Feedback from the band

 This is the email recieved from the band representative Tim that is the feedback from the whole band.


Hi Sarah.

First of all, well done on the vid! We've had a look, and here are some comments that hopefully will help get you even better grades:

Good:
- nice to interlink a story to the video, rather than just having a vid of the band playing the song
- the motif of the current narrative being in colour and the past being B&W is a good idea
- Wolfie said: "The narrative could have used more exposition. I didn't follow any linear concept of what was/is/did happen between the cast members." but, as usual, we're not sure what he's on about :)
- good timing of each shot/cutaway (not sure of the techy terms! What I mean is the shots aren't changing too quickly)
- there are some very good shots of the band playing (e.g. the last few choruses look good)
- the time dedicated to each band member was good, it felt well balanced

Possible improvements:- synching seems to be a problem. Youtube will always cause synching problems, so we're not referring to that general synch issue. It's more to do with some cutaways having one or more of us singing in the audio, but not in the shot, or even singing something else.
- linked with this, the instrument shots don't always match up with what's being played. As an example, the first guitar solo has a close up of me playing, but I don't play that solo, Keith does, and what I'm doing therefore doesn't match with the music. The second solo (which i do play) has the video lagging by a few seconds behind the audio. If you can't synch the solos perhaps you could have the boy looking through a photo albums of colour stills from the "happy" earlier times.
- Specifically:
  - 1st verse breakdown (~38s), I stop playing on the video and step forward
  - 1st chorus (~50s), the audio has me singing the harmony, but the vid has me adjusting the guitar strap, not singing, or even playing. Looks a bit daft.
  - 2nd chorus (~2.05), same shot as above for the 1st chorus, now showing me fiddling with the guitar strap from a different angle :) Both of these shots come from the first take - you may want to switch something else in?
  - 1st solo (~2.33), vid doesn't match audio
  - 2nd solo (~3.19), vid plays about 3 seconds behind audio (you probably need to cut straight to the vid-solo, and chop the frames with my face out - no bad thing :)
  - final shot of band seems a bit weak - mebbe just end on Wolfie's yeah-yeah, or on the Vees logo?

Hope this helps, overall we're very impressed with what you've done, and hope our comments help you do even better on your course.

Cheers,

Tim

PS Are there any more still shots that were taken on the camera? I'm currently working on a new website for the band and would welcome any pics that I can use.