PROS
- First of all, the process really helped in that it gave us a good idea of how the actresses behave in front of a camera.
- Maria (the singer), thank God, was great. Despite a few awkward giggles, she managed to remain sassy and cool throughout. She also made the effort to learn the lines almost perfectly, which automatically made her more comfortable in front of the camera. I was impressed with her performance and the way she co-operated with the group.
- Another person who I was very impressed with was Hannah. I was somewhat concerned about not having seen her skate before but he footage worked well in the video. We used the footage from her rehearsal video in the animatic.
CONS
- Because we had not managed to gather all of the props, the girls did not have much to do
- We did not have enough footage to fill the entire video - this issue can be fixed, we just need to get the props and have the girls interact with them to fill the time with interesting footage.
- I was not particulary fond of the editing (Shh, don't tell Gabe I said that). I hope that we can use some more proffessional editing techniques for the actual thing.
- The filming could have been better, with less shaky cam and more effor to pretend we weren't filming on an iPhone.
Overall, I think that the aniamtic was very useful. it helped us figure out a lot of things and served as a test run for the actual shoot, but the actual video could look better.
