My Completed Music Video

This is my completed music video for U2's Magnificent (video now removed). I edited the clips to the music to create a rhythmic montage, which is conventional of music videos, in particular the ones I have analysed when doing my research. I also included a motif in the video which is the recurring image of the robin. Each shot of the robin is different, but the robin itself is the same. I used this motif because nature played a big part in my music video and since the robin is associated with winter and I filmed in the a snowy setting, I thought it would work well as a motif.
I tried to use a range of shots like I had planned with my storyboard, even though I did not use the location I had originally planned. I began the video by using a still shot of the Humber Bridge which acts as an establishing shot as the viewer can instantly recognise where it is set, providing they know of Hull. Other shots and camera movements which I used throughout my video were panning shots, tracking shots and zoom shots.
I slowed down some of the shots, such as the running shots across the field, by reducing the percentage of the duration of the clip and I also sped up some shots by doing the opposite. This was to add to the atmosphere of the video and to make shots fit better in time with the music.
Also, I am aware that it may not look completely right to have a female lip syncing to male vocals but as I was unable to find anyone to perform in my video, this just had to be the case. I tried very hard to be the performer, and I think I did a good job of lip syncing in time with the song. I find the video a little bit embarrassing to watch in parts, but I think on the whole that it has been a success and I am happy with the way my video turned out.