Overall we got generally quite positive feedback from our primary target audience. Many that we have asked and interviewed about the video have stated that they "like the editing style" and how it "matches along with the beat of the song". Other comments include how they really like the "cinematography of some of the shots, especially the silhouette shots". Although we have received some negative feedback, these include how some of the target audience found the opening to "go on for too long" and how the lip syncing i some areas could be better. Overall though I feel we achieved our primary goal to entertain and present our artist to our target audience.
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
Sunday, 19 February 2017
First Draft Feedback
After showing our first draft of our music video to our target audience and our teacher we were given a variety of feedback:
- Firstly both our target audience and teacher both liked the overall layout of the opening and the chorus. They mentioned it "synced well with the rhythm" and "the visuals matched the audio very well"
- One change that they suggested was to cut to the beat more during the verse. The way we had been syncing to the beat wasn't quite as sophisticated as it could be and instead of cutting to every other beat, cutting every beat would really add more quality to the editing and the overall video.
- Another point they made was to not show all the locations and shots right at the beginning. Leave some of the shots unknown till the second verse and the chorus, as it would keep the audience interested till the end.
- Lastly some of the target audience have mentioned that the opening is a bit too long and recommend that we shorten it to get to the song much quicker.
Saturday, 18 February 2017
Overall Evaluation For Filming Sessions
All in all I feel that all the filming sessions were successful. We managed to film in nearly every location that we planned too and managed to get a large variety of shots. Even with some weather problems and time issues we still managed to get a whole lot done and have a lot of footage that we can use for the final video. It's a shame we couldn't film in Wembley Stadium but I feel that with the amount that we have, it won't really make much of a difference. If there was something that I could go back too it would be to refilm more close up shots of our artist performing. After looking through all the footage I came to realise we lacked quite a few close up shot but generally i think we can work around that. If we had more time to film I would have liked to film in the back alley way that we went too during our reccee but I don't think it would've added too much.
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
Filming Day #4 Reflections
On the last day of filming we decided to go out to the top of the car park in Harrow. Here our primary goal was to really get a nice shot and view of the skyline, and our artist performing with the city lights being the background. Overall I feel it was a very successful day as we got a lot of long and mid shots of our artist with the view behind him. This really made for an interesting set of shots and I feel will really add to our music video. On the day there really wasn't any problems and everything ran very smoothly. We took the precautions we needed too, specially since we were up so high. All in all I feel like this was one of the most successful days out of the lot as it provided as with a variety of possible openings for the main verses of the song and generally just went very smoothly.
Filming Day #3 Reflections
For day #3 of filming we went out to "St Mary's Church" where we filmed all the opening shots that we planned to use for our music video. We managed to get a lot of shots of our artist going down the isle, standing at the front, siting by benches, to really capture the religious aspect of what our artist wants to portray in the video. There was only really one complication, that being the travel too and from the location with the heavy equipment. Luckily though we managed, as we were given a lift up the hill to the church. Going down was definitely difficult but overall we got down without any problems. While we were up there we also decided to scout the location for possible photos for our digipack and magazine advert. After looking around for a bit we found several spots that we felt would be perfect to do a photo shoot in when we moved on to the ancillary tasks. All in all I feel that day #3 went really well as we were able to get some very nice long and mid shots of the church and also we managed to scout out a great location for our digipack and advert.
Filming Day #2 Reflections
The other day we finished filming day #2 of our scheduled shoots. For this filming session we primarily used the college studio. Overall I feel it was a very successful day as we managed to get all the different scenes and shots that we wanted and all in all I really like the quality of the shots that we got. There were a few problems here and there, one being that we had some trouble with the lighting but after some help from our teachers we overcame the issue. The main shots that we managed to get were the tied up scenes that we plan to use at the beginning of the video and also the performance shots within the smoke.
Thursday, 2 February 2017
Filming Day #1 Reflection
Overall I think the first day of filming went really well, it started off a bit shaky with the fact that we got kicked out of our location due too the fact that we needed a permit to film in front of Wembley Stadium. Although we did plan for this and had a back up so we headed to the top of the car park in Wembley. All in all even with the cold weather and high altitude we did manage to film quite a lot of content and get several shots of our artist performing his song. Our primary goals were really to get performance shots in interesting locations and I feel we accomplished that on the night.
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