Rough Cut Feedback

The rough cut was the first opportunity we got as a group to think about how we were going to edit accurately to the fast beat of our chosen song. To begin with we struggled with this a lot, more specifically which shots to use where and for how long to cut the shots. Towards the end of the production of our rough cut we had the idea of juddering one shot for the chorus in which the beat also judders. This immediately got positive feedback from peers as well as our teachers and so it was something we decided to use consistantly throughout the video and take forward to the final production.

Another flaw that our teacher pointed out to us was that we hadn't been clear enough in our introduction of the artists. Once this had been brought to our attention we immediately noticed where we had gone wrong and thought about how we were going to improve this. We discussed whether it was necessary to have the artists' names in text in the opening shots but figured that a subtle introduction would be more appropriate and effective. Eventually we decided as a group that the best way to introduce the artists would be to slow down the first shots that they are in slightly and use reasonably close shots of their faces to show that they are performing their own song.

After making these changes to the rough cut it started to become easier to really visualise what our end product was to look like.