Evaluation Q1: Did you enjoy the main workshop shoot day? What role(s) did you take? What were your best bits and why?

Workshop day:
I thoroughly enjoyed the workshop day, even though I originally thought it would be very long and tiring! I was pleasantly surprised when we were more than often successful with shots meaning we didn't have to film millions of takes and I think we all had loads of fun in the process. Everyone was super energetic and up-beat which made it ten times more fun! I tried to get as involved as I could in both performance roles in front of the camera and technical roles behind the scenes. Below is a time lapse of our workshop day which shows the length of the day and how our different set-ups of lighting were changed...

I am in the centre at the top of the pyramid

My performance roles in-front of the camera:

• Cheerleader Taylor-I have had no experience in cheerleading before and I'm pretty sure none of the other dancers did either! However the routine Tasha (our choreographer) taught us was easy to pick up and all our time spent rehearsing meant we could get it on point!I think I enjoyed my role as a cheerleader the most out of all my roles because the routine was the best and I loved our costumes. Below is a short clip of me acting as Cheerleader Taylor in our finished music video.

• Ribbon Dancing Taylor-I was also the main Taylor Swift for the ribbon dance section of our remake. Tasha choreographed a rough routine for us using the ribbons, however this role was more focused on performance. I found it difficult to act really angry and annoyed in one scene but Jasmine (our performance coach) really helped me and I got there in the end. 

• Contemporary background dancer-I was a backing dancer for the contemporary shots. I found this fun as we had a lot of opportunity to improvise, using Tasha's routine as a starting point. However, it was difficult to keep a serious face throughput performing as we did look quite ridiculous! 

• Ballet dancer- I acted as a ballet dancer for Phoebe's main Taylor role. We were dressed in white swan lake tutus and had our own choreographed routine, created by Tasha. I think we all danced really well, and I found this role particularly familiar as I have done ballet in the past. 

• Band singer- I played one of the background singers for the band sequence along with Georgina. This was a very straightforward role. 
  
• Lastly, I was a dancer in the final 'end dance' scene which was a lot of fun as we were all together and able to basically do whatever we wanted, in terms of dancing.

• I also played a role behind the camera in taking the role of 'clapper-board'. For this role I had to 'slate'; particular shots. This role was important to make finding shots when editing easier and keeping the shoot day organised. I have had experience in this role a lot of times through my media work at Latymer. 

Things I could have done better:

I wish I felt less restricted when on top of the cheer leading pyramid so I could have danced a bit more; I think I looked a bit too still and the shot needed more movement. I also would have liked to have gone up to the lighting desk to speak to Ed (our lighting technician) to see how that worked.