Rough Cut 1 Feedback

This is the feedback we received from our first rough cut from the rest of the class. As there are a lot of gaps in our film, this was the main theme of our feedback; to get everything filmed including performance/band shots. Some positive feedback we received includes things such as good variety of shots and well thought out narrative. After we get a lot more filming done this weekend then I think our video will start to look very good and we will hopefully get more positive feedback if we get more in the future.

Foals Band Shots Ideas

In todays lesson I decided to look at an already existing music video by the same band that we are doing one for. I focused specifically on the band shots so that we could get some inspiration for our video that would make it look like it had not moved too far away from Foals' band identity.

The conventions of the genre of music imply that there are a lot of focus on the band and their instruments, in particular the lead singer and Foals are no exception. There where close ups of the guitar being played but also of the guitarists face which is something I will now use in my music video. When the lead singer was singing he was the centre of frame and the only thing in focus, suggesting that he is the star image of the band and he is the most important. This is also something else I will use in my video as it helps the video look more professional and also keeps close to the conventions of the genre of music. 

Advert Draft

This is our advert draft for the ancillary task. We think we like this design so much that our final advert will be pretty much exactly the same however with our own band image and our own image at the top and the bottom.

Casting Interview

This is our casting interview for the main part in our video. We chose the second as we thought he fit the role the best, with the other two getting minor roles.

Foals - Olympic Airways Rough Cut 1

This is our first rough cut of our music video. There are blank spaces so i have added what those shots will consist of. This is only half the song and we have not had chance to film everything yet, in particular band shots.

Editing Screenshot

This is a screenshot of me editing our first rough cut for our music video. In the image I am adding a dissolve transition between two of the shots and we have chosen to do this as it matches the song. The lyrics say "Disappear" and we are going to show various parts of a house that are messy due to a party and on these disappear lyrics we are going to fade the shots from messy to clean to show the difference. As you can see there are many blank spaces unfortunately as we have not had chance to film all of our shots, in particular we do not have band shots at this time which is why the video starts off blank.