Feedback - Final Music Video

I've shown my music video to friends and family so I am able to collect some feedback about the music video. This is the feedback which I have collected:

• There is a clear story and its a very powerful and emotional story

• Its well edited together and there is equal amounts of narrative with performance and they don't over power each other

• The effects I have used compliment the video and don't over power the video

• The effects highlight the music genre which I aimed to achieve.
  

• The fade out is one of the best moments along with the pushing towards the end. The way it is edited together makes it look professional and smooth.
  

I wanted to achieve these things ad I feel my video is overall a well put together peice which shows alot of emotion and its very powerful storyline.

Gemma Hallisey - "I hope that never happens to anyone! Its really sad"

James Horwood - "Thats a really original storyline. Its normally shown in a very different way. The use of sterotypes and symbols are really well used! Good job! I love it!"

Re - Shoot

From our feedback I decided that it was important for me to add some extra footage to my music video because I felt as though it became very boring and its better to have more than not enough. This meant I need to do some more planning about what scenes would be good to film based on my facebook.

• Needing to show we live together

This was a piece of feedback which was not clear in our video. So I was trying to find simple ways in which we are able to show we live together without making a whole new story. Previously I believed that the dog would ruin the scenes, however, I think that the dog shows that we're a family and more together. So this created a new scene of us walking the dog together and showing us coming into the house together. This hopefully makes it cleaner that we were very serious but also o the day of the shoot there was one car in the drive which I believe shows that we share.

• Could include an argument

This I found particularly hard to do but I felt like to was a good scene to do if we were able to pull it off. While looking through other videos its very serious and it has a very strong impact on the video and it shows emotion and it adds to the story making it clearer. It will hopefully fit into the video and contribute the narrative.

• More moments where we are a couple

This I felt was key and very important for us to include so we have shot scenes like in the kitchen and the living room where we are together so we can show the emotion between because this is a key feature to include in the video.

These are key features which we filmed and I will edit into my video to improve it and make it more professional. While it was easy to shoot and this day was very productive and quick as we were on a time limit. It was crucial that we got this filming done as soon as possible so I am able to have enough time to edit it into my video.

Album Cover - Audience Feedback

My Album Cover

I allowed the target audience of the age range which I want to appeal to look at pictures and ask them to decide which was there favourite. Below are the options which were they mostly appealed too

Here are the amout of people which agreed with the pictures. They are in order of above.

I think its really important to see what the audience looks at when they want to buy an album, its clear that they have seen that the pink dress is clearly appealing to the male eye, based on things which they have said. After looking at the pictures there are some that would not be suitable for my image and what I want to be seen as. It doesn't match my song and the feel of my video.
So I took the second picture which was next choosen and decided that I wanted to see what effects I would add to the picture to make it more creative and similar to that of Alanis and Imogen. This is the when I first started playing, the first design which I liked because its slightly moody and it would still appeal to the target audience. However I think this would be more appealing as a single release instead of on front of an album.
Below is my first attempt at an album cover art. I like the theme of black and white which runs through this design but I have just began to get use to the software and I am finding it interesting and I want to continue with this idea.

Feedback - Rough Cut

I showed my rough cut to the class on Thursday 11th November. I collected this feedback based on my rough cut;

• It was suggested that I needed to add some more scenes in about the couple as it was too repeative with the two scenes that I have.

• It needs to be reinforced that we live together and its not just his house I'm walking into.

• I need to double check my lip syncing because it was out of time.
  

• The effects which I have put in my video are relevent and help to improve it. It looks good and just need to keep the effects going throughout the whole video.
  

• There is a clear story and narrative and they link together. They are presented nicely and the studio scenes are nicely filmed and put together.
  

I agreed with this because I felt as though it was boring watching the same scenes over again and I've looked into different ideas which I would like to try and shoot to make it seem like they are more a couple. But also so its clear that they live together. I have been looking through some videos to gather different ideas about how to show we live together but to add scenes.
Britney Spears - Everytime



From this video, I like the beginning where they are fighting against each other and arguing. This is seen through them pushing each other and the expression. However, my original idea of smashig a vase is seen in this video also and its a very effective way to show anger. Further they break more than just one thing and I would like to try and replicate a scene similar to this to show the emotion.

Bleeding Love (version 2) - Leona Lewis



There are some interesting shots and sequences which I'd like to include within here to show the situation. The opening scene is a small arguing which I would like to incorporate. This isn't as extreme as the one from Britney Spears and I think it will be eaiser to do but I would like to try it because it this would be more appropriate to the scene. There is a scene where he is packing up his things to leave and this would be a powerful scene for me to try and include because it shows I live there and heartbreak which I want the audience to feel.

Bleeding Love (version 1) - Leona Lewis



This video is all about heart break and there are many scenes in this video which I would like to try and replicate. Its really important for me to be able to see a variety of scenes so that I have a range which I can choose from to include in my video. Its important for me to be able to show how I am feeling the us as a couple.