First Draft

I have had to change some of the video as I wasn't able to do some of the scenes with the props and set I had. I think this is a big improvement from my first attempt.

I have used backgrounds this time to make it look better visually. I have made my montages shorter than they were in my first attempt. I have also used a lamp for lighting rather than using natural lighting. This has improved the video as the shadows aren't moving like they were in my first attempt. I used a page turn effect as I wanted to create the effect of someone looking back through a photo album of their memories.

One thing I could improve on if I re-shoot is to try and make the lighting look less yellow. I also need to take some more images as I didn't quite  have enough. I also realised once I had finished editing that some of my images are a little bit blurry. I also need to make my edits faster because some of them are too slow and make the movement of characters look clumpy. At the end of my video there is a loud buzzing sound for some reason. It is just meant to be silent like the beginning of the video. I checked my video before I uploaded and it was fine, so I think something has gone wrong in the uploading process.

Once I had finished editing I had a look at the theorists to see if any applied to my music video. Two theories I have found work with my video are Tessa Perkins' 'Stereotype' theory and Sven Carlsson's 'Narrative Structure' theory.

Perkins' theory applies to my video because the stop motion characters are wearing clothes that fit into the stereotype of a rock band. They are all wearing dark clothing and the girl has brightly coloured hair. This image they have fits into the stereotype and therefore conforms to Perkins' theory.
Carlsson's theory applies to my video because there is a narrative to my video. There is a narrative within a narrative. The main narrative is that a boy is making a stop frame animation for a school project. The other narrative is the story that is told through the stop motion. There is also some performance in the stop frame. This is when the characters are practicing in the garage and when they are on stage.