Feedback For the Final Cut Music Video

Feedback from T2-38

There is plenty of close-up shots of Abi which will meet the demands of the record label.
All of the shots used match the style of the song, with a subtle tranquility during prolonged piano sections which compliments the music well.
The desaturated clips to show the past is really effective as it adds a different dimension. We think that the acting conveys a good story combined with the shots (especially the monochrome walk between the trees and the spinning round in the field) work especially well..
Some of the shots changed too quickly for the pace of the song but overall not too bad and conveyed a good story.
Personally we would have taken out the water hitting the face as it didn't work particularly well, perhaps of replaced it with just a slow motion of the water-to-the-face rather than reversing it as well.

 Lewis, Liam & Matt T2-37

We thought that your video was really good, and portrayed the lyrics really well, meeting Goodwins point of analysis - lyrics & visuals. The lip syncing was really good and made the song believable. Also the filters on the clips are really good, showing flash backs in black and white was a good idea. The shot at the beginning with the Ed and Abi walking away from the camera to the beat worked really well.

We feel that more advanced editing could have been used, the two shots with Abi and Ed running towards each other perhaps a split screen would have been appropriate. Also there is a shot of Abi playing piano where the viewers can see the lyrics on the music stand.


samanda, ben, ryan, michael
-the pace of the shots were great as the matched the pace and mood of the song itself.
- it promotes the artist by the shots of playing the piano and close ups.
- the genre also matches the effects such as the slow fade outs and the black and white colour filter
-lip syncing was really good
- the actors and the clothing within the clip match the song type and look really good together :)
-slow motion was also really effective
-you could perhaps have edited the lip syncing more accurate because at 2.49 there was lip movement but no song.

T2-40
The video concentrates well on the story of the two characters in the video and they're relationship. They're relationship is presented to be believable and is effective. However, due to the focus completely being on the story the artist (as an individual) is not promoted equally as much as the story.
The genre and purpose of the song is clear. The use of the different filters when the artist is on her own and the flashbacks is successful in contrasting the different time period. The acting between the girlfriend and boyfriend is also confident and convincing, when singing and playing the piano, Abi needed more confidence in her performance to allow it to be convincing. The shots were edited in a clear way, use of transitions could have been a bit more complex but it was simple therefore was effective. Some of the shots i.e ending with the lamp and the ducks were quite random but all the other shots had a purpose and were used effectively.