Music Video Feedback

Today we received constructive feedback from the class who viewed our music video. Overall the class enjoyed watching our music video and said it was a great attempt for the song. We were informed that the editing transitions used worked well with the song as the song was fast paced and the cutting rate we used matched this. The class agreed that with everything taken into consideration Ismael did an excellent job at performing the role of Drake and Tiana performed well too.

On the other hand, the class raised a few issues, the lip-syncing was criticised for being off at some parts of the video and it was said that we used too many similar shots and should have conducted more filming outside the studio. The shot of Ismael when his back is turned to the camera was criticised for being unnecessary in the video. Overall, the class liked our music video and especially liked the end when the camera zooms out and the studio is shown in slow motion. 

Here is the feedback we got from Youtube:

Make Me Proud Music Video

Here is my completed music video, shown on Youtube: 

Finished editing

Today we finished editing; it was a long and tiring process and as we lost everything earlier due to the error, had to ensure that we worked efficiently to finish the editing. Myself and Ismael worked on the editing during our spare time every single day, working on different parts of the song in order to finish on time. We were allowed more time in the editing suite due to the difficulties we faced, this allowed us to crack on with the work. I found editing frustrating at times as the timeline would keep getting messed up as the audio would move around or disappear. This was because I didn't know that I had to lock that row. We got the hang of using Final Cut Pro and soon began to use it to its maximum, making sure that we use the special features it has to offer such as the transitions. We decided not to use the footage we filmed using Ismael’s camera as the quality was not good and we thought it would be better left out. I feel relieved that the editing process is now completed, although it wasn't as great as we thought it would be however we tried our best. 

Editing Error

My group faced a dilemma as whilst editing our footage Final Cut Pro stopped working. We encountered the “General Error” and the software kept stating it was “Out of memory”. The timeline also disappeared which meant we were unable to continue with the editing. We requested support from Vanessa and the technician however neither were able to fix the problem. As a result, we had to start the editing again from scratch as we created a new document. This was frustrating as we did not only organise each clip but we had conducted quite a bit of editing.

This is what we were shown:

This is the advice we received from a support website however the information provided wasn’t able to fix our problem:  

Finished Filming

My group finished our filming completely as we done some filming in our spare time to finish off some bits we had left. We had a few shots of Drake’s ex left to film in which we needed her to do various poses such as reading a book/newspaper or walk whilst wearing smart clothes to connote her successful lifestyle. We used Ismael’s camera to conduct the filming. As the camera has high quality resolution, the quality of the filming was as good as the rest of our filming. We now are focusing on putting the video together as we do not have too long until the deadline for editing. We worked as a team as during the filming me and Ismael discussed what shots to conduct and whether it will work with the lighting. We tried to perfect every shot possible however this proved to be difficult as we aren’t professionals. The feedback we received after half term was that we need to decrease the amount of procrastination and increase the speed of our work which meant that we decided to try and speed up the filming process as we were already behind schedule. The editing conducted in the studio was enjoyable as after we got use to setting the lights we started using the equipment more wisely as we bounced the light off so Ismael receives a glowing effect on his face. I did some of the choreography and the rest was Ismael improvising on the spot. We didn’t decide to film in chronological order as we just filmed random shots which we thought we could add into the music video at some later point. 

Started Editing

As we are planning on finishing off the rest of the filming by tomorrow, we used today’s class time to start editing the footage we already have. We numbered the footage in chronological order so it is easier for us to find each clip. We also tried to use the footage with the green screen however it wasn’t working.

Here is my updated production schedule:

Nearly done

As we didn’t film our video in a chronological order, we have bits of filming from different parts of the song left to do. We have had a team meeting and have decided to do some filming on Wednesday after college and finish off the song.  We are going to use a friend to be Drake’s ex and as we can’t book a camcorder we are going to use Ismael’s camera instead. We may need to do some more filming in the studio hence we will have to book it out again.