From feedback on his first draft music video, the student learned that it lacked lip syncing and needed something to finish the ending stronger. Feedback from classmates suggested re-shooting close-ups of lip syncing in a new location or setting. The student then posted an updated version on Facebook to get more feedback. This feedback noted the video had good narrative and flow, but could be improved by filling the blank background space, such as adding the song lyrics visually. The student learned that audience feedback helped identify issues they did not notice and improved their work.

1. Question 3
What have you learned from your
audience feedback?

2. For my first bit of audience feedback I sat my
class in front of a projector screen and
projected my first draft of my music video to
them, this was in early November.
After watching the video I got the class to all tell
me 2 positives and a negative (something I
needed to improve on) they where things such
as…
Kyle “I really like your use of setting and the
mood that your video creates, however I feel a
little more lip syncing would boost it up a little
further.”
Holly “I liked the transition effects that you have used and the way that the video flows and
tells a story, but I agree with Kyle that just a little more lip syncing would be the best
improvement for you.”
Tom “I like the way you have used the setting to fit the lyrics a little bit and the number of
different camera angles you have used, I feel like the lip syncing is lacking but also you need
something to fill up the ending”

3. What did I learn from this?
From my first bit of audience feedback I learnt that my music video was lacking any lip
syncing bar 2 shots, and that I needed to think of a way to finish my video, this got me
thinking into what I would do with the lip syncing. Would I go back to Anglesey to re-shoot
some close ups of me singing? Or would I find a new setting and lip sync there?
So… What did I do?
I asked a few class mates which option that thought would be most effective and got told
that shooting my lip syncing in a different location would work well with the song and the
lyrics.

4. After Adding more lip-syncing to my video I decided it
was time for me to get some more feedback on the
video, so I decided to post it on my Facebook wall for my
friends to see with the caption “My A-level piece, please
tell me what you think” Luckily for me I have a few of my
brothers friends on Facebook and they studied media in
6th form so I got some very helpful feedback.
The Main bit of feedback that I received was that my piece flowed very well and had a good
narrative to it and the lip-syncing was good, however I had done it on a blank background and
had not filled the blank background with anything. So I replied asking what they felt I should
put in the space, I was told that I should implement the lyrics on the screen that I had done in
a previous shot in my music video

5. What did you learn from your feedback?
I felt that the feedback has helped me a lot through my process as I have only showed my
work to the target audience that it was designed for, thus allowing me to receive relevant
feedback.
It also showed me that sometimes audience feedback is exactly what you need, as before
the class presentation I had not even realized my lack of lip-syncing in my music video, and
before my Facebook feedback I didn’t feel that the blank space was a problem