Audience Feedback response

Today, we showed our work to our classmates to get feedback on our music video. The responses were mixed, most were middle of the road responses, suggesting we have the performance and editing element, but could do with more locations and our narrative footage. We have not yet managed to film our narrative footage, as we aim to film it over half-term, so this has effected our score. Most of our class, said the music video would be more appealing to them with narrative, and had we have had it filmed and edited today, our score would have been higher and our video would have made more sense.  We aim to listen to the feedback, and take action as to gain the highest mark possible, come the end of the school year. We felt we needed to re-film some of the band scenes, and this has become apparent today, as we lack pace and variety of shots of Sam (the lead-singer). By re-filming, we will aim to gather more shots to make the video more interesting.

Some of our class, pointed out the fact that the band remain in the same location during performance and would like a change of location. Although, this is possible, it is not necessarily a convention of rock music videos, as band tend to play in the same location. However, we are not ruling out a second location for the band to play at.

Mid-Production Audience Feedback

13A3 - Mid-production Audience Feedback

Editing

Today, we have added more to our music video; from the two minute mark onwards. This has included shots of the band, the drums, close-ups of the guitars and of Sam singing. This had been successful, and all has been edited without much of a problem. We are now ready for tomorrow's rough cut showcase, with only our Brighton footage to add in. This will be added after half-term, as we aim to go down during the holidays. We may also aim to re-shoot some of our band footage, if we need to.

Editing our new footage

Today we started to edit our new footage for Friday's rough-cut showcase. It is going a lot better than last time, as we are not having so much difficulty with the lip-syncing or are we lacking for imaginative shots. Our lighting has improved, as now Jono can be seen clearly and Sam can be understood. 

 

Photos of re-filming

Here are a few pictures from our re-filming.

Brighton Filming

During half-term, we will be visiting Brighton to finish the narrative sequence to our music video. We aim to film the band at Brighton Pier, where they shall go on the attractions and visit areas of the pier. We saw Brighton Pier as a prime location for youth, having being the setting of rock films, such as Quadrophenia. We also aim to visit the beach, were Sam will go into the sea. This will be shocking to our audience as it will be winter, but this sort of footage will give the band its persona. We will also visit the town centre, but will be looking out for bright locations, that will make our music video interesting, contrasting the overcast weather that we are expecting. The band will be behaving laddish, which will also help us to create a persona that relates to our audience.

Re-filming Tuesday 10th Febraury

What equipment we will need:

• Full drum kit
• Guitars x2
• One Microphone
• One Microphone stand
• Amps x2
• One Light kit
• One tri-pod
• One camera
• Drum sticks

What went wrong last time?

We positioned the light incorrectly, causing our footage to appear dark in certain areas. This has lowered the quality of our footage and meant that we have had to re-film. Also, our lip-syncing did not go too well, as our lead-singer's face was hidden behind the microphone,  making it incredibly hard for us to work out what was being said. 

How we shall fix this?

We will make sure, before we film, that the lighting is positioned correctly and look through the camera to see if the light effects the visuals, lowering the quality. We view that two light kits makes the room to bright, even with the black curtains blocking out the light. Therefore, using one kit, means we have to get the lighting almost perfect, so that it is not too dark nor too light. To make sure that we can work out what our lead-singer is saying, we shall avoid using stills directly in front of the microphone. We shall be more creative, using more close-ups from all around the performance area, which will make our visuals more interesting. 

Planning

We aim to re-shoot our band footage, as it was too dark and unclear when viewing it in Premier Pro. The camera angles we had were good, but we will aim to develop these shots. We felt our footage was too dull as the shots were stills, so we felt we needed some more creativity. We plan to have a camera man walk around the band, experimenting with different shots and angles. We feel that our audience will find this more interesting, due to the variety of camera angles. We shall feature more close-ups of the instruments, including close-ups of the neck of the guitar and of the drum kit.