After our first shoot, we captured the footage, made a rough edit and watched it back as a group. We then decided that we didn't feel the video was to our best standards and that if we were to alter the idea slightly, that we could come up with an idea that provided more of a narrative. (
Here is a post on the group blog with our reflections on the first shoot)
After talking to our teachers we decided that instead of the Panda's journey just being through the park ,we wanted to take this idea further and have te Panda on a longer journey, perhaps on the way to school. We then planned the possible scenario's that the Panda could go through such as:
- Waking up in the morning
- Stealing a bike
- Catching a train
- Riding a skateboard on the back of a car
- Getting breakfast
- Greeting others along the way
However, the one part of the first video we felt worked really well, was the dance sequence at the end. We wanted to include this in our final video, and so instead of it being in a park, we had the dance in a school gym which made shooting especially easier (no weather issues to worry about!) and meant that the lighting was easier to control. We kept the same dance routine which also meant we didn't need to make another dance tutorial video.
Although it was a tough decision choosing to start pretty much from scratch without much time left, we felt it was necessary for us to create a great end product and I am really glad we took the initiative to make the change carry it through.
