Filming and Editing Evaluation (Two)

Overall i feel the filming went well, we planned out locations and time concluding in a well organized shoot. I feel our video turned out at a good standard, as we were able to use a variety of different locations and costumes, making it more appealing and maintaing the audiences attention. We managed to keep our locations in a near by area, so we wouldn't waste time traveling to different sets, this meant that we completed our filming in a very relaxed manor. I think the weather was quite decent as well, as we had a lot of shots near or under trees it was beneficial to have the autumn leaves fallen on the grass, this allowed us to have very colorful shots with unique colors.

However, no filming goes perfectly to plan. As we spent a lot of time focusing on planning costumes, props and locations we forgot about the basic plans that needed to be thought out leading to forgetting to have the actual music playing with us. This made the filming harder as we wasn't too sure of the paste of which the lyrics were being sung, resulting us with some out of sync scenes. If i had time to shoot some more shot's i wad reshoot the male scenes, and maybe have some more "energetic" ones.

Editing went quite well, we worked at a good paste allowing us time to make our music video as professional as possible. I'm happy with how we used transactions effectively, hiding any jump's, and making the music video overall seem much more smoother and connected. I feel using slow motion and reverse techniques allowed use to show of our final cut skills, along with changing the contrast/brightness of appropriate shots. I feel without our skills in final cut our music video would not be at a high enough standard and would not be acceptable, as we are trying to create an professional music video.

Naomi Erskine