Lipsynch work

Here is our attempt at a lipsynch of 'Five's 'Everybody get up.' I think we did well to put energy and enthusiasm into the piece. In my group were James, Frank and myself and although a lot of the footage was unusable due to background messups and a habit of forgetting words, I think the edit really does us justice in terms of how effective and entertaining we can be in media work.

What did I learn from this?

I learnt that when filming it is important to get several takes of the same shot, rather than relying on other shots to overlap and compensate. Each runthrough should be done to the best of our ability until we get a near perfect take then move on. This wasn't really possible with our time restraint however.

I also learnt that when editing it would be good to organise the different shots into bins; not just "Frank" "Eoin" and "James" but groups like "dancing clips" that would be good to cut to in instrumentals and a "gimicks" bin where we put all the silly stuff we got up to, so we can add it where it's appropriate rather than just where it falls with the music.

Finally I learnt that filming these can be a lot of fun so long as you find the right balance of sillyness and seriousness. I hope I can translate that to the big shoot as well as my coursework in the near future.

My Audition

My biggest hope is to be cast as "Abs" the first member of the band to jump offstage and rap at the camera. I feel I have more than proved my worth in terms of enthusiasm (having actually completed homeworks on time) and showing a great deal of commitment, having learnt the dance and all the words in time for the lipsynch work. I also feel that I am an avid performer and will bring great things to the table as a member of five. As an added incentive to choosing me for this role, it will deffinetly boost my love of media and my comitment to continueing this level of work that I have been putting in so far this year... If I'm not chosen, my confidence will surely be shot and I might not feel so inclined to keep working nicely in media...

Only joking! No matter what happens I will be thrilled to be taking part, even if I am unable to be a member of five (or to a greater extent Abs)