Final Video

Final Song Choice

This is the song we chose. The video is unreleased and appears be the actual recording for song. We liked the idea of it being simplistic so we based our video on the studio theme. We though that it was too simplistic and boring so we added a narrative to our video.

Rough Cut Video

Rough Cut Feedback

After looking at out rough cut the teachers decided that we needed to have a wider variety of shots. We initially felt like the shots we have from different angles were poor due to the bad mise en scene but the teachers said suggested that they weren't all bad and that it was better to have different shots with a bad mise en scene than to have limited shots. Also it the memories which we portrayed in video should be slowed down and shown in black and white to add emphasis. They also suggested that we add more people in the video because in the beginning there was only Bridie and Marilyn and it was suggested that the relationship between them made them seem as if they were in a relationship rather than close friends, so we went out and got some people to pose as other friends.

Analysis of the sequence

I have taken this shot from our video, we changed this by zooming in so we are focused on the artists face and also so it blocks out the door as it looks rather scruffy. Also we added a light because the setting is very dark. We had many problems getting the shot right because the studio was rather small to fit us all in and including the camera and tripod. Overall it worked out well and we managed to get the shot we needed.

Feed back from the rough cut

Our rough cut video compared to our finished copy is a lot better as it is more organised and we have added lots more shots from different angels and added more people to the video to make it look more like a relationship between two friends. In our video we only had a one angle shot in the studio, so what we had to do is use the clip that had no lighting and adjust them and add them to our clip to give the impression that it was shot on two different occasions. Even though the shots are darker, they needed to be added in order to keep the audience interested.
In our rough cut also we had a totally different idea to how the final edit is now, we was just going to focus on the friendship between two people but because it looked more of an obsessive friendship, so we added a clip of other people to break it up a bit. Lastly in our rough cut we had many pictures, we changed this because we felt like it didn't look right and didn't fit the song well. However we changed some of the sequence from colour to black and white.

Test Shots & Lighting

These are shots taken from the actual filming of our video. They are some test shots which we took to establish the lighting in the studio. As you can see the first couple of shots were dark and therefore we made the decision to add the lights onto the camera. The shots of the microphone are to show the mise en scene of the studio. The soundproofing material didn't cover the whole of the studio which made it difficult for us to get shots from different angles and still maintain a decent mise en scene which is why are shot choices in the studio are limited. Despite this problem we did film various angles and tried to cover up the bits which were really bad. We did this so that when it came to editing we would at least have a choice of shots and  we would have the opportunity to edit out what we felt necessary.