What have you learned from your audience feedback?
In order to get feedback, I used several different methods to ensure all feedback was varied and not just that of my close friends.
My music video was shown to my media class at the college I attend. After watching the video, each person gave me constructive feedback on my video in order for me to evaluate my overall products.The reason for asking my classmates for feedback was that they knew what to look for in my video as they are also carrying out the same project and would be able to give me more constructive comments as oppose to those who would probably not be as educated about this area as my classmates are. Below are photographs of some of the comments I received from the class:
The feedback left by my classmates was mostly positive however there was a few negatives but nothing too major that would make me reconsider my finished product. The negative feedback concentrated on aspects such as the black and white shot at the end of my video which the audience couldn't seem to understand. This shot was purposely changed to black and white to try and show a memory to carry on the theme from the shots before it which were rewinded to show a reverse in time.
I also sent the YouTube link of my music video to several people using the social networking site Facebook. Each person watched the video then left feedback in the comment section below the video. Below are screen shots of the comments left by people on my YouTube channel:
The reason behind using social networks to gain feedback was due to the vast majority of the population using various social networking sites each day such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. This would ensure that I received a series of varied feedback from different individuals, diversifying the feedback and giving me more to evaluate. When reading the comments, I was glad to see that the majority of comments were positive as I felt there was certain parts of the video I could have changed or improved such as the narrative which I felt was quite slow to kick in but the audience seemed to have enjoyed it.
From my audience feedback, I have learned several different things about my music video and my skills in producing it. Firstly, several viewers believed that the video had a clear narrative, a major part of my video which I believed was quite slow to kick in. This means I have successfully achieved the major aim of most music video producers in that a music video is all about conveying a meaning or putting across a story. Secondly, I have learned that most of my audience believe I have used various camera angles and framing. This was a key aspect I wanted to concentrate on whilst filming as it would give my video not only a more interesting take on it but also a professional look. Thirdly, many have agreed that my use of effects within the video have contributed well to it been a professional music video. The effects were quite difficult to find but easy to achieve by overlaying the effect using the "Overlay" option in Final Cut. Lastly, a reoccurring comment left by the audience was that the syncing of my video was on time which, in a professional video, is crucial. The timeline option in Final Cut allowed me to match the audio up to the footage effectively and is the reason why I have achieved good syncing. However, I have also learned from my audience feedback that the single black and white clip at the end of my video made no sense. I was trying to achieve a memory/flashback effect that doesn't seem to have connected with the audience. If I was to re-edit this video, I would most definitely change this back to the original colour.
In order to get feedback, I used several different methods to ensure all feedback was varied and not just that of my close friends.
My music video was shown to my media class at the college I attend. After watching the video, each person gave me constructive feedback on my video in order for me to evaluate my overall products.The reason for asking my classmates for feedback was that they knew what to look for in my video as they are also carrying out the same project and would be able to give me more constructive comments as oppose to those who would probably not be as educated about this area as my classmates are. Below are photographs of some of the comments I received from the class:
The feedback left by my classmates was mostly positive however there was a few negatives but nothing too major that would make me reconsider my finished product. The negative feedback concentrated on aspects such as the black and white shot at the end of my video which the audience couldn't seem to understand. This shot was purposely changed to black and white to try and show a memory to carry on the theme from the shots before it which were rewinded to show a reverse in time.
I also sent the YouTube link of my music video to several people using the social networking site Facebook. Each person watched the video then left feedback in the comment section below the video. Below are screen shots of the comments left by people on my YouTube channel:
The reason behind using social networks to gain feedback was due to the vast majority of the population using various social networking sites each day such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. This would ensure that I received a series of varied feedback from different individuals, diversifying the feedback and giving me more to evaluate. When reading the comments, I was glad to see that the majority of comments were positive as I felt there was certain parts of the video I could have changed or improved such as the narrative which I felt was quite slow to kick in but the audience seemed to have enjoyed it.
From my audience feedback, I have learned several different things about my music video and my skills in producing it. Firstly, several viewers believed that the video had a clear narrative, a major part of my video which I believed was quite slow to kick in. This means I have successfully achieved the major aim of most music video producers in that a music video is all about conveying a meaning or putting across a story. Secondly, I have learned that most of my audience believe I have used various camera angles and framing. This was a key aspect I wanted to concentrate on whilst filming as it would give my video not only a more interesting take on it but also a professional look. Thirdly, many have agreed that my use of effects within the video have contributed well to it been a professional music video. The effects were quite difficult to find but easy to achieve by overlaying the effect using the "Overlay" option in Final Cut. Lastly, a reoccurring comment left by the audience was that the syncing of my video was on time which, in a professional video, is crucial. The timeline option in Final Cut allowed me to match the audio up to the footage effectively and is the reason why I have achieved good syncing. However, I have also learned from my audience feedback that the single black and white clip at the end of my video made no sense. I was trying to achieve a memory/flashback effect that doesn't seem to have connected with the audience. If I was to re-edit this video, I would most definitely change this back to the original colour.
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