when we reversed a clip on somebody jumping, and reversed so he was jumping backwards. This was very effective for our abstract music video.

This shot shows our research into the artist previous videos and styles. The use of the animal mask adds an eery and abstract view to the video. Previous videos from the prodigy were shown to use such things as animals to portray them, and we felt the animal mask worked well to show the danger and portray the song.

This shot here shows the style of our music video. This sign post is used commonly in the prodigyvideos, highlighting the abstract image we were trying to get across in our music video. The use of the words 'No trespassers' also ties in with the style of the video. It fits in with the costumes and settings used.

This chosen shot shows the camera work. We felt the lighting in this shot was important, and it was framed well to show the effects of the lighting. This shot was used to highlight the transition from day to night, and this shot was used to highlight the danger of the dark. We felt it was important how it was framed to show the danger of this.

This shot shows camera work. We decided to place the camera in a high position so the shot was framed to look as if it is a CCTV shot. We placed it in a position and left it to film and we were happy with how it looked after.