Lights, camera, action!

BY NAJMO 9N

In year 9 media studies we have been learning how to create our own music video. This has been a class project as all of the students in the class take part in the video. We were put into four groups of 6 and the song was divided equally between us.

The song our class chose was God’s Plan by Drake, a really popular video at the moment. The storyline our class came up with was about homelessness and how people without a home still need to be shown love, care and support.

The music video was filmed in our classroom by using a green screen and an app called Touch Cast Studio. This made the process easier as it saves time editing as the app automatically removes the green screen for you.

During this project we have been learning many skills: group work, organisation, planning, working to a deadline, filming and acting. We also made pre-production documents such as a storyboard and shot list to help us on the shoot day. We had to think of the flow of the visuals and use a variety of camera shots and angles to create certain connotations.

The extra thing I did in my own time was getting a shirt and creating a costume. I cut it up to make it look like it was worn for a long time and put makeup on it to make it look dirty. Before I got on set I also put on makeup under my eyes to show the eye bags because of lack of sleep.

The music video was a great experience for us because we all got to take part and work as a team, which helped with our communication skills. Next week we are going to learn about editing so we can put the filming from all 4 groups together.