Music Video First Draft Feedback

Feedback on my first video draft is essential to allow me to evolve the idea and improve it. Because of this, I let the other students in my class have a look at my first draft, and then feedback to me after they had seen it. From this I gathered the following points:

Positive

• My main actress fits the role really well.
• The beginning works well.
• Costume all works for genre.
• Mise en Scene fits genre and music.
• Wood setting in particular works well with theme.
• Dull colours, lightning, and desaturation are add to the creepiness.
• Strong narrative and ideas.

Negative

• Not enough different locations.
• Lip syncing needs to be clearer.
• Costume on creature isn't good enough.
• Singing sections don't work well with the rest of the video, using too many effects compared to the rest.
• Some sections are too plain and uneventful.
• Bit slow for song.
• Acting looks unrealistic and fake at times.

This feedback has given me a lot to think about and I now know that my video needs a lot of work. I think another problem with the first draft, that no-one else mentioned, was that the creature is too visible, too early. It ruins any suspense and defeats the idea I had in my mind. Because of all the negative points I have received, I have decided that the best option is to refilm again. I will hopefully be doing this sometime this week.