Storyboard of narrative

This is the preposed narrative that we will try to film and add into the music video.

Audience feedback on rough cut

Our audience didn't like the exclusively studio based video and most got bored as there was no narrative to grip the audience. One thing that came out of most of the feedback was that there was not enough shot variants as there were only really four different view points. This made the video feel restricted. We were told that to improve it we would have to add more camera shots and a narrative to keep the views interested. Another thing that was pointed out was that all of the transitions were normal cuts which was something that could be improved on. This means that we will have to come up with more shots. The final piece will include some form of datamoshing but i could explore invisible edits or jump cuts to make our shot transitions more varied. It was said that the green screen was not accurate enough and was cutting into the character. Being a rough cut, i didn't spend as much time making the green screen edges clean which is something that i will do to make the video look more professional.

This is another piece of feedback that i got over Skype. This, i felt was better than the survey that i did because I was able to ask follow up questions and ask him to explain it more. This helped me get a better idea of what I had to do without having to read into what people had written on the questionnaire.

Rough Cut

This is our Music video rough cut. We learnt a lot from the making of the rough cut. Originally we were going to have an exclusively studio based music video but after making the rough cut we realised that it was not possible. Unfortunately it has been blocked on blogger but is still viewable on youtube.

Fish Tank Experiment

In a previous blog post i highlighted a video which had an interesting idea in it. The video was Cough Syrup by Young the Giant. In this video they had a fish tank that they dropped dye into which made patterns when the dye dispersed. The video was then mirrored so it was symmetrical.

This would be an example

I decided to try to replicate this so filmed the drops at 60fps so i could over crank the film. This would add a nice slow motion effect to the drops. 

Shooting schedule

Here is the first plan for our shooting schedule. This includes all of the props and costumes that we may need and will also include where we will be shooting and also what times we will be shooting from/until. there are no dates currently on the shooting as we are currently unsure on the exact days that we will be shooting. We have also added in contingency days as well if we do not finish all of our filming in one days worth of shooting:

Fish Tank Idea

This idea is from a music video by Young the Giant called Cough Syrup

In this music video there are intercutting scenes and one of which is a mirrored fish tank.

 Dye is then dropped into the fish tank and because it is mirrored it has a nice dissipation effect.

More dye is dropped until the tank is full with bright colours 

I like this effect and I that it would be a greta effect to replicate. This effect also fits their music video as it is themed around water as they have synchronised swimmers and are performing by a swimming pool.

Audience Research Responce

After putting up the survey on the blog I got 4 responses from it, I will now analyse each result:


 Here is the first of our responses, we found that this person is daily listener of music who is most interested in rap and rock music.










This person is into more alternative genres of music
rather then your normal genres of music. they only listen to music once a day, and they are the only one to this from the responses.











The third person in the selection listens to music more than once day, listens mostly to alternative rock, which is what the RHCP are and listens to music both at home and at college too.











The 4th person listens to a vast variety of music that includes alternative rock. The bands/groups/artists that they listen too also range in a big way. they includes Ed Sheeran, Two Door Cinema Club and also Watsky! they also listen more than once a day and
listens in college and at home.