Rough Cut Feedback

To try and find what were our strengths and weaknesses of our project we decided to show our music video to a couple of people in order to get some feedback. We wanted to know if the narrative that we were trying to portray of the music video was easy for everyone to understand. We also wanted to know what were the most popular aspects of our music video and bits that people thought that we should change. Here is some of the feedback that we got:

Evaluation of Editing Progress

So far with our editing we have only done the performance bit, but hopefully we will start putting in the auditions shots on Friday or Monday. I think that the performance shots was the hardest bit to edit as we had to make sure that all the shots were on the beat and somehow linked up. To do this we had to constantly zoom in and marker everything up so that the artists lip-syncing matched up perfectly to the music. I think there are parts of our rough edit which are great, matched the beat perfectly and looked really good but there are other parts where I think the shot do not look as professional as we would like but in those parts we will replace with the audition shots. I think that at this point one of our weaknesses are that we don't have many shots of the party scene. We wanted to leave it more towards the end but I think that leaving it too late in the video meant that we didn't have many shots to chose from therefore we didn't end using the party scene much. 

The only real main issue we had while editing so far was when the media department was changing how we would access our music videos. They had to save everything to desktops but as a result of this somehow our project got mixed into a file with some other people. Because of this we couldn't edit that day. But this was easily solved by coming in when we had free time and trying to make up for what we should of done. 

I don't think that our project is changing but obviously it is going different to our storyboard. I think that because now we actually have the shots its easier to match up what looks good and what doesn't. The structure is around about the same, just the shots are in different orders to our storyboard. As well we cut a lot faster than how it is planned in the storyboard. 

I think that the only post-production work that we will need to do after we have finished editing is cut the music. Because the song is a lot longer than we are allowed to have it. But I think we have a perfect part of the music of which to cut which will work really well as the end. 

Evaluation of Shoot Day

Unlike a lot of groups we were not able to set up the day before our shoot because the group the day before us went too late into the day. Although this wasn't so much of a problem for us because our set up was basic and was very fast. But on the morning of the shoot, when we went into the studio it was a mess and since we only had a day to shoot we were a little worried. Luckily it was a really quick set up and the studio quickly went from a big mess to our first set, the performance and party scene. 

Since our video doesn't really need a lot of props we focused mainly on how the set looked before we started out shoot. Once the lights were put on and our performers were positioned it really looked amazing. It was exactly how we wanted it to look and was were all really really happy. But it wasn't only the set which looked amazing our cast were much better than I expected. They knew all the words and were not embarrassed at all, really went for it which I think just made everything come together really nicely. 

The best thing I thought which really worked well with our group that we rotated the roles so that we each got to try something new. For our music video we didn't really need really complicated shots so the switching of who was filming was very easy and didn't take us very long to figure out. When we were actually filming the 3 of us were acting like directors the whole time, telling the cast what to do and when to do it. On the shoot day I had a chance of filming, directing and helping out the cast members. I think our whole group contributed really well. 

I think that on the day I handled the organization of the day well. For example when we should do the shots and how we should film it. Since we had a big cast it was hard to organize everyone and I think I did a good job of getting things done efficiently and without stress.

Luckily for us we didn't really have any problems on our shoot day. We got a little bit stressed when we came in in the morning and the studio was a mess and we had to set up but instead of worrying about it I think our group just got onto it and it didn't have any negative effect on our shooting day at all. Although another problem we encountered was that for our 'party scene' it didn't seem like there were enough cast members to make it effective enough. So we ended up going into the lunch hall and asking anyone we could get to come into the studio and join in for an hour. It was easy to get a bunch of people the only thing was we had to keep them at the back of the set so it wouldn't look so obvious in the music video what we had done. 

I think the most successful part in total of our shoot day was the casting. They came in knowing all the words meaning we wouldn't have to waste time going over them and they  were really confident in acting the part. Throughout the day people were coming into the studio to have a look and the most common compliment was how good the 3 main performers worked and look together. I think that this element will make our music video really great. 

To be honest I don't think that the shoot could of gone any better. We had no major problems and everything seems to just run smoothly. Even looking over the footage I think that everything went really well. 

I think that our website will fit in nicely with the video. They both are quite modern and portray they type of image that we want the artists to have. But I think that on our website it will be really good to get some photos of the artists that we got from our shoot day and because of the way they acted we can put together a better actor profile of the artists. 

Website Evaluation

This is a small preview of the home page of the website. The idea is that when logged onto the site you enter the home page, which is the first picture. This has the logo of the band and will show all the different pages that the site offers. I like the look of the homepage because I think that it gives a feel of the band although I think what would be great to be added the music of the band when opening the page. Just to try and promote the brand further. 

The next two pictures just demonstrate the idea of how the other pages on the website will look. I think that the layout is good but we need to use more colors and patterns because I think it looks boring with all of the writing being in a white or light grey.