Rough Cut

This is the first rough cut for our music video. We have used two setups as part of this video however we haven't included the narrative as we hadn't planned the storyboard at the time of filming. Therefore the video only includes the performance from the band and some establishing shots of Leeds that we shot on the night of the Christmas lights switch on. The video shows a lot of promise as we have given ourselves a strong visual representation of what our final video will look like. The band element had lots good shots as we used a master shot and then several individual shots of each band member. These shots and angles were really effected and showed off the band perfectly. However, a problem with this setup was the lighting and the location. The band were unable to book their usual rehearsal space therefore we had to use a backup venue. This venue ended up being too dark for the cameras we were using therefore the picture quality is grainy and very dark. This means that we will have to reshoot this aspect of the video with better lighting equipment and also preferably in the usual rehearsal space.                                                                                                  

The establishing shots also have a lot of promise as they showcase lots of classic images of Leeds such as "The Light". However, in order to film all these shots we had to rush quite a lot therefore the shots themselves are clearly hand held and shake a lot which isn't good for the look of the video. This means that a lot of the shots we have used in this rough cut won't be used in our final video. However,  this filming has allowed us to gain experience so we can improve our technique when we reshoot the video next time. We also have to remember that the narrative will take up the majority of the video and we didn't include it at all in this cut of the video. Meaning that a lot of the images we've used in this cut will be cut anyway.

Another thing we leaned from this rough cut is how we will use colour in our video. We want to integrate colour slowly as the narrative becomes more positive. Therefore we wanted to test this integration as part of our rough cut. The results from this were really positive. The colour changes were really subtle and looked exactly as we imagined therefore giving us more confidence that we can bring our ideas to life.

This first rough cut has shown us a lot in terms of what is good for our video and also for what we can do in order to change and improve it. Our next step is to complete the pre-production process so we can begin to film the final video over the christmas and new year period.