Sunday, 22 March 2015

Feedback: First Arabella Unfinished Draft

After posting the video of our first draft on YouTube then sharing it around both via Facebook and too our friends directly we were able to gather some early feedback that will have a critical impact on the overall feel and outcome of our Music Video.

Feedback:
Jack's feedback is generally very positive and the main aspect he brings attention to is the eye, and how it seems out of place. This may just be due to it was the end of the draft and was a way longer clip than we initially intended, taking this on board we will most defiantly work to improve this aspect.
Jonathan's feedback is also very positive drawing attention to the fact that the smoke machine effect is 'really cool' which is a remark that we got from many people.
Ruben's feedback is also mainly positive and extremely detailed. He says that he also agrees that the smoke effect is amazing, and there is a need for more shots of the fire. He also loves the lighting and the glare you get into the camera from the lights along with the black and white contrast that emphasis this. The areas which he feels that we can improve on with our current draft is in relation to the pacing of the video, which we both all agree is currently a bit 'off' we will work to retime the music video and keep to a more consistent video speed. Another key area which he dislikes is the objects that feel out of place, such as the eye and mirroring effect as they are currently only used once and he does not understand there purpose, we will attempt to change this by making the concept aspect of the video see more 'sliced' in almost as transition clips to ensure that it does make sense. Another suggestion he has is that we make objects that require focus to be colour and then the surroundings black and white, this is something that would change our theme quite drastically but is something we will defiantly consider trying out.
Joe's feedback is also mainly positive, he thought it was awesome and the only area that could be improved is to do with the lip syncing slightly off which we will look into re-timing, altho this issue could be due to the platform it was viewed on as when we viewed it on smaller devices the lips were barely visible and did lead to us also thinking that the lip syncing was off.
Francesca's and Elise's feedback was short and sweet that they thought it was fabulous and that they rather enjoyed it! Which is always some good feedback to receive for a first draft!
Alice's feedback was also short and sweet saying that the video was 'gorgeous' which we are also glad about receiving more positive comments, especially for our first unfinished draft of our music video.