Here is some Feedback from another student after they watched my music video they highlighted the boxes green on the sections/elements of the music video they though was Good, ok or bad.

Overall the feedback I got was pretty good, more good than anything else, and some constructive criticism.

targets for the final music video

• Add more of a flow to the music video with more cuts on long static cuts
• shorten some shots to make them not last as long
• attempt to sync the lips better to the song
• possibly change the star image slightly

Here is my draft 4 for the music video, this will be the last draft before the final version so draft 4 right now is at its best. All the footage has been put in and everything is lip-synced well. Reflection : 

There needs to be more of the special effects I had like the heart, so if I could include more effects like that in the final draft I feel like they would fit in much better. I also think that I just need a few more small shots here and there.

Here is the screen-castify of my media teacher feedback to my Draft 3 of the music video, My teacher makes many good points to improve on and other ways to make my draft 4 the best it could be. Overall most of the points are minor improvements that I could make while editing but some of them would need entire reshoots of some scenes. but it could be done, but only if the weather is favorable

Feedback :

• Make boxes even or make them look good while uneven
• More shots to space out when the song doesn’t sing(closes ups)
• Re-shoot blurry shots
• More heart graphics
• More cuts between narrative
• Maybe more shots of the guitarist and singer together

Here is my Draft 3 for my music video, in this version the whole narrative has been put in and has been put in some form of order but it can still be rearranged and made to fit the music more. So for draft 4, I need to go through and adjust all of the of the footage as well as add in the rest of the effects and such, so hopefully everything should be in order for draft 3.

Where did you go? How did it go?

I went back to my house in St Martins and filmed in my kitchen and back garden, it went well, I was able to get my family to help me with some of the shoots like using my sister as a stand-in for the ghost.

Reflect – what went well? what went badly?

I got all the shots that I wanted at that moment and I was able to fill up a lot of space in my music video, but sadly not all the footage looked the best, it got dark very quickly and I had to shoot at that time so some of the footage has a bit of a blur or a grain effect over the top, or it’s just not focused properly

Focus forward – do you need to pick up shots? how does this help represent your star image?

I think that I could get a few replacement shots and make some improvements,  for example, the scene of the ghost poking over the fence should be shot from a different angle, in better lighting, and using a tripod, and maybe a different lens

Below is the second draft of my music video, in this draft I still have empty space but I have included some narrative shots like me in the kitchen, opening up the fridge and the bread box. below here is my “self-assessment sheet” I rewatched the video and marked myself on how I thought I did, there are definitely parts that need improvements, for example my transitions are basically non-existent and I kept forgetting to bring the tripod with me to shoots so some shots are wobbly and shakey.

For my next draft (draft 3) i should have enough footage to fill in the whole video and I can start working on making the singers sync and the narrative footage sync with the beat of the song

Here is an image of my Student Risk Assessment, this consist of anything that could be a risk during the filming of the performance, for example: since we are filming in her house there is a large outdoor roof balcony type thing that could be dangerous to fall off of so it would be best to just completely avoid it altogether.

Using a risk assessment is incredibly useful and will be useful in the future, it’ll allow me to plan for the worst to happen and to avoid any injuries, and it also shows others where we would be when filming.

Below is a roughly edited portion of my music video, with simple transitions and all lip-synced together and edited to the beat.

The main singer is Caleb Vinning and the guitarist is Nattaliya Besser and they are performing the song Humility By Gorillaz

What went well:

• The start of the music video with the split screen is a simple but amazing edit.
• the warm colors of the video
• good close-ups
• great background

what could have gone better:

• the background quality in the shot of the main singer
• the length of the guitar close-up clip
• the timing of the camera looking up and down is out of sync
• not many unique camera angles (all mid-shot and close-up)

For the Shoot, I’m aiming for the quality of the shoots to go well, with the filter I have over the whole video some effects can cause the footage to look worse. my cover story for the narrative is about a teenager who gets in an unfortunate accident and becomes a ghost. I need my ghost to at least look like a traditional ghost.