What we did well:

I really enjoyed the overall appearance of the cut; it all flows pretty well with the music, with transitions that fit the pace of the performance and lip-syncing that is in tune with the music and words, which I think was really effective

The colour and modifications made with the filters all work well and complement the atmosphere of the music, as well as connote what the song is attempting to convey via the words and narrative of the song.

Close-up views give variation to the video and enable the spectator to observe close-up emotions on the performer’s face, which is particularly effective in live performances.

Feedback on how to make improvements:

In order for the artist to begin singing in the audio, we must also have the performer in the video singing at the same time.

To maintain some consistency and avoid having varied appearances across the video, it should use the same colour filters when switching between clips with and without the filter.

Maintain a sense of continuity between the clips.

Otherwise, it seems as if he just emerges at the beach without any transition between the office and the beach.

Cut between the long view up on the rocks and the close-up shot on the beach to reduce the lengthy clips down the mountainside.

Remove the section of the video when the performer is staring at the camera.

The section when the performer is smiling at the camera should be cut out.

Transitions between clips and more space between them.

Maintain continuity throughout the clips in order to make them flow smoothly, and apply filters later on in the clip to enhance the flow.

This is draft 3 for our music video with peer feedback:

what works well:

• strong variety of locations
• good use of camera angles
• good editing techniques which work well for the music videos genre.
• good narrative order with a wide variety of shots

What can be improved:

• Change up the editing process (don’t use the same editing approach for a lengthy period of time).
• When there are text on the screen, the green screen effect has to be fixed.
• clear out any ambiguity in the music video’s purpose/narrative.
• retake shaky shots.

since the 2 draft:

The story and performance have been bolstered by the addition of new characters and settings. New effects and transitions have been added to help the clips blend together better in the same editing format. We’ll be reshooting a lot of the performance for improved clarity and overall quality in the next shoot.

Specsavers came into our class today to give us feedback on our movies and to teach us how to apply special effects to better the music video’s viewing experience.

Feedback:

• To give the story more structure and context, make the video narrative and performance flow more.
• Get more performance shots.
• re-shoot any shots that are unreliable
• Instead of putting the text on the wall as a static layer over the background, add in the special effects with them moving.

We were also taught how to use After Effects to add movement and more advanced edits to our music video, which we utilized to add the moving writing in the office scene to give the text life.

Youtube tutorial:

This link will take you to a shot list for the narrative portion of my film, which portrays my character/star image being imprisoned in a mundane office job and eventually going off the rails in quest of a more freeing way of life. This element is intended to graphically depict the sequence of events that take place during the narrative shot, and it is composed of two parts.

Summary of feedback:

• Good editing
• change the ‘wobbly’ shots for something more stable
• When the performer is sing make sure the audience can see the performers face to have a connection between the narrative and performance and understanding of which is which.
• show the build-up of stress at work more
• suggested putting the table flip shot at the end of the video to add to the dramatic effects.
• show more things written on post-it notes
• more POVs/close-ups for the narrative make throwing the paper in more slow motion and put the desk flip after throwing paper for continuity.
• don’t repeat shots
• running has to take him somewhere in contrast to the office
• add effects onto the wall with words floating around

To do next to shoot/lesson:

Film more close-ups and POVs of the actor’s face and capture what is happening in the performance with close-ups and movement through the frame etc. use a bigger array of transitions, cuts, transitions to add to the music video overall. Film lip-sync in focus and in extreme close up.