Feedback from first draft of music video

We presented our music video and individual digipak and posters to the class and teachers so that we could get feedback. For my digipak all I need to do is turn around the images and move the spines into the right position, and there are no changes to my poster. 

Overall from the feedback I agree with all that we need to change. We used the singing from the chorus too much throughout the video that makes it look quite repetitive and it could get boring. We are going to keep the two original shots but we are going to film me singing more parts of it so that it does not get too repetitive. Also, we needed to have singing at the beginning section of the music video too as this is a convention that we need to adhere to, which we can easily film. There is a shot of holly that we are going to reshoot as they commented on the lip singing so we are going to change this. 

We needed to make sure that the colour scheme throughout the whole music video is continued throughout which I also agree with, as this can continue the indie/folk genre throughout. We are going to make some of the shots look a lot warmer by using the colour editor. The teachers said that the first half of the music video was not as fun as the 2nd half so we need to make sure that we spread this throughout the music video so that all of it is fun instead of one section. They really liked the 'selfie' shot as it's quite fun so we are going to take more of these and use them in the beginning section of the video to portray this 'fun' look. Adding to this, we need to make sure the overall pace of the music video matches the beat of the music too. We have discussed this as a group and we are going to make all the changes to the music video. 

21st November 2013 (feedback from animatics)

Journal 

Feedback from our Animatics: 

I am really really happy with the overall feedback from Leanne and the rest of the class.
People commented on how our genre was well presented and how we have used the genre characteristics within our animatics, which is one of the main things.
People said how we used Goodwin's theory really well which is really important as this is the main conventions that need to be used within Music Videos, so I am glad that people have picked up on this.
They said that the overall pace of the animatics was very good too and that it goes well with the song, which is something we wanted to present within this.
There were comments on the animatics suiting the target audience and that it would be something that would want to be watched over again.

People commented on the things that we needed improving on which was the notion of looking and the intertextual references. However, we have shown this in our music video but you probably couldn't notice it in the story board images.

Feedback from Pitch

I am really pleased with the overall feedback that we have received. I am pleased that people think that the band name is appropriate and that there is an indie vibe presented. People have also commented on the well chosen record label and the plot of the music video which is also more positive feedback. We are also going to take on board the things that need developing. We are going to do some audience research which is something we needed to do. Also, people have said that the logo needs more work as it does not portray an indie feel, and as a group we also felt this too. We have already started looking at different types of typography to use which I have already put on my blog. Other things commented on were the bands image, which we did not mention in detail in the Pitch but as a group we have all put research into this so it's not a problem. Another was the filming of our music video, one about how to film on a train. We have discussed this and we have agreed that there will not be much filming but more or less amateur videoing to making it look more 'indie'. We didn't really go into much detail about the overall narrative of our music video but we are in process of completing the story boards and there is an element of a narrative. Overall, I am really happy with this feedback as most people thought our idea was good and there is some but not much that we need to work on! 

Survey Results

This is the feedback we had from the survey that we done. The reason for the survey is to get a better perspective from other people of our ideas instead of ourselves and our class mates. I liked the feedback about the ideas of it being an all girl band because this is quite unique and also the fact that this is seen as a positive thing from other people. The majority of the people also agreed with the name of the band too which was something that we found difficult to come up with. We are also going to take on board the things that could be improved. This was helpful for the group because it allows us to change things or improve things about the band that we are going to create.

Blog Feedback

This is my feedback from my teacher about all my posts on my blog and the things I have done well and how I can improve. I have completed all the tasks to improve it such as: Explaining how all my posts are related to our product Green screen Label gadget Commenting on Goodwin Brief Journal posts