Rough Cut

Before we do all the final editing and perfecting our music video, this is a rough cut to check our progress. This shows all the shots roughly edited together in the order we want them to appear.

We still need to shorten it as at the moment is is longer than the actual song. We also need to fix the timing, especially for the lip synching and add filler shots where necessary to make the shots transition smoother between scenes. For the flashbacks with the girl we want to add video effects to make it clear that theses shots are in the past.

Audience feedback
To get a rough idea of how our video would be responded to I asked a few people to view the rough cut and give comments on what they thought. The majority of the feedback was to correct the lip synching which was something we were already aware of. In addition to this I was also told that the shot of the protagonist leaning against the tree singing could have been shot smoother as the kinetic camera movement is a bit jolty. As well as this the audience which viewed the rough cut also said it was cliche to have a band playing at the end of a heartbreak song, showing that we have followed the conventions of a music video of this genre. Other positive feedback was the scene with the flashback on the bench followed by the singer alone on the bench, suggesting the girl has disappeared. Comments on this were that it created an emotional depth to the character as loss is very relatable.

As the video is posted on YouTube under the name 'Music Video For Enough Rough Cut' on my account MayaTyrrell, there were some comments left by viewers on YouTube. Comments taken from here include:
  

Daniel da Silva 

"Takes too long to cut in at the beginning, music and video not in sync post 3 minutes."
  Dylan Mogoi "I'd have some sort of sound (if possible) in the opening scene, or alternatively just have it      shortened. Greater transition into the argument possibly, rather than a sudden change from a romantic moment outside? I'm a fan of the disappearance at 1:05 though hahah"

 Andre Conde 

"The video is good as it is slow to match the song but it could pick up a bit more at the end"

From these comments we tried to make as many improvements as possible to make our audience enjoy the music video more. As the length of the introduction was mentioned as long we shortened in (as suggested) by removing the shot of the half empty wardrobe, although this was a favourite of mine to symbolise that half of the singer is missing, metaphorically. We also added titles to the opening to add more texture to the soundless shots and to give them more purpose. Furthermore we aim to add sound effects such as birds chirping of the ambient noise of cars outside or wind.
Towards the end we used shorter cuts to quicken the pace of the video a bit as well as adding several different shots of the singer in different locations singing the long note, also avoiding the scene from dragging on.