ROUGH CUT FEEDBACK

Introduction


After finishing our rough cut, Clementine and I asked the class for feedback. We had a group showing of the music video before listening to their ideas to further improve our product. While we were listening, I noted down some of the key suggestions so that Clementine and I can come back to them. Some of the points of improvement were things we had already noted down and plan to improve, but overall receiving an outside opinion was very helpful - because sometimes it can be hard to recognise small details that need to be fixed in your own work.

Areas for improvement

In order to show the rough cut we had to decide on a point to stop editing, although the product is still incomplete. Once we had dropped all the clips in and no longer had any gaps, we chose to ask for feedback before doing any further editing, despite still having areas of improvement. Listed below are some of main areas of development that we are aware of, although there are many more small adjustments we plan to make with regards to timing of the clips and number of cuts between shots to maintain audience interest.


Spin Transition
At the moment, this spin transition is acting as a placeholder, as we have yet to attempt the actual transition. We have experimented on Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premier Pro, however we are not happy with the results yet and have not dedicated time to completing the transition, so have not put it into the rough cut.
Colour Correcting
Clementine and I have only focused on putting the clips into Final Cut Pro, and haven't moved on to colour correcting yet. We knew that this is an area we have to develop. Not only do clips from the same scene not match each other, but the dinner table was supposed to take place in the evening, so we plan to see if we can try make the scene darker.
Projector 
After looking through our footage, we realised that there was an arrow displayed by Lucy's head. We liked the colours displayed so we will either have to film that clip again or try crop the arrow out of the frame.



Class Feedback

As we received feedback from the class, I wrote out their suggestions so that Clementine and I could refer to them later.


Teacher Feedback


Positives
  • Clear link between music and lyrics
  • Thematically the narrative clearly fits with the lyrics and sentiment of the song
  • The camerawork for the dinner scene cleverly centers the protagonist in the frame but places in the background
  • Very controlled camera work for the final scene
  • Mirror non-edit works really well
Suggestions
  • Areas where lip-syncing could be tighter
  • It would be better if you could introduce the performance, therefore the character, earlier
  • If you re-shoot the projection bits - if you could get more coverage the range of distance in terms of the camera (maybe camera angles), to give you more editing choices when the temp of the music changes (becomes more layered) near the end
  • Would overlaying the images be interesting (bringing together narrative and performance spaces)?
  • Get the table swish nailed - it would look incredible and could be repeated at different speeds for different effects

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