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Evaluation Task 3

Audience Feedback-

Above is a screenshot of a comment someone has made on my video. The reason i didn't pace the editing with the track was because i wanted it to feel more abstract and "handmade".

Here is some more audiece feedback after i posted the video on the social networking site, Twitter. @jasminejang's point is fair, the repetition in my video is a bit tedious. Because of my lack of footage this is the case, as i had to repeat one or two shots, however i cut them up to make it look different. I don't think this is a huge issue and i wont be changing my video as this would involve me re-shooting which would take too long.

Evaluation Task 2

Voice over script-

When filming my music video and making the Cd cover and magazine advert i kept in mind the basic "look" i was going for, a simple straightforward concept, with the hands being the main feature in all of these. The "brand identity" is plain to see, as in all my products i have used the same lighting and hand characters, it is easy to see they go together. I have also used the same font in all of these, found on "DaFont.com", called Prophecy Script, which looks handwitten, keeping in the theme of "hands".

Evaluation Task 1

Above, on the left are screen grabs of my music video, on the right are screen grabs from "Slow Disco" by IZABO. Both of these videos use hands are the characters, i have chosen shots that are similar, to show that my music video has followed conventions of this type of music video. The compositions of both of the music videos are similar, using the middle of the screen for the majority of the shots, but also using the whole scene to show the story. The "Slow Disco" music video uses bright colours and follows a storyline, whereas mine is very muted and is more abstract in nature.

The last frame shows the differences in the music videos, in mine there are no probs or backgrounds. I the IZABO video there are props that the hand characters use and wear as costumes, the only thing like this in mine is a glove and the rings one of the characters wear.

finished CD cover, inside and out

advertisement for a magazine

Hands spelling out "Our Smallest Adventures", the name of the song.

I want to do something a little more abstract than just a normal narrative video, so instead of people playing the characters i will be using fingers like in the image above.

Lyrics for Our Smallest Adventures

we found ourselves in clueless company, and spoke of things we could not repeat
we've trapped our tongues and stumbled on our midnight steps,
and oh how I know you best, your the troublesome mess, but I would cut every corner to find you


there are simple routes we can follow, there's so many things we can do, but we're all tied up and oh so lost on our smallest adventures
there are simple routes we can follow, there's so many things we can't do, but we're all tied up and oh so lost on our smallest adventures

ohh love believe we could be complete, i'll take these terms for what I feel they're worth

we found ourselves in clueless company, and spoke of things that we should not repeat
we've trapped our tongues and stumbled on our midnight steps,
and oh how I know you best, your the troublesome mess, but I still cut every corner to find you

and ohh love believe we could be complete, i'll take these terms for what I feel they're worth
ohh love believe we could be complete, i'll take these terms for what I feel they're worth

ohh love believe we could be complete
ohh love believe we could be complete

Our Greatest Adventures by I Was A Cub Scout will be the song i will be using for my music video

Hadouken! M.A.D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2_cVc-8lNU

This video is by Hadouken!, an English Band that formed during the New Rave movement in 2006. The video is dark and humerus, as the characters are dressed in comedic animal costumes, I like the effect this video has, as the film looks quite grainy, giving a more 'street' quality to the filming.

The intoxicated mouse represents young people today, drinking and sitting around on the streets. The video starts with a shot of the protagonist's feet, adding a sense of mystery to the character and emphasising the strides of his walk. Predominantly the video is shot at a mid-shot, in front of the mouse character as he walks through different areas of a city. Throughout the video the mouse violates different people, this is a stereotype of teenagers these days. The video uses cuts to move between scenes.

The costume is unusual but I think it is very effective, the mouse is wearing white sneakers and a gold chain around his neck, astereotypical look for "chavs". Because of the scene with a fake ID it is obvious the mouse is under 18, therefore the character represents young male teenagers. This video is showing, bluntly how teenagers can act, but there is no message about stopping this behaviour, the only resolution is that another character, a cat beats the mouse up. This is a humerous nod towards the game "cat and mouse".