Production (Deconstruction and Reconstruction of a media text)

In groups of four, we were set a task to re-create at least 30 seconds of a music video. Our group decided to re-create the first 30 seconds of Labrinth’s song ‘Treatment’. We discussed and decided who we would use as our actors and which jobs would be assigned to whom. We then produced a production plan explaining which locations we would use, when we would film and props would be needed. As well as how we could re-create the correct type of lighting and what shots we would need (cinematographically relevant).

Sydney’s role: part of the camera work and main director when filming in the theatre

Part of lighting/setting at my house. Helped with editing

Paige’s role: Part of the camera work and scene setting within the theatre

Did half of the filming at my house. Helped with editing

Javanna’s role: mainly in charge of scene setting and lights co-ordinator when filming in the theatre

Help with editing

Diary

Day 1 Monday 1st October:
We started to record the close up shots of our artist for the thirty seconds we have decided to reconstruct. We managed to record the shots successfully and we now need to create the setting and the other members of the cast walking within the shots.

Day 2 Tuesday 2nd October:
We recorded the walking shots within the thirty seconds of the reconstruction, however this hasnt been as successful as we haven't got all of our team together. We have kept the recordings to use as an example of how we would like these shots to look like. We also need to think of clothing and also the props needed to create a realistic reconstruction of the video.

Reconstructon Process day 3 Thursday 4th OctoberWe did more recordings of the video to create the last few scenes of the film to reconstruct the video precisely by shots.

Reconstruction Process day 4 Friday 5th October
We edited what we had recorded to see how the video was progressing, we also filmed more shots to change a few ideas that we had made mistakes on.

Reconstruction Process day 5 Monday 8th OctoberWe finalised the shots to finsh off our music video, by filming the walking girls within the video and also edited some more to see if the continuity worked well.

Reconstruction Process day 6 Tuesday 9th OctoberFinalised editing, however we changed our actor and had to re film the video to try and create an exact replica of shots and timing to see if it looked better than our original idea.

Reconstruction Process day 7 Thursday 11th OctoberDecided on final video, we then changed the contrast and brightness of the video and uploded the video onto Youtube.