We did a photo shoot with all the band members with a very simple background and simple costumes.
We did this as a back up to use and edit for the website.


We took group photos as well as individual photos:

It is important for our band had chemistry on the day of the PhotoShoot

We showed our band a rough cut of the music video after the photoshoot. This was an important aspect of the editing and refining process. The band loved the rough cut and are very happy with the rough cut and the final product in the end

Sasha emailed the band that we selected to do a photo shoot. Although we already have a design for our digipack we want to have a photo shoot so that we have enough pictures of the band to play with and put on the Website.

Our photographer is Grace Phelps, who is willingly going to be taking the photos and will be giving them to us for free. She is a very good photographer and is doing A Level photography

We asked a few open and closed questions to a group of AS media students

DO YOU LIKE THE COSTUMES?

• Yes, particularly the fur
• Yeah they worked for their age
• Yeah they look vintage and fits the song
• Yes, they all work very well and fit the song
• Costumes are good and show their friendships and team spirit
• Yes I think they fit the woods and fit genre of music
• Yes
• Yes, they suited the characters really well
• Yes
• I like the costumes as they're different and colourful
• Yes

IS IT OBVIOUS WHO THE LEAD IS?

• Yeah
• Yes, he was shown a lot
• Yeah
• Yes, it is shown really well throughout 
• Yeah
• Yes
• Yes
• Yes
• Yes
• Yes
• Yes

DO YOU THINK THERE WAS ENOUGH VARIETY WITH THE SETS?

• Yes, especially with the projections
• Yes, the contrast was good
• Yes, I think the sets were great
• Yes, there is enough variety 
• Yes
• Yes, I think the sets were perfect
• Yes
• Yes, and the use of projections made it really exciting
• Yes, I liked the shots in the woods and how they linked to the projections (girl in the woods)
• Ys, I like the contrast of using the woods and the study
• Yes

DID YOU GET BORED?

• No
• No
• Nope
• No as there is a lot going on
• No
• No!
• No
• No, wanted to watch more!
• No
• No
• No

DID THE BAND PORTRAY THEIR CHARACTERS SUCCESSFULLY?

• Yes
• Yes, they were all childish which worked well
• Yes, especially Charlie
• Yeah, they all suited they characters very well
• Yes
• Yeah, they are all friends which is nice
• Yes
• Yes, really well. I liked the close ups of them playing their instruments
• Yes
• Yes
• Yes

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE ELEMENT OF THE VIDEO?

• Jonty’s drums
• When they were running around in the woods
• Their friendships
• The woods!
• The woods were amazing
• Them having fun in the woods
• The projections
• The band in the woods
• The funny moments in the woods
• When they were playing in the woods
• The projection of the girl on the t-shirt

IS THE NARRATIVE CLEAR?

• Yes
• Yes
• Yes - the lost boys
• Yes, they’re lost boys
• Yes
• Yes
• Yes
• Yes, the lost boys
• Yes, but not entirely
• Yes
• Yes

DO YOU LIKE THE OVERLAP IN EDITING AT THE BEGINNING?

• Yes
• Yes
• It worked
• Yes, all the editing was very well done
• Yes, very interesting
• Yes
• Yes
• Yes
• Yes
• I love the editing at the beginning, I think it is one of the strongest bits of the music video
• Yes

DID YOU LIKE THE PACE OF EDITING? WHY?

• Yes, it was very dynamic
• Yes because it worked well with the pace of the song
• Yes because it fit the song
• The pace was shown well and there was a good build up
• Yes, it fit the song’s pace well
• Yes, it fit the song really well
• Yes it worked with the slow and fast bits of the song
• Yes, really exciting 
• Yes, it showed equal variety of all the sets
• Yes, as it’s fast and different from other music videos, and pace varied so it’s good you showed experimentation
• Yes, because it fit in with the pace of the song

DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD USE MORE OF THE GIRL? WHY?

• No, it was a good amount
• Yes, sometime it wasn't clear
• Yes because I liked Charlie’s kiss so there should have been more of her
• Yes, it wasn't clear enough but it was still effective
• No, you don't need more of the girl 
• No, because it’s all about the boys and not her
• Yes, because it was a bit random when she kissed the guy on the cheek
• Maybe a little bit more because it would attract a larger audience
• I think there was a good amount of the girl
• No, it is a boy band so leave it as it is
• Yes, because when the girl kissed the guy on the ch

Learning about what kind of questions we should be asking our feedback group

We will be asking an AS group of media students to watch our Rough cut and give us feedback

It is important to use both open and closed questions.

Closed:
- An option or an answer that can be predicted
- useful in term of gathering a mass amount of information
- used for graps, charts etc
- easier to ask a group

Open:
- Needs explanation
- Allows for discussion
- Detailed
- Personal

Deciding between 3-5 closed and open questions...

CLOSED:
- Is it obvious who the lead of the band is?
- Did you get bored at any point?
- Do you like the overlapping shot in the beginning?
- What was the genre of the video?
- Did you like the video?


OPEN:
- Do you understand the narrative?
- Do you think we have used enough variety in the video?
- Did the band portray their characters successfully?
- What was your favourite element in the video?
- Did you like the pace of the video?
- Do you think we should have used more shots of the girl?
- What did you like about the video?

We made a rough cut of our music video so that we can watch it and identify what needs to be improved for the final cut.