Analyse of students work

After analysing a very positive a2 music video I decide to watch and research some lower grade a2 videos so that I can understand went wrong with different videos and how they could have improved the video so that I can learn from this. One video I felt I could learn from was; . This video demonstrates some negative feature which I would want to avoid during my video and this blog is going to explain the negatives I have noticed.  

 The first features I noticed was the mise en scene the first impression of this was that there hadn’t been much attention paid to it this as because it seemed to be very basic. During the opening scene of the music video the lighting was very dim and didn’t seem to have been considered during the making with only natural lighting being used meaning that the characters were not clear this could have been fixed by adding additional lighting to the room. As well as the lighting the costume the character were wearing didn’t add to the video and seemed to not have been considered this could have been so that the character seemed natural to the environment they are in however  feel they could have added to their characters by giving them a fashion which stands out. The settings used also were very basic and seemed very amateur they used a bedroom and what seemed to be old pub these setting are available to everyone and did not add to the video.
   The editing used was very amateur and didn’t seem to have much time spent on it they used very simple movements and changes between shots this could have been more effective if the camera work was more professional looking the camera work looks very hand held and this alongside the basic editing made the video seem very amateur. The cutting between the shots were very sharp and quick this made the video feel very bitty as there was a lot of changes without a constant flow between the different shots in the video. Another editing feature which I felt wasn’t very effective was the fade between the shots this made the two scenes flow better however I feel that the use of a fade wasn’t very professional and made the video seem very basic as it is a very simple editing skill I feel they could have used something to make this look better while making the video flowing.
  The least feature which noticed was the camera angles and shots that were used I felt that this video didn’t use a wide range of shots and used a mid-shot very frequently this made the video quite boring and straightforward as there wasn’t that variation between shots which is seen in most music professional music videos. Another shot used was a close up of a wound on the male characters face this was quite effect as it showed danger which was a key theme throughout the video however I would say a extreme close up would be better used in this video as it would have help to add extra into the video by making the danger element more extreme.  The last shot which I noticed was the low angle shot used during the fight scene this would have been more effective if the shot wasn’t so unsteady and flipped between two different hots to show a variation to add to the rush that is happening during the fight between the two male characters and to show some more complex angles of the fight so that the audience feels more involved with the video and can see different elements of the fight.