Audience feedback

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Very good shots and looks very similar to the real thing :)

www. Amazing shots! It was really effective. a really creative alernative use of the coloured paper rather than the flag.
Q. If you had more time, would you have found another alternative to the tears?

www: Edited the abuse scenes in time with the actual video. I like the low angle shot of River in the forest.
Question: Why didn't you pick a son with lip syncing

Loved the pace of shots, edited together so well.
Would you use a similar style/ genre for your real music video?


In answer to the first question, we did consider ways to make the tears. We first considered actual wax and ad we had the time yes this is what most likely what we would have gone with. As it was we tried using icing, however although they looked accurate they did not stay on so we had to abandon them.

in answer to the second, I am looking at indie for my genre, though I am not sure of a song yet, and I really like the shots at the beginning in the woods, so it is a possibility.

Differences

While filming the prelim, I found many differences between the film openings and the music video. Firstly the style is more abstract and with more establishing shots, even if it is a narrative video. Secondly, there are s lot more cut shots in the music video and it is faster paced. It is as harder to edit as you have to edit to the beat.

Prelim

Here's our finished prelim!

Prelim Filming 2

The second half of filming at Mine and Sophie's house, with the father and son arguing.

Unsteady - x ambassadors

As an example of a narrative video I chose Unsteady by the X Ambassadors, as I thought it showed an unusual narrative. Told half through flashbacks, the story is of a failing relationship, with an presumably alcoholic father and flashbacks showing the beginnings of the relationship, when things like adding alcohol to coffee was illicit, rather than a warning sign. These parallels have interesting cut shots with whispering in the ear turning from sensual to angry and the pouring alcohol, facing from the past to the present.  The video ends on a cliff hanger and the audience is unsure of what is going to the couple.

Flipped

When editing we realised that we had filmed at the wrong angle, so we decided to flip the shots, which, after a quick google search, we found out how to do in video effects.

Prelim Filming

We decided to film at Forty Hall, as we knew it had the type of fallen log we needed for the video

Cast

we needed two people for the prelim: one person to play the son and one person to play the father. River is going to play the son and I am going to play the father.

Props and Location

For the first location we decided to film in Forty Hall as we knew that there was along that looked similar to the one in the shot. We attempted to make the wax tears that were used in this location, but we ultimately failed.




This second location can be filmed anywhere, as all that is in shot is the sheet that will be painted.







For this shot we decided to film in River's kitchen as there were similar tiles there. We also bought some glasses, so we could refill if we need to.

The final location is a living room, which we decided to film in mine and Sophie's house, as there was enough space to do this.

Prelim filming schedule

We filmed the shots in the woods on 23rd June and we filmed the shots of the fighting on the 2nd July. We plan to film the flag next week, as it will not take long.