Final Music Video feedback

After handing in the video after our deadline, as a class we were given feedback anonymously from each other on our videos. Each was given a few comments and a rating out of 10. Here is the feedback we received:
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- The first shot with the drummer is a bit out of sync but it is a good shot
- Max lip syncs very well
- Shadows on faces are a bit of an issue
- Like the song and location
- Some shots are a bit dark
- Like that it's different with the darkness
9/10
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- Good miming - In time
- A lot of movement
- Good variety of shots
8/10
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- Very nice location
- Great lighting
- Good Syncing
- Great acting
- Didn't really see the point of shots where the instruments disappear
- Very fitting outfits and instruments
- Use of both handheld and steady shots seems odd
- Some shots went wrong slightly in terms of camera work (steady shots moving slightly, faces covered by mics etc.)
- Last shot seems off, ending by continuing the shot before it would be much better
9/10
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- Chosen band members play their part really well - looks realistic
- Main artist lip syncing is good
- Fast paced shots look good
- Good location
- Good variety of shots + panning
- Good camera
9/10
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- Lead singer suits role
- Good use of lighting
- Drums sync well
- Location works well
8/10
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- Lighting works really well
- Dancing works well
- Singing fits with music well
- mise en scene fits with song/genre
10/10
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- Some of the dancing looks awkward
- Good lip syncing and use of instruments
- The actor in the coat doesn't really fit in
- Good lighting and setting
- The blurred shots work well
8/10
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- Singer looks authentic
- Variety of shots
9/10
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- The location and lighting work really well, especially the shots behind the drummer when you can see the headlight glare
- The ariel drummer shot is really good as you can see it all and its well centred
- The lead singer is good and seems confident but dancing seems awkward
8/10
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- Great lip/instrument sync
- Some shots with camera man's shadow
- Good shots of instruments vanishing
- Shot above drum is amazing
- Guitarist has very different outfit to everyone else
9/10
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- Great front man choice
- Good fast paced variety of shots
- Realistic lip syncing and instruments
8-9/10
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- Lip syncing is literally perfect
- Good shots, fast paced which goes well with the song
- Lighting looks really good
- Clear camera
- Good location
9/10
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- Really like the location
- Pace of editing is really good
- Lip syncing shots work well
9/10
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- Some camera shots a bit shaky
- Band really interesting to watch - frontman is good
- lots of varied shots - looks really professional
- light looks good - different and interesting
- outfits fit with song
9/10
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- Really good shots
- Flows well
- Good outfits - setting suits the song
- Band name on drum - Didn't think of that! creative
9/10

Draft Music Video Feedback

The feedback we recieved fromboth teachers and peers was fairly positive. People were very impressed the proffesionalsim of the band, especially the lead singer, who perfectly displayed the charisma and appeal we wanted our band to have.

Some people had negative opinions on only having one location. However I feel that this is something we are unlikely to change. We feel that as it is a straight forward illustration video, of the band performing, the location works really well, fitting in with the bands cutting edge image. We do feel that the location worked really well and the issue of lighing was solved perfectly by using cars in the field.

One problem we had was with the weather. In our shot schedule, we decided to film the long shots last and we had 2 problems with this. One was that as the night went on, it became more foggyin the field and this became quite noticable on the camera. Also, due to the poor light in the field, the actors look quite far away and does not work as well as we like, so this may be something we cut out/refilm.

The editing process we feel went well, in the little space of time we had to do it. We have decided however that we are going to re-edit the film, getting rid of some of the "cringey" dance moves replacing them with more shots of the charismatic frontman. We are also going to sort the sync of the frontman at 1:20, as it is ever so slightly out of sync.

Magazine Advert & Digipack improvements and Final Versions.

The feedback I received for my magazine advert and digipack gave me some obvious improvements that need to be made.

I felt myself that the outside cover of the digipack was a lot stronger than the inside. This thought was backed up from the feedback I recieved. The images I put in on the right handside of the inside cover were strung together in a bit of a rush for my draft. I think the right page was quite overloaded with text and used images too similar to the ones on the front cover. On the inside, I also used a patterned blue and red background, in a low opacity as a suttle way to join all the inside pages together. I think the inside looks better where they all use the same image or pattern to join them together.

I used an image of the band peforming and filtered the image in the same way as the front cover and put this on the insde right page and moved the text with the acknowledgements onto the left handside page.

FINAL DIGIPACK

As for the poster, the improvements I needed to make were fairly simple. I was quite happy with my draft poster, but it was pointed out to me in my feedback that some of the text sizes did not work and some minor layout changes. I changed the size of the release date and made all text fairly compact to the centre of the page. I also aimed to make the band and album name the main focus of the advert. After looking more at other examples of Magazine adverts I got a better idea and paid more attention to text layout and sizing, also how it can really be effective.

FINAL MAGAZINE ADVERT/POSTER