Evaluation of First Rough Cut

After watching our first rough cut, it was very easy to pick out the strengths and weaknesses of our piece. The animation throughout the video is very strong, and work really well. They add another dimension to the video. We asked a couple of people in the class to watch it and they said the animation was exciting and a clever element in the video. The cuts of our band throughout the video are also very good cuts and they work really well with in the video. They also commented on the ‘love’ toast and heart shaped egg, they said that all the little clues of love through out the video really help to create the whole theme of love. We have used cuts which show the band in different positions which creates contrast. For the “woah, woah, woah” parts in the song, we have cut to different close ups of the band members, which did take some time in editing but it was worth it and I am really happy with the out come.
The only animation that needs some work on is when our lead singer of the band, Jack, is turning the oranges into juice. After throwing the oranges into the glass, he looks into the camera, and it looks very awkward, so we have decided to cut that out, and just see his hand rising and then hitting the glass to create juice. Another thing we are changing is when we first hear and see Mimi, our lead female singer. She just appears which looks very odd, so we are going to create a split screen between all the band members, and then have Mimi pushing them out the way. We are also going to use a split screen when Mimi and Jack are singing together. One more thing we are going to change is the high angle shots of Mimi when she is singing, they give the impression that she is trapped and doesn’t look very happy at all!