Differences between As Media and A2 Media

For my As work, we were asked to create and opening for a film, this was nothing compared to the challenges we faced in the A2 production, first of all, when creating a music video, there is not as much range and use of human imagination compared to creating an opening to a film, you have to constantly be reminded that in every shot, is it suitable for the music? Does it have good continuety? and even to the point of is the performer lip syncing the correct section of the song? This ment we needed a lot more planning and a more strict shot list, another challenege we faced is that the music video is longer than the opening to the film, so we needed to be out filming as much as we possibly could as insufficent film was not acceptable as we needed over an hour of film to make sure we had enough film to edit down to three and a half minutes. In the A2 project, I have realised that you are more advanced on your shot taking skills so there are more challenging angles used in the clip, one main clip achieved in the A2 work which wasn't as successful in the As work was the whip pan which we used in both films, in the second film we managed to keep to creat a smooth transitional pan and keep to the rule of thirds so that the most dominating figure in the shot was actually the protagonist. In the A2 film we also included a lot of free handed work which we were almost to scared to use in the first film incase the film didnt look smooth enough in transitions, the tripod is a big help as we can create many differen height and pans using it. in the As project we did use a lot more close ups than we did in the A2 project (image left). The editing process of the A2 work is so much more challenging, as you have to edit and match the lip synching to the correct milisecond in the song, this was redeemed as very challenging task for the group as it made us change other sections in the video to make sure the video has good continuity and a smooth transition, The film in As had a lot of challenges which included getting the balance of dialog and a non-diagetic score panned correctly, where in A2, no dialog is used so we were rest assured by that fact. Another daunting task we have to complete in A2 in which we did not in As is to create a poster and C.D cover for the song, this challenge was completed after the cameras stopped rolling, last year the video was the last thing we created so we almost took our foot off the gas in many ways when the video was complete, this year we have to work hard every single lesson untill we get to the final deadline where our blog needs to be handed in.