Beautiful - ID# 157
Lyons Township
Music Video
Entry Description
I made this music video to depict a young man as he grieves the loss of his girlfriend. I think the tone of the song is intended as a love song, but love can be expressed in many different ways, including loss.
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Recent Teacher Comments
- 3/3 12:39 pm - This music video features strong storytelling that carries the viewer clearly from beginning to end. The narrative feels intentional, and the use of multiple locations adds visual variety and helps reinforce the progression of the story. Changing settings keeps the piece engaging and prevents it from feeling repetitive, while also adding production value. To elevate the video even further, incorporating a greater variety of shot types would strengthen the overall visual impact. Mixing in more closeups, wide establishing shots, and creative angles would add dimension and keep the composition dynamic throughout. Additionally, paying closer attention to depth of field could significantly enhance the cinematic quality. Creating stronger separation between the subject and the background would help draw the viewer’s focus and make key moments feel more intentional and polished. Overall, this is a well structured and thoughtfully executed project. With more variety in shot selection and greater attention to depth and composition, the video would feel even more refined and visually compelling.
Judge 1
Positives: I like the creativity in terms of the situations that were shown to resemble the characters bond. The story was well put together and it was easy to follow along with the characters and what they were feeling for eachother. I really liked how the red flower was used and matched the characters shirt who was missing her.
Improvements: I wish to have seen the red flower more throughout and used as a metaphor for something that is attached to her, (favorite flower, special memory.) This adds so much more depth to the story when you're able to take an object and relate it back. Some of the camera work could be improved on, and I think using different shots and angles throughout would have been nice. Especially more closeups on the characters faces as they are having reactions. There is a LOT of characters talking to eachother. There is an expression show don't tell. In a music video we want to see them doing things other than just talking because it doesn't really radiate emotion into the audience.
Judge 2
Positives: Dang! That got dark quick! I mean that in a good way. You established your story effectively and it was clear what you were trying to accomplish. It would have worked just fine to keep it at mild melancholy but introducing the darker elements of drug abuse and self harm worked in your favor. The clever editing tricks to make her keep disappearing also worked well.
Improvements: As effective as the storytelling was, 3:30 is a long time to tell one tale. It would have been nice to throw in some plot twists or character details to keep the viewer engaged. Also, I liked the effects you put on the audio but I would have pulled back a bit as the echo and reverb got to be a bit distracting at times. But all in all, great job!
Judge 3
Positives: Strong and compelling storytelling! Very clear but not too heavy handed. Editing worked well for the tone of the piece. Some very creative shots like the camera move at 2.37 and the ending shot. For the most part all the camera work is quite strong - good sense for creative & striking compositions. Nice work!
Improvements: The high angle shot at 1.28 was one of my favorite shots compositionally of the whole piece but wish it was shot with a stationary camera rather than handheld. I wasn't totally sold on the desaturated style of color grading and thought more could have been done to make the footage "sing." Also, I like Fallout as much as the next guy but in an effort to make these types of works feel more "timeless" I'd recommend your actors wear more anonymous clothing unless he has a plot reason to like Nuka Cola.
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