Draft Thoughts

The draft video for our music video didn't turn out as we had hoped it would, mainly due to lack of time. Here are some ideas that I think need to be addressed:

• The artist needs to be changed as the artist we used as a replacement, didn't work out very well as he didn't know the song, so found it hard to lip sync in time and didn't know how to play the guitar, which meant his playing didn't look very convincing.
• We need to have more filming for the beginning part where the artist walks, as we didn't have enough and therefore we had to try and make up the time with different clips.
• I think that the waitress needs to be the actual actor we wanted, but who wasn't available, because the clothes wearing in the draft didn't look right, consequently not portraying the character very well.
• We also had some problems with keeping the same shot, as we moved around a lot to always have the artist in the shot, so when we film we will keep the camera in the same place and sort out where the artist will walk so he is always in the shot.
• The tripod was also quite difficult to work with, so next time we will use a tripod of our own which is for still cameras rather than video cameras.
• The filming should also be done in sequence, so it is easier to understand where the artist should be and where we finished filming.
• The artist should not be able to move from the spot which we finished filming the shot, because otherwise it is difficult to have them standing in the exact same spot again.
• Finally, we should play the song whilst we are filming, which we did sometimes during the draft, as it helps everyone to know how long things last for and is useful for the artist when he lip syncs.