Diary Entry - Changes Made to Final Cut

To make my final cut look professional, I had to make changes to my rough cut. By this, I needed to remove/edit some more footage and replace them with footage I found was amateur and would be marked down in my grade.

From this…. 

 To this…. 








For my final cut, I decided to change the titles, which introduce the song at the start and the end of the music video. I changed it because the one below looks a lot more nicer and doesn't hover the screen as much. As well as this, I have also added what song will come up next (here I have chose 'Endorphins' by Sub Focus ft Alex Clare).

(Above) is the screenshot of the title to the next song to feature after 'Cinema'. Mind my face in the background!

Deleted Scenes:

One of the deleted scenes was the 'Action…Thriller' scene above, when I'm lip-syncing, whilst holding up some Action/Thriller films! From other viewers (and I realised it in the end) the footage looks very unprofessional, as it is just me holding up DVD cases of Action/Thriller films and this doesn't suit the music video. Also, I am wearing a 'Liverpool FC' sports top, which puts off the idea it is a music video of dance-pop (brands are associated with hip-hop/rap). This shot was replaced by faster cuts of the 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' scene and of Uphill and the green screen.

Finally, I got rid of the 'credits' titles at the end of the song. This was because many of the viewers were not interested and decided to click off the video when it shows the shot of me walking away from the camera at Uphill. This was deleted not to only shorten the video, but end quicker without any titles getting in the way. No other changes were made to my final cut, only these features. ^^^ 

Diary Entry - Rough Cut and Audience Feedback

Audience Feedback - S108:

The image above is my feedback sheet of my rough cut from students in my A2 Media Studies class. Here they've given me good feedback and how to improve my piece, ready for editing for my final cut. As well as this, they gave me a mark out of 40 or a Level between 1 and 4 where they believe my music video was in terms of the use of camera, editing and mise-en-scene. 
    I appreciate the comments made above and I will use this information to hopefully improve my piece, therefore getting higher marks.


Audience Feedback - Facebook:

After finishing my rough cut music video, I shared the video from YouTube and placed it on Facebook for my friends/family to see and to give feedback. As shown, I have received very good feedback from my Facebook friends, which suggests that my piece is very effective and interesting to watch. There were no comments, which gives information on how to improve, so therefore, it is a masterpiece to my peers!


Audience Feedback - YouTube





As of 8th January 2014, my music video rough cut has obtained an incredible 200 views, much more as obtained in my 'Goodbye Mr A' preliminary task back in June 2013. As well as this, I have had 7 thumbs up and none thumbs down so far. Therefore, it is a video of interest to my viewers.


Audience Feedback - Tutor

Finally, I self-assessed myself at the level at where I think I'm at with the construction of my music video. Not only that, from the first picture, I gave an average level of where my fellow Media Studies peers thought I was working at. 
    In the second from last column, entitled 'Michelle's assessment' my tutor gave me a level of where I am working at, with Level 4 being the highest. Here, for each production element (Camera, Sound, Mise-en-scene and Editing) Michelle gave me a Level 4 on all of them, except for editing, where I obtained a level of between 3 and 4. I was extremely happy with the levels they have all gave me because I had less things to do to improve and my tutor thought it was working at a sufficient level of what I should aim to achieve. 



From all of this feedback being given, I believe my music video looks professional and effective enough to establish itself as a real music video.

Diary Entry - Editing my Footage

After filming all of my footage I need, the next stage was to edit the footage, so I can adjust the length, change the effect and detach the audio. This Prezi will tell you what I did to create my rough cut.