Evaluation of Dance Edit 1

Here is my first Dance Edit I created:

Dance Edit One from Billie Williams on Vimeo.

It was inspired my 'Pas de deux' which using a lot of interesting techniques such as the overlaying of images/videos and the repetition of this. I then used the opacity effects and controls on Adobe Premier to edit my Dance Video to have a similar abstract style.

I was whilst editing really happy with this idea however now I have reviewed it I feel like there isn't enough substance to this piece. It  has a lot of overlays continuously which makes it really difficult to follow the dance/dancers and therefore will confuse a viewer which isn't what I want to do. Also when I showed it to people such as my the supplier of the music he said he felt like it was too messy and that the pace didn't fit the music properly. I agree with what he has said because I realised I had jumped straight into the dance instantly which almost bombards the audience without time to take enough information in. I feel like I need a steadier slower start to it maybe with some establishing shots to introduce the dancers and the location first. I also think maybe it was probably a good idea to select the music before hand so that as I edit I am going to be a lot more conscious of how to make the pace fit with the music. As much as I tried to keep some continuity to this edit by having the dance in order still I feel like this excessive use of overlays takes away from that and leaves us with no story. Also it is probably too unsettling to the audience because it breaks the 180 Degree rule at points quite obviously so this is something I need to reconsider.

I think the best way to move on from this is to create a new edit starting from scratch but this time I will be much more musically aware. Also I am going to take a different approach and see what it looks like without any overlay images. This way I can strip all the unnecessary distractions away so that the audience can focus on the dance and see if this will help me have a better story to the piece and in turn a much better sense of continuity.