Tyler, The Creator - Perfect - ID# 94

Oak Forest

Music Video

Entry Description

This is a music video for the song Perfect by Tyler, the Creator. It follows two people who go for a walk in the forest, but something goes wrong.

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Recent Teacher Comments

• 4/30 9:31 am - Definitely wanting more of the story. I know he can have some short, funky songs, but I wanted to see more. Your aesthetic was nice, the creepiness was...nice. I thought you made it interesting but it felt like an intro...so I want more.
• 3/12 4:00 pm - Tyler, the creator! Nice. The natural light, green color scheme, and shot of the trees are all beautiful. I also liked the use of the VHS graphic/effect. This was a very cool minute and change of video, but I'm left wanting more. Where did he go, is she safe, who's chasing them, what happens when they're gone...just questions to consider to go further.

Judge 1

Positives: The sound work was interesting and helped set a mood and tone for the piece. It seems like some planning and thought went into your shots and they helped to drive the story.

Improvements: I didn't enjoy the abrupt end to the story. I think this piece was done well and could have been longer. Breaking through the mix with some sound effects that tie either to the place, or into the mystery could have helped.

Judge 2

Positives: Visually, the video is very bright and colorful. The colors of the forest really stand out and it's nice to look at. You can tell that composition and framing are important to you as well. The video looks great! I like that you told a (semi)complete story in just over a minute. There were, essentially, three acts. Just like a Hollywood script. You had a setup, a confrontation and a resolution. It was clear what you were going for and I think you achieved it for the most part.

Improvements: In the first few seconds I noticed that there are 5 musical "hits" that start the song. But you only use four shots! 1- landscape 2- her 3-him and 4 is the two shot of them walking. The shot of the two together runs over two "hits" and immediately makes my brain think something is wrong. It's minor, but remember that your audience sees every choice you make whether they realize it or not. Like your character's reactions to seeing their abductor. Neither one of them looked scared at all. In fact, the guy looked like he was kinda laughing. Little details like that are what people will remember instead of all the rad stuff you wanted them to see. I love stories where a villain or a creature stalks unsuspecting victims through the wilderness but you can't see the monster (see Evil Dead 2 if you haven't yet!). I will say though, adding a "camera" look to the villain's gaze was not necessary. There are plenty of other ways to achieve the goal you were going after (harsh vignette, dark filter, rapid camera movement etc.). Seeing that it's a camera makes the audience think that this isn't a creature, it's a human, and furthermore this human is filming himself abducting two people. That takes it from fun, movie creepy... to real life creepy. But then somebody disappears... which wouldn't be confusing with a monster on their tail but when we know it's a human it's like, "what?" But overall, I see a LOT of potential here. If you made ten more of these I bet you'd learn all the tricks on your own. Don't stop creating!!

Judge 3

Positives: Fantastic camera work. None of the shots looked shaky, and there was nice compositional variety. Really liked the color correction and look of the video.

Improvements: While there definitely is a story, the piece felt short and abrupt in its ending. I was expecting more, and I think the video set me up for that. Some of the shots were dark, lighting wise.

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