Audience Feedback for Video

Strengths

·         Good use of audience it helps to create a sense of realism.

·         Effective use of characters, good.

·         Hand held camera shots

·         Close up shots

·         Identification of lead singer and band

·         Lighting

·         Eye contact with lead singer

·         The video follows a sense of genre quite well since the majority of it is performance based, which is what    you associate with the punk rock genre’.

·         ‘A key good scene was when Chris (lead singer) walked past Catherine (lead female) as it worked well with the narrative’.

·         ‘Very obvious what the genre is’.

·         Good lighting in the performance

·         Good introduction of band.

·         ‘Captures audience straight away from introduction’

·         ‘Really like the lighting when they are playing the guitars’

·         ‘The camera shot in the park setting fits in very well’.

·           Variation of camera shots.

·         ‘Like how you introduce each character at the beginning’

·         ‘Like the shots used’

·         ‘Looks like a real band’

·         Fast edits works well with style of song

·         Transitions show flashbacks clearly

·         Close up shots of members introduce them well

·         Long shots performing show band as one

·         Costume links to genre

·         Instruments are expected

·         ‘Flashing lights in band setting typical of music videos and creative- good effect.

·         ‘Good video, varying shots make the video fast paced and interesting’.

·         ‘Band is a good generic convention showing unity’.

·         ‘There are good camera shots highlighting the musical instruments the main focus of Indie bands overall there is a very good balance of narrative and performance’

Weaknesses

·         The characterisation of the female lead

·         The lead male pushing away the female character is not clear

·         Singing out of sync

·         ‘A key bad scene was when Chris was singing at the camera as the singing at the end did not match his mouth’.

·         ‘Shaking camera movement when he is walking down the street, otherwise good shots and movement’.

·         ‘More narrative, just a little’.

·         The storyline just stops halfway, it doesn’t make sense’

·         Out of sync due to incompletion

·         Confusing why singer wears headphones when performing

·         Cuts from band jumping to standing still

·         ‘Cuts to girls reaction to push later than expected = confusing’.

·          Don’t see girl until after singer and drummer talk about her.