Feedback on footage

We showed our media teacher the footage which we had, and we gathered some key feedback:

Problem: "The narrative is fairly ambiguous and there isn't enough focus on the characters emotions and it's unclear on who is who". 

Our solution: When we re-film we will include a prologue which will give an in depth insight about the main girl. Moreover, we will dress each person in distinguishable clothes so that the audience knows what character is on screen. Maybe more close-ups would help draw out a narrative and emotions too?

Problem: "It is a bit like a short film, rather than a music video".

Our solution: We will include some lip synching and introduce a lead singer (the guy who offers the girl the drink) which should reiterate the fact that we are producing a music video, not a short film.

Problem: "While the filter looks fairly creative and does fit with the genre of music, the juxtaposition between shots in terms of light and darkness is too much".

Our solution: We will 100% film it in the daytime now. The night was too much a challenge and my own camera is incapable of picking up such dark conditions without the purchasing of an expensive lens with a low aperture. 

Problem: "The party atmosphere isn't really there".

Solution: We will include more lively behaviour, more shots of drink and the daytime filming should induce the party theme.

This has shown us that we will need to reshoot our footage, which means scheduling another filming date: Monday 22nd December, which funnily enough turns out to be the exact date shown on our Dipity timeline for the shoot date! We aim to start filming much much earlier than the first shoot, hopefully be shooting by midday, whilst it is still light out, and aim to finish just as it is getting dark. We have also changed the location to a forest right next to Trent Park which is much more practical and ideal for the majority of the group and cast to get to, as opposed to going back to Essex where the first footage was recorded.