EVALUATION 4 - AUDIENCE FEEDBACK

POSITIVE COMMENTS

• GREAT USE OF TRANSITIONS WHICH WAS THE FADES
• GOOD USE OF SPACE WHEN FILMING
• THE CLOTHING MATCHED WITH THE URBAN GENRE CORRECTLY
• RANGE OF LOCATIONS SHOTS
• LOOKED PROFESSIONAL

NEGATIVE COMMENTS

• CAMERA SHAKEN AT TIMES
• LIP SYNC WASN'T QUITE SPOT ON
• SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED A GIRL AS IT WOULD HAVE MADE THE VIDEO SEEM MORE INTERESTING
• RANGE WAS NOT IN FOCUS AT TIMES AND THE CAMERA SHOULD HAVE GAVE HIM A LITTLE MORE RECOGNITION.

I HAVE LEARNT QUITE A LOT FROM THE FEEDBACK GIVEN AND  PLEASED WITH IT, HOWEVER NOT BEING THE BEST AT TECHNOLOGY BEFORE INCLUDING SOME USAGE OF THE EQUIPMENT FOR EXAMPLE THE CAMERA HAS HELPED ME IMPROVE A LOT.  WHEN FILMING FOR THE MUSIC VIDEO AT FIRST MY TECHNIQUES WERE VERY POOR TRYING TO ANGLE THE CAMERA SO THE POSITION OF THE SHOT WOULD BE PERFECT.NOT HAVING A STEADY HAND WHILST CAMERA WAS HANDHELD ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE CAMERA BEING SHAKEN AS THIS WAS MENTIONED WHILST I WAS PANNING AROUND THE ARTISTS. SO FROM THIS PARTICULAR FEEDBACK I HAVE LEARNT TO ALWAYS PRACTISE BEFORE DOING THE MAIN THING BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT GET THE BEST RESULTS AT THE END.
I BELIEVE ALSO THAT I SHOULD HAVE WORKED HARDER ON MY EDITING SKILLS AS THIS IS MY WORST POINT THE "LIP SYNC" WAS MENTIONED WHICH IS KEY PART OF ANY MUSIC VIDEOS AND CLEARLY ACCORDING TO THE AUDIENCE IT WASN'T THE BEST, AGAIN THIS ALSO LINKS WITH PRACTISING BUT ON "FINAL CUT PRO" BECAUSE I FOUND THIS VERY COMPLEX BUT I MUST ALWAYS LEARN NOT TO GIVE UP IF I FIND THINGS DIFFICULT, THIS IS WHAT THESE NEGATIVE COMMENTS HAVE THOUGHT ME AS THERE COULD OBVIOUSLY BE MORE ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT AND IF I COULD GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN THERE WILL BE A MAJOR CHANGE IN EDITING AND CAMERA WORK. I REMEMBER IN THE COLLEGE STUDIO I HAD TO FILM IN FRONT OF A BLACK CURTAIN WHICH HAD LINES ON THEM SO I HAD TO MAKE SURE THE CAMERA WAS IN FOCUS IN A TIGHT SPACE SO THE ARTIST WILL NOT GO BEYOND THE LINES AS IT WOULD HAVE EFFECTED OUR VIDEO, I DIDN'T QUITE MANAGE TO PULL IT OFF AS WE VIEWED IT ON THE SCREEN IT WAS OUT OF FOCUS UNFORTUNATELY.  SURPRISINGLY MOST PEOPLE PREFERRED THE STUDIO SHOTS.
 PERSONALLY I WOULD HAVE WANTED A MORE GLAMOURS VIDEO WITH FLASHY CARS AND A PENTHOUSE BUT BEING ON A BUDGET AS A STUDENT IS QUITE TOUGH .

IN THE LAST VIDEO ETHEL ALSO TALKED ABOUT MY ANCILLARY PRODUCTS. SHE REALLY LIKED THE POSE "JUST A LITTLE "AS IT SHOWED A CLEAR VISUAL LINK TO MY MUSIC VIDEOS WHICH WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF IT .

ON THE OTHER HAND THE POSITIVE COMMENTS MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING WHICH IS ACTUALLY MAKING "MY OWN" MUSIC VIDEO EVEN THROUGH THE STRESSFUL HARD TIMES SO OVERALL AGAIN I AM HAPPY ESPECIALLY WITH MY GROUP AS EVERYONE PLAYED THERE PART WELL !

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