People who are in the media industry came and looked at our music video to give us some tips and feedback from improvement. When they came in we did not have many clips in our video as we had just finished our most recent shoot and spending our time uploading them onto premier pro. We showed them as much as we had and this is what they said:

• add more transitions to make the clips flow more
• reposition clips to change up the dynamics
• record more footage as we don’t have as many as we should and if we get more then we can create more effect.
• We were shown how to add an adjustment layer to some our clips to colour correct as some of the video we got were quite dull, so by doing this we were able to brighten them up.
• We were also taught how to make the shadows/white/darks corrolate with eachother so the colour could be equal.

By learning these tips and tricks we will be able to expand our knowledge on editing to make our music video better.

This is our Draft 2 video. It only includes some of our performance and but we still need to include the narrative clips. We are not close to finishing the editing but have all the clips to include so just need to piece them all together. We have had trouble when uploading the clips onto Premier Pro so spent some time figuring out how to solve it, hence the reason we are behind in the editing. Our shoot was successful and the planning which we completed made it easy for us to be able to manage what we needed and how we were going to carry everything out. We have a lot of work to do to make to create a successful piece which will demonstrate our potential but for draft 2 we are happy with the direction it is heading.

Targets for improvement

• keep track of editing
• fill in the gaps with clips.
• add filters/transitions to change the look of the video
• if we have a chance to- would be nice to add in extra clips of our female performer lip syncing.

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We analysed some possible risks which may occur when we are out on our shoot.

We created a PMA for our second shoot, this is important for us to follow so we know what outfits our performers will wear and we can look at it so we won’t forget anything. We also wrote down things to remember as we are filming, like how we want our performers to express themselves in the shoot.

To prepare for our shoot, we have planned our scenes and a compiled a visual shot list (via a storyboard).  This will be helpful to follow when we go out on our shoot so that we feel well prepared and our shoot can run without many issues or problems.  Our storyboard isn’t really in order, but this doesn’t matter because the scenes come in as they interlink.

The narrative can be any one of the following:

• Amplified – The video links to the key themes and messages of the lyrics and aids them.
• Disjunctive – The video and lyrics have very little to do with each other.
• Illustrative – The narrative illustrates the lyrics directly.

Since we have decided to have an illustrative in our music video, it means that the video makes sense and goes well with the lyrics.  So we have chosen to film and create a stereotypical summer with all the sunsets and great memories that the two models had.

We will either start at the end and include flashbacks of summer or start at the start of summer and go through and experience the great days that pass.  The narrative involves looking back on summer memories and all the fun they had with their friends separately and then together right at the end of the video.

This is the first 30 seconds of our performance shoot for our music video which we have edited together. I do not feel as if this is the right vibe which we intend to go for and is not suited for the particular genre. There is a difference in out first and second shoots as the performer feels more confident in one and not the other, this does not match what we want. I feel as if we need to focus on editing our clips together better with appropriate transitions as at the moment it is very rough and does not show off our potential. I am hoping to change how this looks dramatically and will be able to showcase want my intentions are.

What we need to improve on:

• camera angles
• editing
• performance
• mise-en-scene
• style which we are trying to achieve
• variety of locations throughout the summer

Our first attempt at the performance shoot for our music video was successful, however there are many things which we have picked up on so we can improve for our next shoot. Looking back at the footage we recorded, we ended up with a very limited amount of shots from different angles, so there wasn’t much variety when it came to editing our clips together. We also had only one of our performers available for our first shoot, so only the male voice of our song was able to be lip synced. We also did not have a variety of different outfits for our performer to wear, the costuming wasn’t very well organised resulting in the only having one outfit for the entirety of the shoot. However, all these things have been taken into consideration and will be fixed/changed for our next performance shoot.

what went well

• performance
• organisation

what can we improve on for next time

• more costumes
• wider variety of shots/more filming options
• make sure the other performer is available