Digital Technologies

We used different digital technologies for our first lip syncing excercise, for example, sites such as Youtube enabled us to watch karaoke versions of our songs and learn the lyrics easily. We used the camera and were able to zoom in on appropriate times, for example, we started off with the camera on the stand and then by the end of the video Leah zoomed in on my face to create a more dramatic, over the top style.

We used more variations of camera techniques during the Busted task. This was because we had to mimic all the shots of the Busted video perfectly. Sophie helped film while I directed the shots, she would get the camera into a position then I would look at the original video and see if it is similar. We found it easy to move the camera around, for example in the shot where Bonnie walks past the table, Sophie simply placed it on the floor and we lay on the floor to see if it was similar to the shot from the original video. However, it was harder to get shots from above (such as the shot of the whole class putting up their hand and answering 'Miss Mckenizie's' question.)

On the last day of filming, we filmed the whole group outside. However, we did not turn the camera on for some of the filming and I pressed the wrong button. This left us with limited recording for the last part of the task and has taught me to be more careful with the camera equipment when recording. I will remember this when going into the A2 course next year.