Hit Me Baby One More Time Evaluation

Hit Me Baby One More Time Evaluation

In media we have done a brief task of filming the Britney Spears 'Hit Me Baby One More Time' music video, we only had to re-film the first 30 seconds, but it was still very confusing at first. We began by analysing the pop video to enable us to re-film each clip, once we had filmed each part of the video we had t

o import it to final cut express, the filming took about 40 minutes, and this was rather quick considering there are 18 shots in just a 30 second clip. On final cut express I learn how to match each part of the video footage to the audio track. This was the first time I have had to lock the track to the footage, I found it confusing and hard, but now I find it easy! This exercise will be very useful for my end project. 
Following the forms and conventions of a music video, Britney's music video has lip syncing, dancing, and it shows the artist. 
At first I found it difficult to edit the footage to make it match the audio, but once I had got the hang of it, I found it easier to do and it took me less time to edit each clip.


The two shots to the left are from my remake of the video. The significance of having Britney tapping her foot and looking at the clock is that it shows Britney is bored and has things to do. The close up of both of these things emphasises the fact that school is boring and makes the audience look at only her foot and the clock rather than elsewhere.


Other shots that are used is close ups of Britney singing, once again this attracts attention to her singing so the audience only watch her and don't look elsewhere. It also makes it easier to see what she is singing so you can understand the lyrics.

The lyrics of the song are about Britney and a boy. The lyrics are portrayed by Britney's dance moves, she comes across as angry and impatient. The term 'Hit me baby one more time' is referring to her wanting a boy to talk to her again.