First Draft of Music Video

First Draft

This is our first draft of our music video which provides us with the opportunity to discover what is going well in the project and what we need to improve on.
In order to put this first draft together we had to upload our footage onto the Macs and then we could edit. However we have not finished filming all of our footage yet so therefore the first draft won't be completely representing our whole music video.
When watching the first draft I feel we have got a good variety of both shots and locations. I feel this project is quite adventurous and has pushed us to create an effective video that is interesting for the viewer. When filming the dancing in London it was quite daunting as the public would stop and watch however I feel the footage has been filmed very well and looks effective in the different locations. I feel the shot in the field/park looks interesting with the lighting and really contrasts with the London location which was our main objective for the video. I believe the costume looks effective where the dancers are all in the same but I as the artist have a more colourful jacket on to indicate that I am the artist. Even though we have not been able to edit all the way through the song yet I feel the editing so far looks very good and is cut well to both the dancers movements and the beats in the music.




On the other hand I think there are many improvements that need to be made. For example where we have put the footage together with the music it is not completely in synch. Therefore when continuing to edit we need to make sure this is perfect otherwise it will result in a bad video. To add to this we need to complete all our footage because that will mean we are then able to put our video together and pick the best shots we have. We need to go to the park location and film with the dancers; we have chosen a section of the park for this and are going to complete this the week commencing 24th when the dancers are available. In addition to this we are going to perform another piece in the dance studio which will be of a contrasting style. Furthermore on Friday 21st we are going to be filming with a duet. This duet has been choreographed with the two dancers Molly and Charlie and we are going to film a variety of shots with them which can then be included in the video. When continuing to film we need to ensure we make sure all of our shots are in focus and are not shaky as well as use precise editing.

I am really interested to see the outcome of our music video and I hope we can continue to film interesting shots appropriate to our genre.