Best Part of Me: Feedback

 Rough Edit: Feedback

After making my rough edit for 'Best Part of Me', I asked some people to answer some questions regarding the music video that I can refer to when making my final edit. The questions asked were:

1. What was your impression of the music video?

2. Was the music video in-keeping with your expectations for a music video of this genre? 

3. What were the strengths or what most 'hit the target' for creating a music video in this genre?

4. What were the weaker elements that you suggest changing or re-looking at? 

5. What words would you use to describe the mood and tone of this music video? 

6. Any overall comments on the music video? 

Teacher Bianca:

• Cool opening.

• Shots of Chloe need to be changed up. Way too long of her singing into the mic with no shot change especially the part where she is singing and doesn’t do the ‘whoa’s’ in between the lines.

• Transitions need some intentionality – what about a fade/ superimposition especially in the beginning when the music is soft and beautiful

• As the music builds there needs to be a bit more of a changing of the shots. Dancing shots are beautiful but towards the end maybe you had 2 shots you could do at the same time or a variety of shots like close up’s you can cut between? Do you have different shots of the same parts of the song? Feel like all around you could use some interchanging shots

• What about getting a third element like something outdoorsy, in nature? Sunsets / sunrises that you can play around with speeding up? Just an idea of how to really take it to the next level.

• Dancing came out beautifully. Maybe just look at making the shots consistent. At some point lighting goes really bright again and we don’t get that orange / warm glow

• I like the idea of playing with different tones. The colder blue / empty feel of the stage and then the warmer lights of the dance studio

• Looking forward to also seeing those after effects spice things up a bit, make some of the shots a bit more interesting

Charlotte:

1) It was funny because she knew the people and they were trying to be very serious. But apart from that, it was really good.

2) Yes

3) The video matched the overall theme and tone of the song. She liked how there were different scenes that I kept switching to.

4) Didn't understand why Chloe drove from the carpark back into the same building. Should have been three parts rather than combining the two with Oscar and Chloe, or find a way to combine the dancing so it flows nicely.

5) Reminiscent. Originally thought Chloe and Oscar went from friends to lovers, and the dance was their wedding dance to the song they wrote when they were younger.

6) Some of the shots felt too forced in terms of transitioning. Also had the idea of having the dancing overlaying the song.

Tiana:

Niav:

Samuel:

Audience Response by Brianna Hodder