Reach Out - Kathryn Dowson
I know there are still some changes to be made and tweaks etc, however I am very pleased with how it has turned out. Personally, when making a new video, I love to receive feedback, to help me change my work to the best possible standard that it can be. So please feel free to feedback on what you think.
It was extremely hard to edit this, as of course you have to fit the lip singing to the actually song and after many attempts of exporting the video and playing it back, I have finally managed to complete a finished version.
The reason the quality of the video isn't great is because I have only exported it as a tiny mobile file, so once everything is complete, I will obviously export it in the highest possible quality.
I changed the settings of the some of the footage to make them feel more eary/creepy, such as the start with the jewellery box. I think that it feels like some sort of horror film, involving a young child.
I was really hoping to achieve this effect and I did! So I am very pleased.
Previously, I just had the narrative sections in just black and white, however I changed it to give off a darker, more sinister effect as the character is portraying a troubled teenager, who is going through a hard time and feels alone inside.
For some of the forest sections, where the verse and the middle were sang, I had to change some of the sliders for some of the bits so that the continuity flowed throughout and the colours were exact. I actually had the same problem with my film 'Missing', as the lighting makes it hard to keep everything exact. There are obviously still some tweaks that can be made to the video, however for now I am happy!
Well done for getting this uploaded. I think that for a first edit it's very good indeed. The concept works well and there's some very good location work. I like the performance aspect particularly; that really works well. Some of the camerawork is very good, although some of it is a little shaky. Not much you can do about that without re shooting. The main improvements I can suggest are a little more pace to the editing, particularly at the point where the song ramps up a little, and perhaps a little more variety when editing between the three strands. The main thing I would like to see is more of the 'bad girl', since this is the narrative core of the film. You could aim to expand this aspect a little more, giving it more of a formal narrative thrust (less disconnected events, more of a story seeded through the promo). Can't think offhand of a video which does this... something like 'The A Team' although not as intense as that. Katie's video from last year, maybe? Hope this helps. Love the song, by the way.
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