My first music video

There are all kinds of different videos and songs.

But never confuse a slow song with needing to have slow cuts. Why not throw some super-fast cuts or timelapse in there? That might have mixed it up, gotten people's attention. Then show the backstory.

You can't just assume people will like or identify with the song they're hearing. That's only HALF the battle. You need your video to be good enough to watch without any SOUND. That might be a little extreme, but I've been involved in over 15 videos and two feature films, and I can't just hope that people like what they HEAR.

I commend you for putting it up and looking for answers. That's how you do it. You'll get there cause you're honestly searching for answers to get better. The minute you think you know it all is when the peak turns into a valley.
 
So far that is the best comment i have heard about making music videos "you need to make your video good enough to watch without any sound." I guess my style generally is to take the feeling i get from the music and try and make the video express how i feel. Thats what i've done with all of my music montages and now my first music video. I think i will try to re edit this one and just see how i can do it with fast cuts. Keep the comments coming, the more the better.
 
I've only done one music video so I can't act authoritative, but I think if you don't try so hard to make every detail of the story blatent and obvious--chop it up--it may be more interesting. We've all seen the tripod cemetary cut so many times, make it new somehow. It helps to NOT have a subject who acts like they just crawled out of a hole in that cemetary.
 
Def agree. Introduce an emotional hook. Do pickup shots have some one walk around in a store around town etc to "be" this lost friend. Then at the end throw in a pan and zoom of an actual picture. Think of it like writing a script. Hooks and pinches. What you DO have is good and I see what you were trying to do. Grow from this experience and be proud. For future shooting creating tension among shots is a good way to evoke emotion. Make the viewer uneasy.
 
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