Feedback

When editing, we picked up on things that we couldn't when filming, this is good though because it helps us with improvements and with this being our first draft, that's what it's for. We picked up on things like:

· Lighting
· Shadows
· Mise-en-scene
· Camera angles
· Movement/facial expressions

When Liv is singing with no make-up on there a really big, visible shadow behind her bedcasue we only had one spotligth and it was an angle. Miss Sutton then mentioned the 3-point-lighting technique, which is where you have 3 light; one directly infront, on to the left and one to the right, this then makes sure there are no shadows.


Another thing we had comments on was Liv's make-up. Mr Smith feels that when Liv has make-up on it is too much, doesn't make sense and isn't very realistic, whereas Mr Ford as said that he likes the idea of a lot of make-up because it shows the contrast between when liv does and doesn't have maek-up on, and it smudges more when she smudges it. Vicky, one of our peers said that wehn Liv is signing without any make-up on it's obvious she has foundation on to make her skin look better, and she encouraged us to film Liv without any make-up on because it would look better, so next time we film we are going to film Liv without make-up on and off and then when uploading on the mac see which looks better.

When watching footage back we decided that Liv needs to put a bit more emotion into her face when she sings and use her eyes more effectively i.e. looking at the camera at certain points.

When the music video was editing and complete, we wacthed it back and, although the emotional make-up bits are in slow motion, it looked a bit like a continuity error because it wasn't clear that it was a different time. SO, we have the idea that we will re-film and on the make-up scenes we will have a black background and a white background for the non make-up lip syncing scenes. The black background will look more effective because the colours in the make-up will stand out more. I also thought that because the video is about Liv stripping herself bare and showing her true self to the one she loves, that the black background is symbolic of evil and the opposite of pure, whereas the white background is symbolic of purity, which Liv is when she has no make-up on.

The beginning and end we filmed didn't look very good at all when we uploaded thr footage on the macs. So me and Liv decided that at the start we would have a black screen with a title int he corner, like other music videos, saying the name of the artistk, the song and the record label. The end was just faded out which also looked effective.

Our new idea

Because of the drama that has happened within the group, we have decided to change our idea.

The video we will be making will be circled around a break-up. Some idea's we have are to look at the negatives at a break-up and have the singer crying and feeling sorry for herself.

The video will be following Liv walking around streets and going to certain places around the town that have meaning for her, when she gets to those places there will be a flashback of her and her ex-boyfriend looking happy and having fun, showing the contrast between how she was and how she is now. The flashbacks will be shown in a different colour, preferably black and white, so the audience are aware it isn't present day. We got some ideas from these videos:






Hair, Make-Up, Costume

Because this song is depressing, we feel that hair, make-up and costume should be simple.

Liv's hair will be simple, like how hair is everyday, either curly, wavy or straight. I feel that if her hair is straight on the negative scenes it fits because straight is simple and dull compared to wild and curly hair. Her hair will look nice at the start of the video, but as she gets more frustrated and upset she'll run her fingers through her hair and tug on it which will make it look more messy to get the negative emotion across. In the flashback scenes Liv's hair will be wild and curly to show her flamboyant and happy side across to the audience.

At the start of the video, Liv will have full make-up on and as the video goes on, the make-up will get smudged and cryed out. the make-up she is wearing at the start of the video will be very over the top and thick i.e. false eyelashes etc. We got an idea of this from this video:



On the flashback shots Liv will have nice make-up, this symbolises her emotions and allows the audience realise she is happy.


Costume will be black and simple, again reflecting her emotion at the time. Black is a colour assosiated with death and negativity which is why it will be used in our video to project how Liv is feeling at that moment in time. An example of this is:



The flashback scenes will be a contrast to this because Liv will be wearing lots of colourful clothes showing she is happy, contrasting how she is feeling at present time.