Audience Feedback On Final Cut And Ancillary Tasks

After a long process we finally had a final cut to show people and gain their feedback. We are very happy and pleased that overall the feedback we received was positive and the majority of people understood the deep meaning behind the music video. Although most of the feedback about the CD cover was positive we did receive several negative feedback points where people thought that the cover was too basic, however when we explained that the reason behind this was so that people could colour it in and make it individual to them (much like mental illness) they felt that this worked well with our idea. A criticism we received about the music video was that during one of the time lapses the bus appears on the screen for too long blocking the view of the female charactor. Although, once again we justified this by saying that the bus shows that everyday life is still going on around the characters even though they are suffering. 

Audience Feedback On The Rough Cut

We asked class members and family members to watch our music video and write any comments they had on a piece of paper so we could see if there was anything we felt we needed to change as a result of the feedback. Below are several images of some feedback we received:

Overview of feedback:

• we had a range of feedback regarding the time lapses, both positive (very effective) and negative (too long), however all members of our group and our teacher felt that the positive effect the time lapses had on the final product outweighed the negative comments and therefore we decided to leave the time lapses as they were
• people thought that the meaning behind the music video was very powerful and relatable
• the paint was considered a creative representation of a way of portray mental illness
• a lot of people were not keen on having the fact at the end of the rough cut as they felt it was unnecessary and as a result of this we are going to take the fact out of the music video, meaning that the final cut ends on a time lapse of both actors

Rough Cut

Filming Review

Filming location one: Charlie's part (All filmed in one day)

1. What worked well? 

Charlie was a really good actor and took his role seriously, he also came up with his own acting ideas what he thought would work well what was very useful, such as Charlie came up with the idea to get in the bath and make it look like as the shower run the pink paint was coming off of him.  

2. What didn't work so well?

One of the locations was supposed to be Charlie in his bedroom as he wakes up and gets dressed, however as we filmed in my house the only boys bedroom w  could use was my eight year old brothers therefore it looked very unrealistic that was a eighteen year old's bedroom.  

3. Anything that could be re filmed? 

Once watching the footage back I realised there was quite a lot of shots that were filmed where you could see other peoples feet in the background as well shots where you could see the paint tub in the background which makes it look really unrealistic. 

4. Did everything run smoothly? 

Other than what was mentioned above everything ran very smoothly, despite the fact paint got everywhere and my mum wasn't too pleased. 

5. Did you use your storyboards to good effect? 

We didn't really us the storyboard as it wasn't in great detail, however the script we used to good use as it was in good detail and outlined the basic idea, including what shots to use.

Filming location two: My acting part (filmed at Olivia Wilkinson's all in one day) 

1. What worked well? 

It was good because the weather on this day was the same as the weather on the day of filming charlies part so it looked realistic that both scenes were happening at the same time in different locations. 

2. What didn't work as well? 

I was only used as an actor because it was convenient, however I didn't feel very comfortable around the camera and from looking back at the footage I think it was evident. 

3. Anything that needs to be re filmed?  

There is nothing that particularly needs to be re filmed, however there could be more close us shots of my facial expressions to show I am getting angry and frustrated. 

4. Any ideas you got as you went along? 

Most of this idea was made up there and then as it was quite last minute that I was going to be acting. 

5. Did you use your storyboards? 

No we did not use the storyboard created, instead we discussed as we went along and came up with ideas.

Filming the running shots around town and shooting the time lapses;

1. What worked well? 

Yet again the weather was the same so it looked realistic how the actors went from running out the house to running in the town despite it actually being on different days. 

2. What didn't work as well?

It was really cold and I was in a vest top so it was freezing, therefore we had to film quickly and we couldn't re film some of the extra stuff was wanted to because it was just so cold. 

3. Did everything run smoothly? 

Like mentioned above it was cold and as everything was filmed outside it woulds be hard to re film some parts without the weather being the same.

4. Any changes you are making? 

I think we have all the right footage, however we will see when we start making the video. 

5. Any ideas you got as you went along? 

We had the basic ideas of running through town and the time lapses in town however the decided the exact locations to film this when we got to town and had a look aorund. The part the end where the camera spins around me and Charlie was an idea that me and Olivia came up with on the day. 

6. Did you use your storyboard?

We knew what we wanted to achieve so we didn't need to use our storyboards. 

Images Whilst Filming

Explaining these images:

- Picture one shows some of the equipment used. This image shows a tripod with iphone in. We used an Iphone for the convenience. This shot shows a camera on the sink so make it look as though the camera is the mirror.

- Picture two shows me putting the paint onto charlies fingers which was used many times in shots such as in the picture  above, when charlie whips his face in the mirror the paint goes onto his face and when he washed his hands in the sink and also when he picks up objects the paint transfers from the palm of his hand to the object, such as in the kitchen when he picks up the cup and drinks bottle. 

- Picture three shows a different piece of equipment used, this is a different type of tripod that you put on your shoulder which is used for moving shots, we used this tripod for shots that were from the actors point of view, such as the running shots. 

- Picture four and five are pictures taken whilst filming in the town centre. 

- Picture six is a picture of Charlie with the paint on his face looking into the camera. This shot will be used in our final cut as it is a clear indication of the paint (representing mental illness) interrupting their daily lives.