Christmas Fun

As the term was drawing to an end for the Christmas break, the class decided to spend our last two lessons working together to recreate a loved Christmas hit. The song that we chose to do was 'Fairytale of New York' by The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl. We chose this iconic song since it is a favourite by everyone, with a really distinctive sound and video. In the hour and a half that it took to create the video, we filmed around the school, created an album cover and edited it.

 

 

The video we created let us have some fun with editing without the stress of it being marked, this meant we had a bit more practice with editing. We created the video and made it as accurate to the original video as possible. This shows that the class can mimic a professional video and can use the limited resources that we had around the school.

 

We edited the video by making it black and white, this is because the original video is like this, the reason the video is in black and white is because it sets the mood for the depressing side of the video. This contrasts with the stereotypical emotions used in Christmas songs, which works with the style of song. We also attempted lip syncing but used a comical effect, this was partly because of the spontaneity of the video creation and also because it makes its funnier for Christmas. 

 

I hope you enjoy the video, and Merry Christmas!