Rookie mistakes

I have been working on a music video for my song Party In My Head (download for free here) for approximately six to eight weeks now (for my media class) and it is, thank heavens, now completed and handed in. It is much like this blog, and my hair today, in that all three of the above are absolutely ridiculous. Being what could be politely described as an 'amateur' film maker ('Why is everything black! Why is the camera broken! Help me! Is it on? Is it working? What's this? Help! Why is this thing over the lens? How do I film with this thing on? What's going on?'), I had to work with what was plausible and even then I was pushing it!

The 'cast' (my dearest friends) was so co-operative and so hilarious I pretty much re-wrote my entire 'storyboard' (series of 12 sticky notes with stick figures drawn on in biro) to facilitate to the beautiful comedy I had at my hands thanks to their inspiring enthusiasm. The end result is a hotchpotch of absurd, comedically unconvincing film which, with its ridiculous naivete and unprofessional, earthquake-shaky, so-out-of-focus-you-can't-tell-if-that's-even-a-person camera work, reflects the song's beginnings in my bedroom, on a cheap plastic keyboard, and 15 year old me basking in my own hilarity which now makes me cringe so hard my skin turns into sandpaper.

I guess what I'm saying is I'm happy to close the door on this part of me now. This song is something that has been with me for years and while I am fiercely proud of it, and certainly proud of completing this film which has been exceedingly difficult to create, I am happy to leave it be, certainly for a length of time, until I feel ready to maybe have another look, to rewrite ugly sections, or something like that.

I also just want to thank everyone involved in the process of PIMH. The contribution of others into this work was phenomenal and something I never expected. I was so gratified and humbled by the enthusiasm of the people who helped me out with this and I really owe a monumental volume of THANKS to everyone involved.