Britney Spears Music Video Reflection

1) What was the task set?
The task we were asked to complete involved us recreating our own 30 second version of Britney Spears' song, 'Hit Me Baby One More Time.' We had to watch the video whilst recording each shot  on a shot list, then proceed to filming the video in our school. After we had to edit our recreation, in order for it to resemble Spears' video herself!

2) What process did you go through to complete the task? (Upload a pic of your shot list for planning evidence.)

At the start of our task, we began by watching Spears' video, with a shot list in front of us, in order to record how long/short each shot was, what kind of shot it was and what was happening in the shot. After we did this as specific as we could, we proceeded to finding the best spots to film our video. The school was a perfect location for this video, since the original video's location is in a school itself. Filming was an interesting process, and I found it a considerably more enjoyable experience in comparison to filming our film openings. There was a lot of fast paced movement, and there was never a dull moment, as we had to find multiple different settings to film in. The first location we had to film in was a classroom, and we attempted to emulate the room as close to the original room in the video. We also attempted to film a few shots of us in the corridor, a highlight of this was when we were to use choreography. I learnt that in pop videos in order to keep the viewer intrigued and want to keep watching, all dancers must give their all, not hold back and show a lot of confidence!

3) What did you learn from the experience? (hint- number of cuts/shots, physical movement, editing, mise-en-scene, performance, etc...)

From this experience, I learnt that filming a video requires a lot more shots/cuts in comparison to a film opening. Also, the duration of shots are a lot shorter. This is to keep the audience interested with the video as a whole. If the shots were longer and resembled a film rather than a music video, the audience would get bored and easily lose interest. In terms of physical movement, there should always be movement happening in a shot, or else this could also lose the interest of the viewer. Physical movement (eg; dancing) also adds a sense of theatricality and makes the video even more fun to watch. Mise-en-scene is usually out of the ordinary to an average-everyday outfit. Audience needs to be kept intrigued with all aspects of the video. Lastly all performers must give their all, in order to make the video lively and exciting. As well as this, the setting should often be relevant to the sound/fell of the song.

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