MUSIC VIDEO FEEDBACK AFTER FIRST DRAFT

SHOOTING MATERIAL THAT IS APPROPRIATE

TO THE TASK SETPositive:

“Spain shots were good”“Good, looks like a music video”

“Good performance”“Very, very good variety of shots”

“The performance makes it seem like a music video”“Shooting material quite appropriate”

Negative:“More dancey”

FRAMING A SHOT, INCLUDING AND EXCLUDING ELEMENTS AS

APPROPRIATE Positive:

“Good variety, some framing better than others but still really good”“Liked the framing of most shots”

“Lots of dancing”“Spain shots are really good! lots of locations”

“Smoke scenes are good”“Good framing shot”

Negative:“Eyes board and fire too small”

“Didn’t look at the camera enough”“Some lip sync is out”

“Look at the camera more whilst lip syncing”“Need to frame all shots properly”

“I think some of the shots are too long”

USING A VARIETY OF SHOTS AND DISTANCES

Positive:“A lot of stills but its okay as she moves a lot so looks good”

“Good variety throughout”“Good variety and angle of shots”

“Dancing shots and performance was very good”“Many shots”

“Pans and wide selection”“Large variety of shots and distances”

“Good close ups and wide shots”

Negative:“Reused shots”

“Don’t like the tree shots”“Cut tree shots, darker shots”

“Cut tree”“The same shot is used in 2nd chorus, the time lapse needs to be clearer”

HOLDING A STEADY SHOT

Positive:“Yes”

“Shots were steady and still where needed to be”“Shots all look good”

“Shots are of good quality”“Steady”

“Most shots quite steady”

Negative:“Some shots were shaky”

SELECTING MISE EN SCENE INCLUDING COLOUR, FIGURE,

LIGHTING, OBJECTS AND SETTINGPositive:

“Mise en scene good, setting on point”“The paint was good”

“Costume selection good”“Great locations”

“Good use of holiday location”“Everything matches the genre”

“Very Good”

Negative:“colouring a little dark on some shots”

“Some shots with the backgrounds looked empty”“Lip sync 5/10, should always look at the camera”

EDITING SO THAT MEANING IS APPARENT

TO THE VIEWERPositive:

“Yes”“Editing was solid”

“Editing is good and shots are in a good order”“Very good concept”“Very good editing”

“Very good cutting and effects”“Like the eyes edit to the beat”

“Editing fits lyrics”

Negative:“Not certain about the meaning”

“”Night has come” needs to be darker”

USING VARIED SHOTS TRANSITIONS AND OTHER

EFFECTS SELECTIVELYPositive:“Yes”

“Slow motion, colour overlays, fading to black good”“Cut well”

“Lots of cuts, all fit to beat”“Transitions were good”

Negative:“no real apparent transitions”

“Not many transitions”“Just straight cuts”

“Not many transitions or special effects are used”“Lighting in the first eye wall shot needs to be changed”

“Head a bit cut out in some shots”

USING SOUND WITH IMAGES AND EDITING

Positive:“Yes”

“Good for most part”“Sound and imagery well executed”

“Good editing on the beats”

Negative:“Some lip syncing was off”

“Needs more energy”“Some of the lip sync doesn’t match the lyrics”

GRADING AND COMMENTS

Positive:“Yes”

“Level 4-Excellent 32/40”“34/40”

“The shots were good”“Really nice footage, good proportion of shots/camera framing”

“Level 4 32/40”“37/40”

“I love all the different locations and angles, the performance is very good”“34/40”

Negative:“Lip syncing needs to be corrected”

“Level 2-Basic 21/40”“Level 3-Proficient 30/40”

“Needs more cuts!”“Lip sync can be better(Actually sing)”

“Change the tree scene”“Open your mouth more Soraya”

“Some of the shots are a bit too long and the lip sync doesn’t match in some places, 29/30”“29/40, lip syncing needs work”“’Cant be found’, out of sync”