Our Class Prelim Task

Our version of Britney Spears' - Hit Me Baby One More Time

For our class our prelim task was to re-create Britney Spears' hit me baby one more time our idea was to have different types of Britney's as it changed the video and made it slightly our own. We had 3 different Britney's in the video which i think worked really well and meant if one person wasn't in then we could simply just find a new Britney to work with the tight schedule of making the video. working with our class helped with things like; working as a large group filming as if in our own music video if we was to use a lot of people then would have practice of organizing so many people. Also things like picking who would be in our music video as some people are more confident than others which makes the video more effective and would help us in our own video when choosing the right person as we learnt that we would need someone who would give it their all and not be nervous around the camera.

I think our costumes worked well with the different Britney's as they looked as though they should be in the scene. But if we were to re-do the video i think it would be better if we planned better and maybe wore our old uniform so we fitted into the scene better, because although it looks good to have students in the background and we look the age group we look slightly out of place as we are in normal clothes whilst only the Britney's are in uniform or make it so the Britney's are in the same outfit but not school uniform so they blend in with us.

The setting we used i think worked really well as all our shots were clear and well lit so i wouldn't change anything about settings or lighting, i think if we was to re-shoot then we should use the same places and time to get the lighting as long as its a nice day, not raining.

The only thing i think we would need to change would be our organization and more planning because things were quite last minute decisions and can be seen in some of the shots things like things in different place were they have been moved from filming on different days. Also the dancing the background in hallway scene doesn't look as professional as it could have looked but next time we would make sure that we had some time to learn a dance or what we needed to do instead of the ones that knew what they was doing at the front then others in the back watching them and just spinning at different intervals.

Although some things i would change about the video i do feel i learnt a lot from the prelim task such as; how to set up the camera, organisation of big groups in filming, if having a dance routine learn it, if you have an idea for the video just film the idea as it may look better than the original but if it doesn't then you don't always have to use it and finally lip syncing.