I posted my video on facebook, and asked some people for feedback. I got several responses, however my friends aren't fantastic at giving feedback or answering questions. but this is what they said. The general feeling was that the video was very well done, but nobody really told me i should change anything.
Barney watched the first rough cut i made the other day, and gave us some feedback. Basically, he said that if it is entirely performance based, we should probably get the narrative filmed so we can do something else in the video. He also said that we shouldn't cut from singer to different angle of singer, which i did accidentally as the different layers were on top of each other, so when i cut a bit out of one, it just showed the one beneath it, and i put the 2 of the singer on top of each other.
I also need to sync it up a bit more, some of the singing is slightly out, which i only noticed after watching the video a few times, and there is a bit of the drummer at the end which is totally out of sync. I also put in a lot of footage of the drummer, and should probably use something else.
- A few of the shots were badly framed. But with the effects, we were able to make it less noticeable.
- A few of the effects were too over the top, such as the one we used on the bassist. We had to remove this as it did not fit in with the rest of the video.
- They liked the CCTV / blurred TV effects and that we should have it recurring more than just the one time we used it. Upon re-editing the video, we put the effect in at the start and another time during the guitar solo.
- We had to synch up some more of the vocals at the start of the video. With the effects, they were unable to see if we had synched it up properly. They suggested that we should do it more at the start.
- We also had to use the footage of the guitar during the guitar solo and not of the bassist. In our new edited version, we included the guitar.
- A few of the effects were too over the top, such as the one we used on the bassist. We had to remove this as it did not fit in with the rest of the video.
- They liked the CCTV / blurred TV effects and that we should have it recurring more than just the one time we used it. Upon re-editing the video, we put the effect in at the start and another time during the guitar solo.
- We had to synch up some more of the vocals at the start of the video. With the effects, they were unable to see if we had synched it up properly. They suggested that we should do it more at the start.
- We also had to use the footage of the guitar during the guitar solo and not of the bassist. In our new edited version, we included the guitar.
We watched all of our music videos with some people form the junction giving us feedback. When it was projected onto the screen, the video was much darker than it looked whilst editing. This is what was said about our video.
They liked it really dark, you couldn't quite see the band much, so it made them more mysterious. They liked that.
They liked the effects, especially the bad TV one, which they said i should use more of as it gave it a totally different feel to if it had just been them in a room. It caused a bit of confusion and made it better.
They also liked the fact that it was done in a small room, and made it feel like you were just in a practise room in a warehouse/industrial area.
I e-mailed David O'Neill, a director i met recently, and asked him what he thought. this is what he said.
Hi Tim
Wow! love the band, they're great. Good find.
As far as the video is concerned, its a live performance film, shot in a studio environment which is familiar territory, so you expect it to be quite straightforward/raw and about the music. The lighting is dark and moody which gives it atmosphere. the guy with the white shirt is overlit though and when you cut to him it breaks the mood a little. there is a moment where you see a white plug in a socket which catches the eye, but otherwise its all fine. Good to see some more close ups of hands on guitars etc. I'd throw in a bit more of that if you've got it, as the camera movement and frame size is a little repetitive.
The lead singer is so key to the bands identity, that I wanted to read a bit more in his face, so I'd have given him a little more light. I've seen a lot of films like this, and to be honest, its about selling the band. If the band is shit the video won't keep me there, but they're great, a bit like early Cure, so I wanted to hear the whole thing. Their next step is to find a way of getting people to be more excited about them, which is about stage performance/personality and style/image.
Dx
They liked it really dark, you couldn't quite see the band much, so it made them more mysterious. They liked that.
They liked the effects, especially the bad TV one, which they said i should use more of as it gave it a totally different feel to if it had just been them in a room. It caused a bit of confusion and made it better.
They also liked the fact that it was done in a small room, and made it feel like you were just in a practise room in a warehouse/industrial area.
I e-mailed David O'Neill, a director i met recently, and asked him what he thought. this is what he said.
Hi Tim
Wow! love the band, they're great. Good find.
As far as the video is concerned, its a live performance film, shot in a studio environment which is familiar territory, so you expect it to be quite straightforward/raw and about the music. The lighting is dark and moody which gives it atmosphere. the guy with the white shirt is overlit though and when you cut to him it breaks the mood a little. there is a moment where you see a white plug in a socket which catches the eye, but otherwise its all fine. Good to see some more close ups of hands on guitars etc. I'd throw in a bit more of that if you've got it, as the camera movement and frame size is a little repetitive.
The lead singer is so key to the bands identity, that I wanted to read a bit more in his face, so I'd have given him a little more light. I've seen a lot of films like this, and to be honest, its about selling the band. If the band is shit the video won't keep me there, but they're great, a bit like early Cure, so I wanted to hear the whole thing. Their next step is to find a way of getting people to be more excited about them, which is about stage performance/personality and style/image.
Dx
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