Creativity Q's

How have you tried to facilitate and encourage your own creativity?
We all got together and put in all our ideas to get the best product we could

Did you experience limits/blocks on your own creativity?
When we disagreed on certain ideas it was difficult to pursue your own creative idea. Also when filming we came across problems in our creativity however in a way it made us more determined to move on from it and create better ideas.

How easy/difficult was it to be creative while still working to the brief?
I found it quite easy as our brief was very flexible. We were allowed to choose our own genre etc and in a way we could go anywhere with our ideas.

Did working within conventions stifle your creativity?
In a way yes because we had to stick to one type of genre however conventions also made it easier for us as we could focus on one type of idea. 

To what extent did you need to work with others and ‘bounce ideas’ off other people to be truly creative?
A lot. There is no denying that all of us put in so many different ideas to come out with one end product. No body didn't contribute and if I was working alone the product would not have been that good.

How much of your creativity was about trial and error?
I think a lot of it was. In our editing process there were a lot of things we had to cut / keep however it worked to our advantage in the end.

To what extent was a lack of confidence an issue in terms of your creativity?
I don't think there was lack of confidence. If I was working with people I didn't really know I think it would have effected the amount of creativity people felt comfortable putting across however we were all good friends and therefore felt at ease with the situation. 

To what extent was a lack of technical competence/confidence an obstacle to your creativity?
To be honest I don't think confidence or technical competence was really an issue as I think it made us more creative. 

Music Video Notes

'How I Got Over'
Reading the lyrics to this video and hearing it I have been asked to talk about how I would set up a music video to the song (without seeing it).

Where would it be set?
Probably set on the streets.

Who will feature in it?
The song artist and also extras.

What genre is it?
Rap and maybe funk?

Actors/Locations/Props etc.

List of Actors:

Killer: Benji Easlick-Schoolman
Victim: Florence Eckersley
Girl 1: Ella Lilliebjerg-Heder
Girl 2: Phoebe Wood

List of Locations:
Downs Park Road
Dunlace Road
George's House

Props/costumes:
Knife
Picture of our victim
School uniforms
Dark Clothing
Snakes

Story Boards

What we changed:

 

In some ways we did stick to our story boards but in other ways we spontaneously decided to change it. For example, last minute we decided to include snakes in our video as it gave a sinister feel to it. We also swapped some shots around as at the time we felt it would be better. Of course it may seem like we didn't stick to our plan at all, but we did. We had a basic idea as you can see from most of the story board shot sketches we had, we used a lot of them. We may have had some spontaneous ideas last minute, but I think that is what film making is all about - we managed to make an even more successful film. 

Call Sheets and Floor Plan's

Call Sheets

To organise our time in a productive way, we used these call sheets. This way we had a good plan and knew what we were doing and how to manage our plan, something we didn't really do in our first task.



 The Floor Plans

The Floor Plans helped us look at each scene and where we set our scenes and where our cameras should go to capture the actors in the best ways.

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