We have now gathered all our footage needed for our music video to come together. During our two first shoots and over the summer holidays my production group when on a total of  five shoots for our music video. Each shoot was well organised with our whole production team knowing exactly what their role was on the day in order to have a successful shoot.

Now that we have gathered all our footage my team has been split into two to ensure we are all able to reflect our editing skills into the music video with equal oppertunity. Below is our second draft, including both perfromance and narrative aspects of the music video. Although our draft two is no where near perfect it is important to get a basic idea od how the video will come together before moving on to any major editing techniques; colour effects, transitions and any extra features wanting to be included. This is important so that me and my partner can visualise the story line and think about what we want to add before jumping straight into it.

Music Video Draft 2:

After roughly editing our draft two of the music video it is extremely important to go through the assessment criteria to ensure we have included everything, and if not to then go forward and include this within our next draft. One of the key major aspects to keep an audience engaged within a video is the use of different shots and angles. When filming all of our footage we had this in mind and where able to gather a wide range so we could then tell the story ifn an exciting and visually engaing way.

Self Assessment Checklist:

What Went well:

• We were able to sync our story line well and get every video into the correct order. This is vital within a music video in order to minimise confusion towards the audience.
• Both the performance and narrative shoots work well together and succesfully blend in without any confusion within the video. This also allows a clear vision of our star image and narrative.
• The range of shots shown throughout the video helps the audience to stay engaged and keep the video exciting.
• The majority of our performance aspect of the video is succesfully synced up.
• Our mise en scene portrays the storyline well without being too overpowering.

What Needs Improving:

• Some of our lip sycing is still slightly out of time towards the end of the video so this will need to be changed.
• We have not included one of our performance shoots throughout the video so we will now take some time to look at this footage and see if we want to include it.
• Framing within some videos need to be zoomed in on so the shot becomes more effective.
• Editing to the beat is vital and we need to continue this throughout the video.
• Effects such as colour correction, filters, transitions will need to be played with to add extra effect to the music video.
• A strong openeing and ending of the video will be added to draw the audience in but also allow them to leave feeling satisfied.
• The party seen needs to be looked at carefully to ensure it works withi the video.

Feedback From Our Teacher:

After submitting our first drafts our subject teacher gave us some feedback about what she liked and what could possibly be changed within the music video. Here is what she suggested:

• To start the singing with a close up rather then a mid shot.
• As she opens the blings to make this move more pwerful switch to a white screen.
• At some point in the video to include a close up of the photo frame.
• To take a look at the party scene when she leaves to see if this element is necassary.
• Some videos at saints bay the performer has the microphone and some she doesn’t. Between different location this would be okay.

Overall we have made good progress for our music video throughout the summer holidays. We have now got a basis for our music video which we can continue to add improvements to and ensure we have ticked off all the assessment criteria. Although this draft above does not include all the assesment criteria, by having this rough video allows us to look and see what needs to be done to ensure it does. It gives us extra time to focus on the finer details of what makes a music video work which will be shown throughout our next drafts.