Feedback for my Video

I decided to gain feedback from members of my target audience about my video; as I had wanted to know if my intentions of making a successful music video that reflected my chosen genre of pop. I also decided to gain both positive and negative feedback from my target audience so I would know both the strengths and weakness of my video furthermore how well it did or didn't reflect my chosen genre. Additionally, my target audience also decided to give me ideas of where I could improve or how I could improve my video. This was beneficial to me as it will give me ideas of how I could further make my music video further successful if I decided to re-edit it.

Positive feedback:

• My target audience liked how I had included a split screen of different videos for the lyric 'I go on too many dates' as they felt it was interesting, as they were able to view different things rather than focus on one date. Furthermore, they liked the use of different videos at the same time as they felt that the use of different videos emphasised the point of the lyric.
• They said that they liked my use of editing and they thought it was especially good at the start of my video as they liked the amount of cuts that I had done; they felt it emphaised the beats of the song well. They also liked scene where I had my actors surrounded at the table during the first part of the chorus. I liked the editing that I used for the lyric 'play, play, play, play, play' as  they liked how I had edited fast cuts of each actor's face; they found it to be effective and thought it set the tone of my video.
• They liked how I didn't fully show the actor who played the character with the 'hella good hair'. They felt that by only showing parts of the actor's body it added a tone of mystery to my video and allowed my target audience to think up their own interpretations of his look.

Negative feedback:

• They felt that in some areas of my video that I had included clips that weren't relevant in reflecting the song's lyrics. Like the clips that I used to present the lyric 'play play play play play', during the second time of the chorus, where I had my main actor tapping different objects against tables. They disliked this scene and said that they didn't how these clips linked into the lyrics of the song and that I should have included other clips that reflected the lyrics such as people playing video games or even have my main actor lip-syncing the words.
• Although my target audience did feel that I used a wide variety of locations they felt at times I could have used more different locations. They felt that the location where I had placed my date three was too cramped and that I should have used an area with more space. Furthermore, the disliked the locations that I had used at the end of my video where I had my main actor and three others dancing as they said they could tell it was located in a living room.
• My target audience felt that despite using a range of shots within my video, they felt it focused mostly around medium and close ups. They disliked this and said that after a while the same types of shots did become boring.

Areas where I could improve:

• One of the ways that my target audience felt that they could improve my video was by brightening the lighting at the beginning of the video as they felt that the clips were still slightly too hard to see.
• Although my target audience did like the use of outfits that I had used throughout my video they felt at times that they did feel a bit bland. To improve they would suggest to include a variety of different outfits such as jeans and dresses rather than just placing my main actor into different skirts and t-shirts.
• They also felt that I could have repeated the technique of split screen and having different videos playing at the same time for the lyric 'but I can't make them stay' as they felt it would have been interesting than just including quick cuts of each date. Furthermore, they felt it would have emphaised the point of how much she couldn't make people stay on the dates.