audience feedback

We aimed to apply “heavy metal” music genre conventions to produce our video

·        Would you say our music video conforms to the conventions of that genre?

1.      Yes because a lot of those videos have the same sort of conventions

2.      Yes, because it focuses on the performance well. Especially the individuals playing.

3.      Yes, because the genre is usually quite dark and mysterious

4.      Definitely, creepy and to the beat, flashy

5.      Yes because the video is surreal and dark, also the performance aspects fits very well

6.      Yes, the nature of the music complimented the narrative, dark, ‘creepy’, and supernatural elements worked well

7.      Yes, includes the typical conventions of heavy metal e.g. performance, dark, creepy narrative

·        What did you think worked better the performance or narrative?

1.      Performance, because the narrative wasn’t always clear

2.      Both, I think they worked well together and the narrative was very clear

3.      Performance, because it’s typical of the genre

4.      Narrative, the performance seemed slightly out of sync

5.      Performance

6.      Narrative, very clear and use of different characters was interesting and clear to watch

7.      Narrative, thought it was more interesting but did think the performance worked well as well

·        Do you think we used enough variety of camera shots throughout our video?

1.      Yes

2.      Yes, because there were lots of different angles shown

3.      Yes, you kept it simple but gave a variety which kept it interesting

4.      Yes, made it interesting to watch

5.      Some low angle shots could’ve been effective in the performance, but otherwise, good variety

6.      No, I think more variety of shots could’ve been used for the performance side

7.      Yes very effective, could’ve used more camera techniques on performance. E.g. close ups, canted angles

·        Do you think we used enough variety of editing techniques throughout our video?

1.      Yes because different things were shown e.g. echoes

2.      Yes, the part with the overlapping of Hannah and the band worked well!

3.      Yes, made it look abstract and kept my attention

4.      Definitely, the flashes and blurred movements were really cool and effective for the genre and narrative

5.      Yes, especially in the narrative

6.      Yes, narrative widely – however, more could have been used for the performance

7.      Yes, helped set the scene

·        What elements did you feel worked the best to compliment the genre and its conventions?

1.      The woods as the setting

2.      The effects such as the echo added an edge to work well with the genre

3.      The performance in the woods

4.      The mise-en-scene. I think the creepy wood setting was really well chosen, plus obviously enable a wide choice of shots and effects to compliment the genre

5.      The performance and the overlaying of the different shots

6.      The use of editing and mise-en-scene for narrative characters – very effective

7.      The band performance, typical in heavy metal videos to have the band perform

·        Are there any elements you feel didn’t work very well or could be improved upon?

1.      Some of the performance was out of time and didn’t match up (only on a few occasions though)

2.      None – only one part when the lip syncing was out

3.      The narrative wasn’t very clear, but that added to the atmosphere

4.      Just the lip-synching

5.      More angles could be used on the performance and the syncing of music to performance was tiny bit out

6.      The sunlight – could’ve been edited to be darker or portrayed as more ‘gloomy’ to compliment the supernatural dark element further

7.      No, all seemed to work really well

·        Does the use of mise en scene add to the overall atmosphere of the film?

1.      Yes!

2.      Scenery and props, yes

3.      Yes

4.      Yes!

5.      Yes

6.      Yes, the setting really helped the atmosphere as well as the make up

7.      Yes