Initial Screening Feedback

After listening to my pitch and watching my video, the rest of the A2 class came up with the strong and weak points of my video, and some suggestions on what could be improved. I will take all of these into consideration when going back to my video.


WWW:
- Good body language
- Good lip syncing
- Good contrast between dreams and reality and portrayal of depression
- Good lighting in some shots (starting+when he was sat alone)

EBI:
- Field location needs to be in a different location or shot in better light
- Make the darker shot lighter on his head
- Add more of a shot variety
- Develop more narrative
- Wasn't so grainy (lighting)

Suggestions:
- Shoot the dark shot in the studio for better lighting
- Use longer shots to show he is isolated/alone
- Experiment with opacity with shots of lights
- Use camera movement
- Blend in lights over the dark footage
- Try to portray fireflies and the impact that they have on him
- Use a different background rather than a field - indoors or maybe a bedroom like it was originally suggested

Initial Screening

This is my initial screening for my video. I managed to get the whole song completed for this; which was a huge improvement from last year as I didn't manage to get it all finished in time last year.

Pitch of my ideas

I wanted my music video to be of depression and how the actor is alone and is very dreamy. The video will be set in a bedroom and a park to help show this. I wanted to mainly keep it around the bedroom and will include more footage of his friends and include more narrative.

Magazine Advert Ideas

Digipak Plan

Storyboard

Shot List and Timeline

  

This task will has helped me to plan the overall structure of my music video. It has helped me to understand what shots I will do and how long they will last on the screen for, which will help me with editing. I will stick to the structure of this shot list - however I could add in any extra shots while filming.

Extra Planning Task - Progress

After completing the analysis of the lyrics, I then decided to approach the song 'fireflies' from a different angle. I will make my narrative about a person who is suffering from depression and can't separate his dreams from reality. His dreams are about happy imaginative things such as fireflies - linking to the name of the song. Slowly during my video the person will slowly lose his mind and the environment around him disappears. In the end the person chooses to believe that his dreams are reality and blocks out everything else and becomes more involved in the 'dream world' - we can see this through editing. He forgets that people (friends and family) care about him, and chooses to believe that he is alone. This will be shown through lighting and at the end - him sitting on his own or someone could walk in and there would be a shot of 'magical' things happening - but then after the shot of whoever walked in we see that there is nothing magical in the room at all.

Research into Magazine Adverts

From this task I have learnt what magazine adverts do to promote an artist and their songs. They do it by highlighting their name and adding what the songs have won to get the audience interested in the artist and their songs.

Research into Digipaks

For this task I have written about artists and their albums. I have learnt what a Digipak is, and seen the techniques the artists use on their digipaks to engage the audience. This has helped me in order to make my own as I can take ideas from their digipaks and use them on my own.

Music Channels

From this task I haven learnt more about music videos and who owns them. I can see that they are key in advertising songs through videos; the songs get more recognition by having a music video. I can use these methods for my music video to get it 'seen'.

Research into the Relevant Genre

From doing this Prezi I have learnt more about the Synthpop genre; what is included in them, what was successful about them and the most influential. I can see that lighting is a huge part of the synthpop genre and will use this for a greater effect in my music video.

Analysis of the Lyrics

I printed out the lyrics and put them on a piece of paper so I could analyse the lyrics. I highlighted specific lines and write down some ideas that I could do in my video. This is what I came up with:

From this I was able to get some structure for my video and some good ideas down. This has helped me to plan my video as from my survey I could see that the audience like to see visual interpretation of the lyrics; so by analysing the lyrics and writing ideas for what I could do for them allowed me to have a visual interpretation of the lyrics. My video will link to the lyrics.

I then started thinking about what the lyrics were talking about as a whole. My first thought was insomnia; so I write down ideas what people do when they can't sleep. I then looked at the song from a different point of view; the person might not want to sleep because they might be scared of their dreams, or the dream world is much better than their real life - they want to stay asleep and not wake up.

This allowed me to get another scene in my head as I quite liked the idea of the dream world. The small picture shows what the scene will roughly look like; the singer and his friends stargazing. I haven't decided if this will be part of his dream or will be reality; but I could make the video so the audience don't know what's real and what isn't - the singer could wake up in his room but have an item from the camping/dream world in his room.

Inspiration and Influences

This task has helped me gather inspiration mainly from other music videos outside of my genre and from films. I like the idea of a 'dream land' as the song fireflies links quite closely to this, depending on how I go about the song. In other music videos they make it clear that it's a fantasy by adding special editing effects on the screen, such as making it yellow like in Paramore's video, or editing extra lights like in Katy's. In Ellie's video (which is in my genre), edited lights are around her and they fly about. I like this idea, and will use it for my own music video.

Filming/Editing Schedule

  

This is a guideline for when I will be filming and editing my A2 music video. The blue boxes are when I plan to be filming and the green boxes are when I plan to edit. The red boxes are for any extra filming I need to do if I think of any new ideas/need to re-record something.

Health and Safety Evidence

Editing Software Plan

I will use Adobe Premier Pro and even After Effects to edit my music video.

While editing I will experiment with a few different things to enhance my music video:
-Colour correction - I will record my video in the day, but I want it to be set at night. I will change the colours by bringing them down to almost black and white and adjusting it more by using the curves tool. This will make it seem like it's been filmed in night.
-Adding additional lights - I will edit in a light using after effects which will go around the screen.
-Animated sheep - I will need to use after effects to create a sheep which links to the song's lyrics.
-Brightness - I can brighten some areas of my video for example the lights to make them seem brighter and stand out more.
-Lens flare - I could add lens flare to my video like from what I've seen before in my research.

Contact with the Artist

Below is a copy of my letter that I write to Universal Republic, asking for permission to use Owl City's fireflies song.

Dear Universal Republic,
I am an A Level student studying at John Cabot Academy and am writing to you to ask permission to use Owl City's fireflies song as for my A2 music video. I am writing to tell you that I will use it for education purposes only, and will not portray the artist in a negative way. I hope you will accept my request for the usage of the song for my media coursework.
Thank-you for taking the time to read this letter.

Yours sincerely,

Leah Riley

This letter is good as by asking for permission I am freely allowed to use their song and have it not taken down or have the audio muted by YouTube. The company will know I am using their song and can't claim against it.

Props List

Small Tent - To be placed in the background when shooting the ending scenes.

Jar - For the glow sticks to be placed in.

Glow sticks - To be cracked and then leaked into the jars to create glowing jars.

Globe - To turn around slowly - links to lyrics.

Guitar - For the artist to be playing.

Disco Ball - Links to lyrics.

Bed - Could start in a bedroom - dreaming on a bed.

Glitter - To put in jars.

Blankets - To lay on in the ending scenes.

Lights - To add to the scenes.

Raw Footage of Locations

Photographs of Locations

One of the places I plan to film in is a field. I also plan to film in my bedroom. I chose these locations because they're reliable.

Costume Planning

For my music video I plan to have at least 4 people featured in it. Based on my research I want all of them to wear casual clothing which consists of jeans/trousers and a plain shirt with a hoodie. I think this suits my genre (synthpop) as it's about everyday life which links to the song. There will be two boys and two girls in my music video; all wearing similar clothing. One girl will have a hat on to symbolize it's cold. These are pictures of the costume and the actual people who will be taking part in my music video. The artist will wear different colour shirts; in the bedroom scene he will have a plain shirt on which will be either of the ones below.


Artist:

Boy 2:

Girl 1:

Girl 2:

Moodboard

Initial Planning Ideas

Influences of Style

This task
helped me decide what type of costume and style I wanted to use in my video and will aid me in my planning. From these print screens I can gather that artists in the synthpop genre use casual clothing such as trousers and a plain shirt to match. Following on from the synthpop genre, I will also go for the casual look in my music video. I like the hat that Ellie is using in her 'starry eyed' video, as it shows the time of year it's placed in which is winter/autumn as it's cold.

Analysis of Music Videos

From this task I learnt how long shots were on screen for of the star, and the narrative. From all 3 music videos I can see that the star is on screen for most of the time, and is normally around 3-6 seconds long when the star is on; it normally cuts to a close up or cuts to a different angle on the star. Shooting star by Owl City kept proves this a lot. This has inspired me for my music video as I now know how long the star is on screen for in the synthpop genre; and will be influenced by it. There were various mid shots cutting to a close up of the star, to draw the audience in. Pompeii was on screen for most of it not by singing but acting in the narrative, too. Ellie was on screen for all of the time as she was the only person starring in the video. I will take away this and can conclude that when I make my music video the main star will be on screen for around 3-6 seconds before it cuts away from that shot.

Research into Existing Companies that produce music videos

Republic Records
Universal Republic Records and Republic Records are the record labels for Owl City.
- Republic records is an American recording label that operates as a division of Universal Music Group.
- It was founded in 1995.
- Republic Records was reincarnated as Universal Republic Records in 2006, and then re-activated later in 2012.
- Some of their artists include; Hinder, Amy Winehouse, Taylor Swift, Owl City, Florence and the Machine, Drake, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj, PSY and Lorde.
- Was said that Republic Records was 2012's top charting US label.
- Their record labels include; American Recordings, Aware Records, BME Recordings, Brushfire Records, Casablanca Records, Cash Money Records, Indie Pop Music and Big Machine Label Group.

Virgin EMI Records
Virgin EMI Records and Universal Music Group are the record labels for Bastille.
- Virgin EMI Records is a British record label owned by the Universal Music Group.
- Was founded in 2013.
- Some of their artists include; Arcade Fire, Justin Bieber, Pixie Lott, Elton John, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Kanye West.

Universal Music Group
- Universal Music Group (UMG) is the largest music corporation in the world.
- Also owns Universal Music Publishing Group, which is the second largest music publishing company in the world.
- Headquarters are located in California.
- Was first founded in 1934, and has been founded in many years since.
- Owns labels such as; Interscope-Geffen A&M, Capitol Music Group, Republic Records, Island Records, Def Jam Recordings and Universal Music Group Nashville.

Neon Gold Records
Neon Gold Records is one of the record labels for Ellie Goulding.
- Neon Gold Records is a New York City based record label.
- It was founded in 2008.
- Some of their artists include; Ellie Goulding, Fort Learn, Foxes, Gotye, Lovelife, Marina & the Diamonds, Monarchy, Passion Pit and Tove Lo.
- Not as big as the other labels.
- Genre mainly consists of alternative pop.

From this task I am able to see the different companies that produce music videos and what genres they do. For my music video I will choose Republic Records as they are already linked to Owl City, and are in the synthpop genre which is what I am working in.

Research into an Artist/Band

From this task I can see how Owl City comes across to the audience; as a down to earth. His album covers come across as 'nature' like - they are about the environment which links into his music videos; as they include everyday life. I like the fact that he plays on a piano/keyboard in most of his videos, and could include this in my own music video. However if I do a song by him, I will have to make sure not to copy him. I am inspired by this artist heavily, and might do a song by him - which might be 'fireflies'.

Analysis of previous students work

I looked at 3 previous students blogs to get inspiration for my blog and to see what was right and wrong with theirs, and to make sure I don't make the same mistake.
Fahmina's blog
Kaylie's blog
Lara's blog.

After looking at their blogs and watching their music videos, I was able to construct a mark for their research and planning, their video and their 2 ancillary tasks. I gave them the scores as follows:

After we scored them, our teacher gave us the actual scores they got. It turns out that I wasn't far off their marks.

I think that the first blog could have been more creative when presenting her work - as most of it is written up in posts. She could have used other websites such as prezi to present her work and make it look more appealing. I thought her video was very good and linked to her research well; you could see how she was being inspired through the shots and the content. Her ancillary tasks were well presented and clearly thought through. I especially like her Digipak.

The second blog did a good job on her advert however her Digipak is much stronger which is why it got a higher mark. Her Digipak goes well with the genre and style of the artist. Her main task was quite good on the editing side however there were a lack of different shots and lack of different scenery, it was mainly shot in one place.

The third blog's research was very poor. Half of the tasks weren't complete and weren't up to a great standard which is why I gave it a low score. However the video was much better and got quite a high mark due to creativity. Her Digipak and magazine advert weren't to a great standard but the advert was slightly better than the Digipak. This person would have got a much higher mark if their research and written work was better.



After looking at previous students blogs, I then looked at 3 music videos from last year and then analysed them:

Imagine Dragons - Radioactive by Molly Perryman

WWW: - Good use of lighting
- Good use of editing (for film effect)
- Band plays in time with music - looks like they're actually playing
- Editing is well done - lip syncing is good
- All shots were on screen for a good time - went with the pace of the song
- Good use of lyrics on screen - went with the song and connected with the next shot (screenshots prove my point)

EBI: - Could have used more costumes - maybe a bit too casual (everday wear)
- Could have included more mid/long shots as there were mainly close ups
- Was a bit repetitive - could have recorded and used different sceneries
- Wasn't much of a narrative, could have added one to also make it less repetitive

Overall I think that this video is an excellent video through how well the shots connected to each other, and flowed well with the song.


Lorde - Royals by Jenna
I decided to choose this song because it's electropop which is close to synthpop.

WWW: - Shots were on for a good length of time
- Good use of objects of significance (see screenshot for one piece of evidence)
- Shots of putting on makeup go to the beat - is on screen for the perfect amount of time
- Good use of framing/positioning (rule of thirds)

EBI: - The camera was moved while she was putting on mascara - could have refilmed this
- Kitchen scene has too much of a high contrast
- Too repetitive - should have filmed more instead of putting the same clips on a few times
- The recordings from outside are too blue - should have put down the blues more (check screenshot)
- The star is only singing in one place - should have shot the star in different places

Overall I think that this video isn't as good as the first one due to the lack of shots of the star singing and the heavily edited shots, however some of the video was good as the length of the shots matched the beat of the song.


Pink - f***in' perfect - Jess and Katie
I wasn't sure what other songs to do as none are really in my genre however in my previous tasks I looked at pop-rock (Avril Lavigne) so I thought it would be the best to do.

WWW: - Good use of fading to black between clips at the start
- Good use of positioning (rule of thirds - see screenshot)
- Good use of shot types
- Good use of lighting (see screenshots)
- Good narrative

EBI: - Camera was moved while recording the close up of the video - should have reshot
- Star wasn't in focus for some of it (see screenshot 1)
- Should have put the shot of the girl getting on the scales for longer

Overall I think this video had a very good clear narrative that went with the song. The lighting was good however the star wasn't in focus in the second screenshot - it's hard to see on the screenshot but easier to see in the video.

From this task I have saw what is effective and what isn't from the blogs and music videos. I will take care in my music video that everything is in focus and will try and use the rule of thirds so it's more appealing to the audience. I will also try and make the video more effective through editing like the Radioactive music video.

Audience Research

My target audience for my music video will be people around my age (16-18+).



I think that 16-18+ is ideal for my target audience because I can relate to them which will help me more while making my video, as I know what's popular in today's society. I also know that music videos are extremely popular around people of this age. This voki is 17 which is in the middle of this.

My Survey:

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Answers:

From this task I can see what the audience really want. There was a fair share between males and females, so it gave me a good representation of gender. 99% of the people who answered it were in the age gap of 17-20, which is my target audience. This could have been because of who I asked - as most of my friends are around my age. It seems like most people in my age gap watch music videos occasionally and a lot.

When I asked why do they watch music videos, most answered that they like to see visual interpretation of the lyrics. This is what I'm going for in my music video. From question 5's responses it is clear that most people want to see a visual interpretation of the lyrics and the video not acting out the lyrics - I can do this in my song. For question 7 some people said natural and others said if it goes with the beat. I will try to do this in my music video.

Most people said casual clothing should be worn in the synthpop genre, as I expected. In my music video I will make sure I use casual clothing due to this response and my influences of style task. I will do the song 'Fireflies' by Owl City so I asked the audience what they thought about him. I like the responses as 'unique, calm, emotional, dreamy'. I will try to make my music video as good as his.

Overall, this task has helped me get a better understanding of my target audience and what they expect/want from a synthpop genre music video.

Tracking an artist throughout their career

From this I have learnt how this artist and her music videos have changed over time. Her music videos are very different now to what they were like before; her costume and videos look more pink and girly unlike her old music videos which were rock and when she looked more like a tomboy. This will help me because from this I can see how artists have to change over time to keep their fans interested and not lose sight. For my music video, I could include some unusual 'new' things such as editing lights which is different from the normal natural video.

Barry Island

On the 1st July I went on a trip to Barry Islands where we were given a day's workshop on how to use a green screen. I took part in this trip to help me with my A2 in case I wanted to use a green screen and advance my skills further. Therefore I found this trip really interesting and appealing.

First we were given a rough introduction to green screening. I was amazed at what effects were available with the green screen as I had never been taught about it before. I was aware that it would be quite complicated to use in my video - I would have to make sure there are no creases and it would take a long time to film.

We were then divided into two groups. In my group we chose to do a music video (linking to our A2) and went for Avril Lavigne's 'Girlfriend'. Seeing as we were four girls to one boy, it suited it well. We then divided the roles and I got given the main singer as my hair colour is the same as hers in the lip syncing parts. We also got backgrounds suitable - they had to be big enough to fit the screen without stretching it and making the image blurry. We then started to rehearse in a separate room while the other group filmed theirs, and then we started filming.

While filming, it became clear that you can only have one or two people in the shot at the time, and you had to be careful not to put your hands out of the camera or they would be cut off. This became difficult as we also wanted more than one person in the same shot and we could only film them one at a time and had to sync it up.

We were then taught how to put our videos onto the backgrounds. In my group we gave a background with a video to each person so everyone had something to do. I got given to sync the video of me singing with the audio. This gave me good practice for my A2 music video.


Overall I found the experience entertaining and interesting, and would like to experiment with the green screen in the future. I don't think I will use it for my music video because of time and I wouldn't do it as professional as others do. I am glad I got the chance to experience this.

Conventions of a music video

From this task I have learnt about the music videos in my genre and what they consist of. I will take away some of these ideas such as the lights being used in Freezepop and Owl City's videos and use them when I create my own video.

History of music video

From this I have learnt how music videos have changed overtime; music videos today are more advanced in technology and require more advanced editing. Music videos today now include more of a variety of shot types, camera angles and movements, and how quick the shots are being edited together. The main factor of how music videos have changed is nowadays they have a much higher quality than what they were like in the past. This is due to the increase of technology and cameras, allowing the quality to be much higher. In time, this will continue to improve.

Digipak

Theory

From doing this powerpoint, I now understand what the two music video theorists have to say. In my music video I could approach it from 3 different ways using Andrew's theory; one way by proving his theory by matching up the narrative with the lyrics, or proving his theory metaphorically. Finally I could make the video so it doesn't match the lyrics, however I think I will go with matching up the video with the lyrics, or metaphorically because in my opinion it makes the music video look better.

Lip Syncing Task

This is the video my group made. We found it difficult to match up the video with the song; as we made a mistake by cutting up all of the clips separately instead of using different lines. Once we realised our mistake, we corrected it by using many different lines and cutting up the top line where we want the clips to change. This task gave me an insight on how I would make my A2 music video.

I then analysed someone else's work using Prezi.

Claude Levi-Strauss' Theory

Composition Task

I completed a Composition and Framing task. I was given a camera and a theme of opposites to base four pictures on. My theme was trapped and free. After thinking about what I could take for pictures, I finally took four pictures.

After previously being a photography student, I had an idea of positioning so didn't find this task that hard; and think I took at least 3 successful pictures.

After and from this task I have learnt from this task techniques that will help me when making my A2 music video:
-Symmetry - same on both sides, makes the audience's eyes follow where it's leading
-Framing - frame around the picture, to add a focal point
-Depth of field - large or shallow, to blur out the background and make the focal point the front
-Perspective - different types of shots and angles instead of the standard straight on shot
-Space - rule of thirds, adds more depth to the picture
-Colour - adds effects to the image, e.g positive and negative

The first picture displayed is one of my stronger images, as I thought about what perspective, which leads the audience to think who is taking the picture. I wanted the door handle to stand out as it leads back to my theme 'trapped', as in trapped inside of the building. The door handle is facing away from the camera, leading the audience's eye to the back of the image, where the positioning of the poles also track their eye to the back of the picture, almost like the poles and building are closing in on each other. This could be seen as symmetry, and depth of field as the background is slightly blurred, however to improve I could have blurred it more. The door handle is positioned to the left instead of in the middle, meaning I thought about space while taking this picture, too.

The second top picture displayed is my weakest image. I tried to think about perspective while taking it, coming in from a low angle and using space (the rule of thirds) to position the sun to the upper left, which worked well. Contrasting this, the thick bar is a distraction from the sun which should be the main focal point of the image. My theme comes across in this photo - the small bars meaning 'trapped' and the sun meaning 'free', however the thick bar is a distraction.

The third picture (bottom left) is quite a strong image as it displays my theme well, the bars meaning trapped. I tried to think about depth of field, perspective and spacing in this image. The bars are slightly positioned to the left of the image, while it coming from a low angle. The bars and steps in the middle draw the audience's eyes to the back of the image, which is good as their eye can explore the focal points of the image quickly.

The final picture is one of my stronger images, displaying my theme 'free'. I have clearly used symmetry which is very different to my other images, making this image stand out. The colour 'green' represents life and being free, strengthening my theme. The image is quite bright, and is a slight high shot as I was standing on a hill while taking the image. The trees draw the audience's eyes to the back of the image, which is the point of symmetry.

After the four images, we sat down and reviewed them. We were taught the techniques I mentioned earlier, and was told to retake our weakest image. I retook this image:

 

 

I think I have took into consideration all of the techniques I have learnt and applied it onto a new image. I did crop this image to add to the effect of spacing, using the rule of thirds more appropriately. I think it's an improvement to my first image as the bar leads up to the focal point - the sun and almost adds a slight frame to the picture.

Overall I have learnt techniques from this task and will use them in my A2 music video. I have a better understanding of composition and framing and will think about spacing and all of the techniques I have learnt for my music video. I think my final image could still be improved as I could have maybe added another bar to create symmetry, or take an image without the bars to see which looked better.

Skills Review

Research and Planning:
At first I didn't realise how much research and planning I needed to do in order to make a 2 minute film opening video. I didn't think it was necessary however later on I was proved wrong as this helped me with my ideas and I had my research and planning to fall back on while creating my film. The storyboard I created helped me the most, as it was on paper and I had it with my while recording my film opening. It helped me with recording, as I had a structure to keep to and I knew what I was supposed to record, so I didn't miss anything out. I learnt from this that the storyboard will defiantly help me for A2 in structure wise.
I made a questionnaire on 'Survey Monkey' where I was able to find out what my audience was looking for, which helped me structure my film more, in terms of how many characters I should introduce (the average said not many) and what they liked to see in an opening.
I think I should have got my research and planning done quicker, as I took quite a long time to complete it overall; therefore not leaving much time for improvements. I have learnt from this and will now complete tasks quicker.

Using conventions from real media texts:
To get ideas for my opening I watched many different genres of Gangster films, and decided I liked the detective genre the most. This particular film was called 'Se7en', where I got most of my film inspiration from. I noticed that they used close ups of object of significances to an effect, highlighting key items such a knife which could have been a murderer weapon. It also used close ups for other significant stuff such as blood and the detective's faces, highlighting their emotion.
Establishing shots were also used to set the scene at certain points in the film - to show that they're at the victim's house, and the victim is just an ordinary person who got murdered. In my film opening I think I should have tried something like this instead of just using close ups and extreme close ups; I should have experimented with shot types more.
The sound - being slow and steady created a spooky atmosphere which inspired me for my film opening, as I focused on this most.

Creativity
I mind mapped my thoughts and ideas at the very start so I could conclude all of them into my film opening. Watching other gangster genre films helped me to do this. I had a strong idea of making a film opening based on the film 'Se7en', and went along with this idea. At the start I had lots of ideas to do crazy editing similar to like the film did, however my lack of knowledge about the editing software meant that I couldn't do this. Instead I kept to a more simple idea, and went through with this. I did add a few flashes in my film because I thought that this made the clips flow better when put together. To overcome this, I think I should have watched videos on how to edit or ask friends/family that are confident with editing, to teach me how to do better effects.

Digital Technology
I had some knowledge of basic cameras as I had previously done photography for GCSE, and the cameras weren't that different. I had never recorded anything with this type of camera so in this aspect it was quite new to me. I used a Tripod throughout filming my film, and now I understand the  camera and how to put the camera on the Tripod by practising - as I had to re-record a few times, as I was not happy with the footage before.
I had never used Adobe Premier Pro or After Effects, and had only previously experimented with a basic editing software; Windows Movie Maker. I did attempt to make my film at the start of the year on After Effects, however I didn't find that it was best for me. I then tried Premier Pro, and it was much easier to use so I used this software to edit my film opening. I also used Photoshop to create the company's production title that appeared at the start of my film, as I didn't have much knowledge of making it on After Effects.

Post - Production (Editing)
I have learnt how to use the software from my AS project, such as editing on Adobe Premier Pro. I will again use this piece of software this year, and have learnt and improve on the ones I already have. I had learnt from using the piece of software how to add flashes - which I included in my AS project, and how to cut down clips which will defiantly help me for the future.