Research For Music Video - Skills Audit for the AS year.

Throughout the AS year I had learnt numerous amount of skills that are now properly coming in to use. 

Main skills I learnt include learning how to use all the technical equipment. Such as; JVC cameras, memory cards, tripods, lighting equipment, still cameras along with enhancing my skill on apple MAC programs such as Final Cut Pro, Sound Track Pro, Live Type, Blogger and Hand break. Along with the planing and preparations.

List of steps for when I am filming.

• creating a mindmap of ideas - destinations, mis en scene, narrative structure etc.
• creating a story board - plotting how I want each shot and the arrangement of them.
• schedule - organised so that I can set deadlines for when I either want filming or editing done.

These are the first preparation skills I learnt throughout my AS year. This is the foundation of success whilst filming.

Technical Aspects:

• Hiring the needed equipment such as lightening equipment, umbrellas, JVC cameras, still cameras, batteries, tripods.
• Whilst working with JVC cameras making sure there are memory cards and batteries to take advantage of filming time, by insuring enough memory and battery life you won't waste time coming back another day.
• Insert memory cards properly.
• Different methods of filming for example, by hand or using tripod to consider different angles.
• Uploading footage to computers then saving on hardrives to ensure back ups of all files. 
• Using Final cut Pro to edit footage.
• Using Sound Track Pro to create sounds.
• Converting footage on to Hand Break and uploading and distributing on Blogger.

These are steps I have become strongly familiar with. I no longer find it difficult transferring footage and editing it on Final Cut Pro and this will be shown greatly in my A2 media production.