The Final Cut

Standby - Rough Twist (Official Music Video)

Standby - Music Video (THE ROUGH CUT)

EVALUATION QUESTION 3: AUDIENCE FEEDBACK

• Establishing shot of band required at intro - to introduce the audience to the band. The kick drum introduces us to the band's name and the idea of music, however we need to see the band to know what we are watching and so we can match the band's name with a band to create a relationship between the audience and them.
• Subtitles could be added to help to further signify time and location of the changing shots.
• It's been suggested that the fast paced intro could be black and white to emphasise the idea that we are going back in time to before the band had set up their gear - taking musically recognisable conventions as seen in the video for Guns N Roses' Paradise City. The transition from black and white to colour could work well as the camera shot changes from a roadie point of view to the thoughts of the singer (0:21 as the singer sings to himself/into the camera)
• The band are unhappy with the shot of the singer singing into the camera for verse 1 as filming this made him feel uncomfortable, and they believe this is visible in the footage. However I think this shot is important to help connect the audience to the band - The eye contact between the singer and the camera helps to draw us in - we feel as though he is singing to us. The camera is a little shaky and the lighting is slightly uneven but I will edit this  accordingly.
• In a few of the following shots (0:36 - 0:43) it has been commented on that the dark lighting of the indoors clashes with the other shots of outdoors. I will work to adjust the lighting to make it even across all the clips.
• Between the times 0:53 - 1:00 it has been noticed that there is a few continuity errors. The most obvious being that the drummer goes from standing to seated, to standing, to seated again. To overcome this I will switch two of the clips so once we've seen the drummer sit down he stays seated.
• The shot from 1:14 to 1:20 is too similar to the shot that follows it. I need to change to a different angle or a shot of a different member. I will find an alternative clip to put here that syncs with the music still.
• I cannot use the clip I'm currently using at 1:25 as the drummer has stopped playing and this will affect the continuity of the video greatly; To overcome this I will have to find some different footage of verse 1, this may end up with me needing to reassess the order of clips I use in the verse.
• I have been told that the guitar solo is too long, I will need to take shots of the audience and other band members to split this up a little and avoid it becoming stale and boring for the audience. I have also been told that throughout the progression of the solo (1:51 - 2:19 approx) members of the band not playing are visible in the background. I can easily overcome this by cropping some of the clips so they can no longer be seen.
• It was suggested that I merge some of the diegetic sound of the crowd into the video during the ending. This will help the audience to feel as though they are a part of the crowd witnessing the performance live in front of them. I must be careful when doing this however, because the live sound of the band performing may clash with the sound of the track.
• The transition between clips at 3:33 doesn't feel smooth. The two don't flow together and it is an uncomfortable ending to the video. I need to change the clip and the lighting to make the two fit together and to create a smoother ending to the video. I may need to add a transition to help make it even smoother.
• I've been told the syncing is very good, though I feel some areas need to be tighter. 
• The lighting needs to be evened up across the video.

Teaser Trailer

A little teaser video I made using a few miscellaneous clips captured at the shoot.

Editing time

I am currently syncing up all the footage as I add them to my timeline. I'm having to cut 0.1 second off each clip bit by bit.. A lengthy job but it should be worth it!

Some of the clips have band members standing idle in the background, so I've had to crop down a lot of the clips to help the continuity of the video.

Lot's of footage..

9 hours of footage to cut down to 3 minutes. With slightly more perspective, I have a 20 minute clip to cut down to 11 seconds. iMovie, we have work to do!

And we're done..

After a long 9 hour day of shooting we're finally finished. Everyone began to get a little grouchy towards the end but they co-operated, and we got all the footage we needed.

A wonderful experience overall, let's get editing!

Everybody's having a good time. :-)

And the audience arrive!

60 minutes left until audience arrive..

Set up and ready for the shoot!

Night before the shoot!

Making sure we have everything for tomorrow, I made a last minute list of things to pack for the shoot!

Last minute summary of shots, to try and make it even quicker and easier to portray my ideas to the crew, and so we can tick off our shots as we do them.

Timings

 

I wrote out the timings of the song- at what point in the track each section would start, and for how long it would continue.

This will make it easier for finding points on the track when we are filming from certain points, and will allow the crew to have more of an idea where we are up to and where we are going.

Storyboarding

                                                            I will be working with a crew of 3 film students who have offered to lend me their time. Therefore I need to have all my ideas and thoughts on paper so that we are all thinking of the same potential outcome when filming.





Rather than draw a shot by shot storyboard, I wrote out what I visualiased for each section of the song. I went into detail about each shot type, who would be in the shot, and even in some places I wrote ideas for editing.

Notes

Now a venue is chosen I can begin to plan out my shot ideas in more detail. In order to make best use of my time on the day of the shoot I need to make sure I know exactly what shots need to be captured and how.

The Venue

The venue I decided on was Cabin 5150. It is locally based in Macclesfield and the aesthetics of the room compliment the genre of the band nicely. I've spoken to the owner and have been given permission to use the space for a day under no charge.

Notes

<< My initial ideas in rough note form.

My ideas after they've begun to take a little more shape. >>

The Song

The song the band requested I used was their song 'Standby'. They are currently in the studios recording their new album and so I currently only have a demo of the track. However, come recording date, I will have an unmastered version from their new album ready to film to, and hopefully a fully mixed version by the time I come to editing.

The Band

The band I have chosen to create a music video for is Rough Twist.

They are a 6 piece funk band from Macclesfield and are very willing to help me out with this task.

The Band

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