First Draft Video Feedback

Some of the feedback we received from our media teachers was as follows:

• wobbly camerawork - this was due to our camera not fitting properly on the tripod we borrowed, so to counteract this we are using one of our own tripods.
• guitar playing - our artist didn't look real when he was playing the guitar, but we have changed our actor to someone else who can already play the guitar and will consequently be able to play it convincingly.
• closer shots - some of our shots were too far from our artist, such as our beginning and end shots, so we will move the shot closer to our actor to gain more detail. It will also mean that our shots are better framed, which was another problem we had.
• no zooming - our use of the zoom out in our video wasn't liked as it wasn't used very often so we will try to use it more or cut it out.
• awkward dancing - the dancing in the first draft was thought to look awkward, possibly because our actor didn't know what he was doing.
• costume change - it was suggested that when our artist changes his jacket that the second jacket should be obviously different from the first otherwise the action seems pointless.
• party poppers - although the idea was liked, the way we carried out the action needs to be changed to gain the full effect.
• lip syncing - the lip syncing of our actor wasn't very convincing as he didn't know the song and therefore found it hard to get the words and rhythm right.
• the waitress - the clothes that were worn by the actress didn't make it obvious that they were supposed to be a waitress, so next time we will only wear black and white clothes.