Christopher Sziranyi - Feedback of Rough Cut

After showing our Rough Cut to the class, we got some very useful feedback which we will be able to use when making adjustments to our music video. The first and most important thing we need to change is the smoothenss of the video. In fairness, part of this was due to us not having some of the clips and having to make do with the clips we had. A good example of this is when Nathan throws the hat on the ground, and instantly starts running with the hat on again. We will quickly shoot these scenes again and in general make the transitions between cuts more smooth.

Another problem we had was the lack of a third band member for the 'flashback' part of the video. Because of this we only had 2 band members which created the unintentional portrayal of a 'relationship memories' scene. Again, this is something that will be re-filmed.

There was also a scene in the music video closer to the end, where the music cuts out and there is a scene of Nathan walking into the studio and being told that he is late. After this it cuts straight to the band performing. This scene didn't work well and according to the class it disrupted the flow of the music video. Therefore, we will get rid of this section completely.

There were also some minor issues which we as a group knew about but the class didn't necessarily notice. An example of this is in the beginning of the music video when I edited a split screen effect on Nathan jumping up from the bench. After jumping up from each angle, there seems to be a shaking effect which was also unintended.

The final thing I think we need is more cut-away shots which would remove some of the awkward transitions between Nathan running, and in general improve the smoothness of the video. If we are able to overcome all of these problems I think the music video could still be very successful as I believe it has potential.

Christopher Sziranyi - No Reason - Rough Cut

After many hours of recording and editing, the rough cut of our music video has been completed. We understand that this is only a Rough Cut and much more work needs to be done to achieve the smoothness we would like. Many of the shots are still missing and we had to compensate for these with other shots which may not necessarily fit into those places. An example of this is when Nathan throws the hat on the ground, and immediately after this we see Nathan start to run again with the hat on. We also still need to get hold of our third band member to shoot some extra shots we can use as cut away shots. I feel like at this point there aren't enough fast paced shots for the genre of the music video.

Christopher Sziranyi - More T-Shirt Designs

We thought it would be best if there were multiple designs for the Web Site. Nathan has already provided us with one so I decided to finish the rest off. Here they are. The majority of the graphics you see below have been created by me. The only ones which have been taken and adapted are the skull design on the red t-shirt and the grunge background on the blue t-shirt.

Christopher Sziranyi - Sum 41 YouTube channel

We have decided to make a dedicated YouTube channel to which we will upload our first draft, and consequent improvements up until our final version.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Sum41Entertainment/featured

Christopher Sziranyi - Progress Review

So far production of our music videos has been smooth up until recently. We have filmed all of the park scene in our music video and the editing on that is also essentially complete. What we still lack is the studio scene where Nathan runs into and joins the performance. Thus far we have not been able to go to the recording studio which we planned to go to as there have been many different interferences such as absences, the studio not being open or being busy, or other personal reasons. Hopefully we will be able to record this section very soon as I would not like the editing process to be rushed as that could lead to a low quality final product. Other than this slight inconvenience editing has been a challenge but all members of the group have contributed ideas that I can use while editing which had made it much easier to create a unique music video.