Evaluation - Question 3

https://vimeo.com/125346494

password; media

 

As part of my evaluation I got some feedback from other students studying the same course as us but from people that didn't know me. This way the feedback would be real as they wouldn't feel the need to be bias because they know me. The feedback was from an a level class in east London. This would give myself great feedback as it would be from people which are much different to ourselves. This is because they are from an urban area and being so close to London will be much more culturally diverse this would give us interesting feedback as it is from people we aren't used to conversing with.

Most of the feedback was very positive liking the camera shot types using the different lenses. They also liked the part at the beginning of my music video where I get my camera out and start cleaning it as it helps to create the overall impression that I was filming the filming of a music video. There were also comments about the use of the time lapses and shots in the car as they liked how it showed the passing of time over which the gig took place.

Some things they thought I could improve on was that they thought it dragged a bit with the shots at the beginning and end as it distracted themselves from the main parts. To improve this I would reduce the time some of the shots were on to reduce the overall running time. Another thing that they thought could be changed was to darken the live shots as to give it a more DIY feel which I was aiming for and they did recognise that but they thought darkening the footage would have furthermore enhanced that. The main improvement that the students suggested was to include more shots of the band in the woods as they thought the live performance shots dominated the whole video. They thought if there were more shots in the woods then the video would have been much clearer and balanced.
 

The best thing that I think that came out of the students evaluating my music video was that they thought it was an excellent real life music video for the band and was one that the band could use to promote themselves. This is exactly what I wanted to do because the band is made up of my friends so as payment for letting me film them for my media piece they would get a useable music video that not only met the marking criteria but also one that they could use.