Skills Development : Planning

The approach to planning this year has differed from As in several ways. I think this year the main development in planning was having more confidence as having experienced the process the year before we were  fairly aware of what was expected . This year i feel that we used our production schedule more efficiently and effectively as we were aware of what we were doing and exactly when . The majority of our planning which was included in our pitch was also a development as our pitch laid out our basic and fundamental ideas that would remain the same in our music video even if other changes were made an example of this is our setting  in Brighton which was not compromised once we made the decision  !.  Planning was crucial   when it came to things like storyboarding as we had to be clear of what shot's & base track's we were going to film as we only had one day of filming . Although this year the work load for planning was a fair amount more then last  years with things like agreeing on a song and  seeking copyright clearance ( not as easy as it sounds !)  whilst planning we also kept in mind theories from carol vernallis , goodwin and laura mulvey something we didn't have in As. One of the biggest differences was whilst planning and brainstorming for out actual music video was that  we had to keep our chosen song in mind most planning was done with a copy of the lyrics handy also we had to  figure out if  our ideas would suit the song and image of the artist we were trying to portray .This year our planning was inspired  by a number of music videos that we analysed a skill learnt this year .So overall i think my  planning skills have developed and improved and this year of planning has taught me a valuable lesson as more effort was put into this years and the proof  of how good planning can be valuable is in the outcome !