Q3 audience feedback.

Q3 audience feedback.

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  What have youlearnt from your audience feedback?
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  Peer Feedback -Media To gain the media information, we were given sheets which were then given out to our peers when they reviewed our video in class. From our first group of feedback, they listed that our music video sequence had good lip-syncing and performance as well as the video running smoothly. Although they suggested that we add more lip- syncing into the clip as well as stage the dance better. For the advert feedback, they stated that it matched the mood of the song and suggested we change the title font.
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  Peer Feedback -Media To gain the media information, we were given sheets which were then given out to our peers when they reviewed our video in class. From our second group of feedback about our music video spoke of our strong use of technology skills and that the second half of our music video was stronger along with the variation of pace. They suggested we lighten the darker shots due to been able to see the lip-sync and add more shot transitions. For the advert they said it uses the same theme as the video and good use of edit. They suggested that we think about a more appropriate picture and font due to been unable to read it.
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  Peer Feedback -Media To gain the media information, we were given sheets which were then given out to our peers when they reviewed our video in class. From our final group feedback of our music video, they spoke about the good variety of shots and mise en scene as well as good editing. They also suggested that we lighten the darker shots and to move the flips to where she is sat down in the sequence. For the advert, they put it was good reflection of the video and it was good with following conventions. They suggested take some information of the bottom of the advert due to it been overcrowded and remove Thomas so that the main star Bronte is the focus.
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  Peer Feedback -Media To gain the media information, we were given sheets which were then given out to our peers when they reviewed our video in class. From the digipak feedback, he mentioned that the digipak is very minimalistic and reflective of what you expect from Florence – linking us back to her style. It also looks very sophisticated and stylish as well as contain all the conventions. He suggested that could add a few more images of the artist onto the digipak. The second set of feedback he said about how the digipak really reflected the video well. He suggested that the inside of the of the digipak didn’t match the front so it didn’t reflect the video. For the final feedback he said that the digipak was well laid out and contains all the features expected. He also stated that the copyright information was very clear although he suggested that we could relate to the genre better and the inner panels seem bare.
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  Peer Feedback -Friends To gain the media information, I sent a YouTube link of our music video to my friend and asked them a series of questions in which they answered in detail. From my first friend’s feedback, her personal opinion of our narrative was that it was a love story within a picture frame and that she had some regret and ran away. She found that the video ran smoothly and was immersive and that the clips did hit the beat of the drums in the song. When asked about the effects, she particularly liked the transitions and candles overlay effect used during the dancing scene. She also enjoyed the reverse effect clips at the end. She suggested that I add more scenes in different places and she agreed that although she wasn’t a big Indie fan, she believed that we had followed conventions.
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  Peer Feedback -Friends To gain the media information, I sent a YouTube link of our music video to my friend and asked them a series of questions in which they answered in detail. My second friend thought the narrative was quite old-fashioned and also a mixed message from the narrative and that it just matched the song. She found that the video was quite immersive and that only some of the clips hit the beat and that the effects were a nice touch to the video and she particularly enjoyed the dance scenes. She suggested that I fix the video so that it ran more smoothly and improve some of the dance sequence so that they hit the beat some more.
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  Peer Feedback -Friends To gain the media information, I sent a YouTube link of our music video to my friend and asked them a series of questions in which they answered in detail. My third friend said that the structure of the narrative was very good and that she felt that the woman was been blinded by love for this one guy and feels like she didn’t exist, it felt like she was imprisoned by her love and finally gained strength to escape and move on. She found it immersive and that the video ran smoothly and that the clips hit the beat especially during the music when it got slow. She found that the effects appealed to her because it helped her understand what the video was about and gave her an idea of the emotions represented. She suggested I add more eye-catching effects to try and make the scene more intense emotionally and that we challenged typical Indie Conventions.
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  Overall feedback Overall thethought beats of the video were good as they matched the clips and created a smooth running video. Like Carol Vernallis theory ‘The camera moves in time with the music and ‘Close up’s and master shots are often used’. Although all of them had different narrative meanings, they all matched similarly to ours so our message was quite clearly shown through out the beginning in our cynical narrative. In our video, it contains Andrew Goodwin theory of ‘Relation of visual to a song’ as our video as a mixture of amplification and illustration because some of the scenes such as the candles were used to create meaning with the lyrics while others has no meaning towards the lyrics at all. With the lip-sync clips, they found that it matched well with lyrics and created a realistic tone to the video. The use of effects had an positive effect on our audience and they though the use of technology was a strong point through out our sequence. The lightening during some of the video was not good, as it would go dark during some of the lip- syncing making it difficult to see if she was doing it or not. They also suggested that we staged the dance better. For the advert, they thought that it contained brand identity, as you could relate the advert towards the video. They also liked how it was themed to the mood of the song and our advert showed a good use of Photoshop editing skills. They said that we should remove our secondary actor Thomas as Bronte is the main star image as well as to remove some of the information on the overcrowded advert. For the digipak we need to take in consideration the design between the inner and outer of the digipak and that we could add more photographs to the digipak.
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  Future focus: What I have learnt from the feedback that I need to take care with details which could have an effect on my video and organize my filming so that it suits the pace of the song. I learnt that I have a stronger technology understanding since working with final cut longer which has improved my skills. I can improve by remembering my previous mistakes made during filming and use these as a guideline to help with planning on a future project. I can also improve by being more organized next time, so that when filming we are not stopped by problems with mise en scene. Areas I need to take care with the lip-sync when filming and make sure that I film each angle with all the lyrics so that I do not run out of clips. I have also learnt that I need to take care when it comes to lightening, as you couldn’t see the lip-sync and it ruins the video has you cannot see what is going on and a lot of clips we couldn’t use due to lighting problems.