Evaluation of Music Video

Prior to shooting our video we arrived at the venue we all the required equiptment such as a camera and a tripod. We did also take a light but we didn't use this as the lighting at the park was acceptable for filming. We shot some using the tripod but as we continued we realised that if we wanted the  video to look experimental we should use the camera freely to create a more suited effect. Although this increased the risk of the camera being damaged we worked with caution to create our music video. It was vital for us to get a variety of shots an as we had so much land to film across this was easy for us to get a lot of different effects and incorporate different styles of techniques to make our video more unique.

In order to get a sufficent amount of footage we shot things multiple times using different effects such as slow motion and reverse. This allowed us to see which shots worked well together and which ones we should just keep simple and let them mix in with the chosen sound track we were going to use.

One major disadvantage we encountered was the lack of things we were able to film. Although in some sense we had a lot to film some aspects of the country park didn't link with our genre so therefore we couldn't include them within shooting the video. The country hall was one of the things we couldn't include. We tried filming some but when putting the video together we realised that we couldn't use it as it didn't fit with the experimental elegancy which our video had created and looked too bulky and made out video look more promotional and that isn't what we were aiming for.

Before editing the video together we looked at all the clips we had shot and ruled out ones we didn't want to use, this included shots of the country hall as explained above. We decided to add a musky white filter through Premier Pro as we thought this would add some edge to the music video and make it more mystical and experimental like our initial ideas. Overall I think my edit skills have improved throughout the year. I think some of my cuts could have been a little more accurate and I think the rhythm become a little to repetitive. I enjoyed the experimental nature of the edits with overlayering.

Me and my partner both decided to use some shots twice such as the flying birds as we thought it would make the video more chronological and not have as many random clips in just placed in random places. Some clips were used twice with different effects placed over them to create a structure for the video.

As the video is only short we had to crop the sound track we were using to make it fit to the video. To improve, i would make the video longer and explore more country theme areas around as i feel as though we would be able to create a more experimental video.