Student Music Videos

LEVEL 4
Positives
- Editing is fluent and all cuts are in time with the beat which makes all of the video flow together. 
-They have a variety of locations that all link with the theme and image that they are trying to represent. 
- The use of the powder paint works well as it links with the persona that are trying to be portrayed by the artists.
- Use of variety of shots, such as on the stairs, in buildings in between rocks. 
Negatives
- It is slightly repetitive with the flashes incorporated within the editing as this happens quite a lot.


LEVEL 4
Positives
- This has a variety of shots within to make the whole music video different.
- They have edited well with the effects over the top to make the video look more rustic and make all the clips link with each other. There are also other techniques such as the fade and 
- Range of camera shots such as pan, stationary and track. 
- Good use of lighting to fit in with the theme of the video.
- Different use of ideas such as the fridge with cameras. 
Negatives
- It gets a bit boring throughout as nothing new is really introduced such as a range of different editing/locations. 
- Sometimes gets fast then slow and is a bit confusing.


LEVEL 3
Positives
- Good relationship shown between the boy and girl actor. The audience can make believe that they match together. 
- The use of the props and where the actors are does link with the song such as when they are in the car and the lyrics say "in the back seat of your rover". 
Negatives
- Minimal locations are used therefore there isn't much variety to the video. 
- There isn't a lot of editing used within it, such as there are just straight cuts and not many transitions to make the video flow. 
- It gets a bit boring as the only bit of lip syncing is in the same location all the time. 
- Nothing new is introduced which doesn't give the audience anything to cling onto. 


LEVEL 2/3
Positives
- I like the idea that they follow the boy around and you are following him on his story during the music video which makes him engage in the video. 
- Variety of camera shots.
Negatives
- There isn't any lip syncing in the video therefore just following the boy gets a bit tedious. 
- Some of the props like the teddy bear seem a bit irrelevant and don't make sense in correlation with the lyrics in the video. 
- Lots of different lighting which doesn't make all the shots flow together and makes the video look a bit broken. 


LEVEL 4
Positives
- A good range of editing incorporated such as the fades and transitions and makes it look like a shadow over the top of one shot to another. 
- Good use of props such as the money as the title does have dollar signs within therefore they are making pure links through the mise en scene. 
- They all work well together as a group and make the audience believe that they have a good relationship between each other. 
- Reverse shot works well within the editing and all shots. 
Negatives
- Gets a bit repetitive towards the end with the overlay of colours. 
- The sprinkler clip is used a lot of times and doesn't introduce anything new to the audience.
- Some of the shots do not have good lighting.