Thursday, 13 January 2011

Evaluation

Target audience feedback

Here our some of our results from survey monkey.com
1. What did you think of the video ?
i liked it :)
a very well put together amateur music video demonstrating a strong use of story telling backed up with well placed performance pieces.
main actor was fantastic. timings of the video all fit in very well with the music showing it has been edited together very well.
I like the story and the performance parts
2. Did you think the editing was fast and effective ? did you ever find yourself getting bored with the video?
yes. no.
I thought there were lots of editing to keep you interested :)
never get bored!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the video was well paced throughout
3. Did you understand the narrative of the video ? if so what was your impression of it ?
yes. that the guy was trying to get with the girl but kept failing but got her in the end.
the narrative was well put across allowing for character development
I thought the story worked really well with the song and genre of music
4. Did you think our video had a wide range of shot angles and effects ?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
5. Do you think the video suits the genre of the band ?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
6. Is there anything, if you were making the video , that you would do differently ?
maybe make some shots brighter? some were quite dark and hard to see.
more close ups of the gorgeous main actor
Maybe in the chorus have more effects?
7. Were the shot transitions/cuts in time with the music?
Mostly
Mostly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mostly
Yes
8. House colors are colors that appear often to brand the band ? looking at the video what colors would you say were our house colors ?
red and blue
although not put across in the strongest manner through out i would be pushed towards choosing red.
red and blue?
Red, yellow and blue
9. Were there any shots/images that stood out from the video e.g : featured alot/were quite remarkable/repeated
clown and balloon
The shot which was slowed down when the music changed I thought worked really well

10. What did you enjoy/least enjoy about the video ?
enjoyed: cake throwing and heart drawn around couple least enjoyed: webcam bit as it was hard to see
The music to visuals and lyrics to visuals :)
i enjoyed seeing the clown dance :)
the opening shot was good
Here is a word cloud showing the paper feedback.

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Final Shot lists

This is our final shot lists.
Shot 1: Guitar being played to opening notes
Shot 2: Drum kit overhead shot played to entrance of drums
Shot 3: Main character smiling
Shot 4: Main character normal
Shot 5: Main character sad
Shot 6: Main girl character walking towards camera(longshot)
Shot 7: " Close shot
Shot 8: Clown dancing in time mid shot to introduce his character
Shot 9: Two girl "friend's " talking on bench which main girl character joins.
Shot 10: all three girls talking and point to next subject - mid shot
Shot 11: Main character drives in.
Shot 12: Guy competition drives in then the girl gets into his car.
Shot 13: Main character reacts by being upst focus slighty zoomed on him.
Shot 14: Guitar playing close up of fretboard
Shot 15: Both guitarist and drummer playing mid shot
Shot 16: High angle shot looking down on guitarist
Shot 17: Competition character walking in slow motion by fence
Shot 18: Overhead performance shot of guitarist and drummer
Shot 19: Main character pushing clown on swing
Shot 20: Side shot of main character panning round
Shot 21: Competition and girl character talking in car shot through window
Shot 22: Shot inside car showing moving journey through windscreen
Shot 23: Close up on smiley face air freshener
Shot 24: Main character with flowers standing by hedge establishing shot
Shot 25: Flowers zoom out to show main character
Shot 26: Main character gives flowers to girl
Shot 27: Panning shot of sign saying youuuuu showing clown at end
Shot 28: High angle shot of flowers on floor
Shot 29: Reverse shot of girl character throwing flowers
Shot 30: Close up of main character sad
Shot 31: Panning shot of sign saying youuuuu showing clown at end
Shot 32: Computer screen zoomed in to small shot of main character in bottom left
Shot 33: Full computer screen showing girl character smiling
Shot 34: Girl character getting up and leaving - still on computer screen
Shot 35: Clown dancing backwards mid shot
Shot 36: Low-side shot of drummer
Shot 37: Clown and main characteron bench mid shot
Shot 38: "Zoomed in
Shot 39: " Zoomed more in
Shot 40: " Extreme close up
Shot 41: Just main character close up
Shot 42: Close up of cake showing lyrics.
Shot 43: Chav x3
Shot 44: suit x3
Shot 45: Mankini x3
Shot 46: Main character standing as girl character walks past with thumbs up to show she apporves otufit.
Shot 47: Close up of main character who winks
Shot 48: Slow motion shot of main character smiling
Shot 49: Main character gives girl cake
Shot 50: Mid shot of girl with cake
Shot 51: Main character gives girl cake reverse and straight
Shot 52: Side two shot of characters holding cake
Shot 53: Clown dances pointing at screen to make contact with audience on you.
Shot 54: Drummer from overhead
Shot 55: Slow motion shot of girl throwing cake
Shot 56: Mid shot of main character's reaction back in normal time
Shot 57: Close up on doorbell being pressed
Shot 58: low angle shot as girl opens door
Shot 59: Main character high angles hot with question mark in dark
Shot 60: Girl jumps on main character in a hug.
Shot 61: Roundabout shot of main character and girl
Shot 62: Swing shot of main character and girl
Shot 63: Goind down a slide to face main character at the bottom .
Shot 64: Fast sped up shot of heart smiley air freshener bouncing
Shot 65: Clown with baloon Jump
Shot 66: Repeated Jump of clown
Shot 67: Main character and clown dance
Shot 68: birds eye view of characters together
Shot 69: "" now with half a hart
Shot 70: ""whole with white whole heart
Shot 71: ""Shot with pink and red whole heart
Shot 72: Swing shot of main character and girl
Shot 73: Extreme close up of oli lip - synching
Shot 74: Youuuuu sign held up and panned acrosss
Shot 75: Main character and girl walk off into sunset.
FADE TO BLACK - END

Final Storyboards


Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.
You can also view them on flikr here

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Sunday, 9 January 2011

Target audience feedback

Aswell as showcasing our video on wednesday i also posted the video on my facebook account along with a survey on survey monkey . As most of my friends on facebook are the target audience i thought this would give a wider range of results and would gain feedback from other audiences aswell.
Here is a copy of the survey.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FT7HKML
And the video :