Research: Uptown Funk Evaluation

Final Product


Evaluation 

 This music video was a success for me. Our group achieved the goal in making a parody of the original, regarding part works that all looked like a parody. However the road to making this music video was rough. A one minute music video that even made me depressed at times.

1) Preparation

Preparation was one of the flaws in making this music video; the crew had different free periods which resulted in film times being delayed. Moreover, during the week of the filming, crew members were sick or had extra curricular activities outside school and did not come to school to film or did have time to.

2) Dancers and singers 

Dancers and singers were hard to find. There were a few people who had free periods during our media lessons, and those who did have free periods were either too shy to be on camera or were busy with their college applications and general schoolwork. As the deadline came near, there was a point where we just had to use our classmates to take the footage and become dancers (even our some of our own classmates were shy to be on camera, which made me frustrated and worried about the completion of work).

3) Props

George, the person who had to play the female walking past had to get women costumes and heels. However, the women costumes were too small to fit him which resulted in the final product being improvised and not achieving what the team wanted in the beginning. Moreover, the blazers that were used were not enough for all of our dancers.

4) Lost Footage

We did not have enough footage for the entire one minute section of uptown funk. The entire team had forgotten some of the short scenes that were suppose to be taken. As a result, we had to edit parts of the bloopers that "happened" to accidentally synced with the rhythm of the music.

5) Framing 

Camerawork wise, we zoomed in too much which as a result, cut out a few people from the film. We should have taken the video using either a wide lens or stepping back from the original position. 

6) Resolution and Brightness

The footage was too bright and too glitchy. Next time, we need to save the footage as a 720p or more.

7) The shutter cuts

The shutter cuts which were suppose to transition the intro to the first verse didn't go as smooth as the original due to the background colours of both frames being too different. If we had to do this MV again, I would take the "Awhh" scene in a brighter room and also with either a green or light blue back ground. Also, I would film the duo stare scene inside or beside a wall rather than filming it by the balcony with greenery from trees that had too much detail, confusing between the 2 scenes. 

But overall, the improvisations made the remake better and was the key in making a prefect parody music video