Third Screening of Music video

11/03/15
After adding the new shots we took last night, replacing all the performance scenes, we constructed our music video to be ready to screen to the classroom. This is going to be the last screen in which we can get feedbacks on and a chance to do any refinements as the deadline is next week.

The feedback we got from the class was that our music video is really strong in the sense that the narrative is really beautiful and the narrative scenes are filmed gorgeously, however the performance scenes are not working well and is letting our entire video down. The performance, everyone felt, looked really fake and tacky due to the lighting, cinematography and costume of the artist. The performance of Aleks singing doesn't look realistic either which brings down the quality of this music video.

After having a discussion with Sinead, Shaun and our group we have decided upon the idea of doing another final re-shoot where this time we will use another actress to play the role of Isabel Beau. 

Feedback on Second Screening

These are the feedback sheets we received from our class mates based on our second screening. The feedback was not really positive as there was not much footage that we had. There was far little shots that we took shown and more of the animatics still left which made everyone feel confused. The shots were not strong enough in the fact that in the hand-held parts the camera was very rigid and shaky making it look unprofessional. Also in the solo parts of Poppy the shots were not in sync with the song as the lip-syncing was off and the performance looked way too staged making it unrealistic.

 

 
 I think by screening our second cut and receiving these feedback's have really been an eye opener as it has given us the shock of us falling behind and not working hard enough in creating this music video. We really need to buckle ourselves up and start filming more shots, thinking of doing lots of reshoot and really planning what we actually want to film.

Blog feedback

14/01/15

This is the feedback i got from Shaun for my blog. I am up to date with my blog but i just need to add a few bits like the animatics video's and some of the clips from the shoots we have done. He was very pleased with the posts i have been doing continuously and loved the idea of the lyrics book that i made along with the posters and digipak that i designed.

                          

Feedback on Posters and digipak

12/12/14

I presented me my developed digipaks and new poster designs to the class and Sinead and here is the feedbacks i got:

                  

Many people felt that the posters need to be further improved by changing the typography wording and the layout slightly. The front cover poster everyone really liked. They felt it was successful due to it being very creative and really good in that it is consistent to my digipak. However my second poster with the blue background needed a lot to improv on due to the typography not being placed and the composition of the image not being right. The digipak however, everyone felt was just right and doesn't need anymore improvements on.

The feedbacks i got were really useful as now i know what are the ares i need to change on the posters in order for it to look much more realistic and captivating.

Feedback on Digipaks

28/11/12

I presented my digipak to the whole class, explaining how i came upon this digipak and why I chose to use these colours, fonts and images.

The positive fedback I got on my digipak draft is that it has potential and that the front cover looks really good due to the close-up shot being well in focus, drawing the audience directly to her eyes. The colour scheme worked really well and connotes the pop genre beautifully along with the background and the images all relate to one and another expressing the pop artists personality. 

The improvements I was suggested was to make the artist name bigger than the album name, on the album spine, so that the artist name is more bold and well noticed. The font and colour of the album name doesn't fit well either so to develop on that along with the tracklist font style. Also to refine down the images so that Isabel Beau looks bright and clear. I want to edit the photos further and will by making it highly photoshopped to show the idea of perfection and to connote how women are portrayed in the society to be ideal. The image on the top right needs to be adjusted slightly so that it fits that panel well and to make the back cover more realistic and professional the tracts numbers need to be removed.

Feedback sheets: 

  

Pitch Feedback

The positive feedbacks we got was that our music video has potential, the artist appearance is clear and the use of terminology was good. The bad points about our pitch mainly was that people were confused with the narrative slightly due to there not being any storyboards presented or animatics. After completing the pitch we then realised and remembered that we forgot to present our storyboards and mood boards tot the class. By having the class and teacher giving us feedback on our pitch was really useful as it made us aware of things we didn't notice and gave us ideas on how we can improve and develop on it. These are all the feedback sheets we got from Sean and the class. 

 

Teacher feedback on Digipak blog posts

07/11/14

Here is a recording of Sinead's and my conversation of her giving me some feedback on my blog from the perspectives of the digipak on what i have done, need to do or improve and develop on. This feedback was really useful as i got to know what stage i am at and whether or not I am going in the right lines with my blog; which i am from both Sinead's and Shaun's view.

Teacher feedback

                  

This is a short clip of the feedback i received from Mr Grimsley on my blog. The feedback i received i will take into consideration by going through my posts and altering them by adding things on and developing them. I will also link post modernism to our music video as he suggested to do so. This feedback was really helpful as it gave me a rough understanding of what i need to do in order to improve my posts. It also re assured me of what i am doing is right and i just need to carry on progressing.