June 8th Reflection

In today's lesson, we presented our analysis of music videos. Due to the time restriction, we were only able to see a few, and I was one of them.

I had some confidence before presenting. I was sure my analysis of the video, and I prepared well for the presentation. During the presentation, I focused on every point, and to try to connect to the audience.

I think I did quite well in the presentation. I presented my knowledge of the music video to the class, and with the assistance of the power point, was told to the audience well. I broke down the music video into its elements, and explained each of them, as well as telling how they contribute to the video.

I prepared well for the presentation, and I was more than satisfied with the results. I was lucky to not come across any major problems, and the presentation went smoothly.

However, by looking at others' presentations, I did realize some things I missed out in mine, the main one being camera angles. I did include camera distances, but the angles were left out.

Also, I learnt a lot form watching others' presentations, I learnt some presentation techniques. I spotted what was wrong in theirs, and thought about how they could be improved. I also realized that different people have different interpretations to different things. This was yet again important, to look at things from different perspectives.

When the others were playing their music videos, I tried to do a brief analysis for myself. In my head, I thought of the different shots, angles, editing etc. that were used. I would improve from looking at more videos, and realize how different techniques were applied.

There was also a very interesting thought that I had in mind. We recently completed our own music video, and now we were looking at professional music videos. I wanted to see how they were different, and thus learn from them.

June 7th Reflection

In this lesson, we reviewed all the music videos created by all the groups in the class.
I was very interested to see how different groups interpreted the music, and the different methods they used for making the music video.

With each video, I wrote down notes. I recorded any specific things that caught my attention, or would help me gain a better understanding of music videos. By evaluating others' videos, I could learn from them greatly, about how I could improve myself.

The most helpful part was when we watched our own music video. I also did a self-assessment. I tried to watch it as a stranger to the video, as would all other people. I did realize some mistakes by using that point of view. Through this, I understood that sometimes, we have to view things from different perspectives, so that I would gain a better understanding of them.
Also, teachers and other students gave lots of feedback and opinions to us. It as extremely useful to me. The good and bad sides of our work was clearly identified, some I was completely unaware of. I learnt a lot from their feedback, and noted them down.
I would take my understanding and apply it to future work. By doing so, I would improve bit by bit. I realized how important feedback from other people was, and that was necessary for my own improvement.

Reflection on Editing

I didn't have much experience in editing, and wasn't sure how it was going to be done. I did know the very basics of it, where I learnt in the previous unit. Therefore, I tried to take the initiative, and to do more editing. I wanted to learn more about it, and make use of it, also in the future.

I tried to edit it, using my limited knowledge, and whenever I had problems, I would ask the teacher or my group mates to help me on them. By doing so, I could learn about editing much more efficiently.

I knew that editing was one of the keys to a good music video. Therefore, I looked at some other music videos, and tried to spot some key characteristics should be used. One of the music videos I watched was Every Day - Rascal Flatts.

I understood more about the characteristics of a music video, and could apply them to our own video.

Along the way, our group constantly communicated and peer evaluated. With all the different opinions and ideas,it was necessary that we understood our different views, and then to use them for a better editing of the music video. I feel that our group did very well in this aspect.

After the whole editing process, I definitely gain a much better knowledge of editing. Final Cut Pro seemed quite confusing to me before, and there was a large range of complicated tools that can be used. Now that I had a good understanding of them, I could make use of them, and contribute to the editing of the video.

I have a lot of confidence in editing, and will be glad to take the role of editing in the future. I understood much more clearly about the elements of a film, since editing required a good understanding of the elements, by frequently coming across them.

I think the group worked very well together once again, and the work was done efficiently. I also think that my own contribution to the group was good. I tried hard to edit, and constantly asked my peers for different ideas or opinions.