Abandoning Sunday // Real Talk (Music Video)

Here is the Final Cut for my music video for Abandoning Sunday's single, "Real Talk", taken from the latest album, "Struggle".

The video follows two characters, Elliott and Tom, as they try to resolve the issues in their lives. Elliott is struggling in his relationship and begins to question his faith, and his faith in himself, as he tries to become happy in his relationship again. Meanwhile, Tom feels alone amongst his friends, and much prefers the solace of isolated locations where he is at one with his thoughts. Unbeknownst to him is how much he is missed by his friends, who go out searching for him, and find him as he exits the forest, and show him how much they care for him.

The video is a narrative one that follows the structure set out by Todorov's Narrative Theory, and adheres to many of Goodwin's theories about music videos, including the link between lyrics and visuals, that is detailed more in Question 1 of my Evaluation.

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General Update - 08.04.2015

This is a General Update post to bring my blog up to date with everything that has been completed.

As of earlier this week, all Evaluation Questions were completed and can be found under the Evaluation label of my blog. However, due to software in-capabilities at home where I have been completing the questions, some things need to be done, which will be completed in free time when I return to college after my trip to Iceland for another one of my subjects (I return Wednesday 15th). These include:

• Video recording of the script for Question 2 of the Evaluation
• Transfer of this footage into Final Cut and adding appropriate images to create the Director's Commentary
• Adding appropriate images to the Prezi for Question 4
• Any corrections/suggested improvements on the questions

Also, the shots needed to improve the first draft into the final cut have now been filmed, and will be dropped into Final Cut when I am back to create the finished product. This means that, by the end of next week, all construction pieces will be complete, and soon after, all evaluation questions will be completed too.

Afterwards, attention will turn to the exam. Nearly there!

Evaluation - Question 3: What have you learned from your audience feedback?