Prelim Project

Uptown Funk- Bruno Mars

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The process

 Our task was to create a music video for uptown funk within a week. ( two of class of filming and one class of editing) The first approach step towards this assignment was discussion, (what we were going to do in the music video) than we distributed the props (hat, sunglasses, mop etc..). After that we started filming. The first obstacle of filming was being able to move the camera according to Chonon's speed of walking, the camera movement was too slow. We than came up with the solution of using a movable chair as a base to move accordingly to the walk. After we finished filming, we used final cut to edit the videos. During the edit, we realized that some of the lip singing didn't flow according to the lyrics, but unfortunately we didn't have enough time to film specific scenes again. We tried our best in order to make it less obvious by using the effects such as reverse, and cutting the scenes regularly.

3 things I like...

One of the things, I really like about this music video is the use of different effects, slowmotion, black and white and the old tv effect transferring to another scene. I think it makes the video more entertaining to watch. Another thing I like about this video is the use of location, as we have both indoor and outdoor shot. (I like the lighting of the outdoor shot, as it creates a fun and lively tone of mood). I also like how we use varieties of props in a different way, bending over the sunglasses and using the mop as microphone.

3 Things I would like to improve...

The first thing, I would like to improve is the lip singing. As Chanon's lip singing doesn't match the with the song. This could be improved by learning the lyrics accurately, furthermore making the lips movement more obvious. (Matching it with the beat). Another thing that I would like to improve, is capturing more shot in a different angle in order to make the music video more interesting. Lastly we could add dance move or making a story line to create more excitement in the music video.

Peer Review 

The peer reviews are extremely useful. We are critique for our work, in order to be able to improve for our next project. Overall I agree with the comments, but the strongest ones are about lip-sing, lack of camera movement and the lack of closeup. I also agree that our video was quite creative, out of the box.