A Critique of "Flying on a Cloud" Music Video

I decided to make a music video to the song, "Flying on a Cloud" by The DaDa Weatherman.
After working for the first time in Final Cut Pro, I feel much more confident about the program. I still however, don't trust my music video skills. I am not an artsy person or have an eye for story telling which is one reason I stayed free of a plot in my music video. Obviously the number one thing I would change about my music video is that I could be better at it, but when it comes to my music video itself, I would change the lack of actual "human footage".

I did not include a lot of footage with people in it because I wanted it to be more like its through the eyes of the person singing the song, like this is me and how I'm feeling, but this is what I'm seeing. I'm just going on with my everyday life and seeing the things the world has to offer. Another thing I would like to have done differently is add in some footage I had of myself zip lining. With this I would have to slow it down like I did with the indians playing. I also didn't care for a couple of the transitions, I left a couple with hard cuts because I didn't feel that a transition worked in some spots. Looking at it again, I wish I would have left a few more of the transitions out, because I almost feel it looks childish.

Also, even though I love the song I picked, and even after all the work I've done with it, I'm still not sick of listening to "Flying on a Cloud". However, I do wish I would have picked something that would have given me a more obvious plot to the song so I could have at least attempted to do something that is more like what we see on TV. But, it wasn't until I was so wrapped up in the song and video that I found myself questioning it, so I just decided to work with what I had. I also would pick something longer that would give me more time to produce a better story.

Overall, I am very please with the effort that I put into my music video. I tried the plot in the beginning with my little sisters playing outside and someone playing their mother looking after them, but it just wasn't coming together for me. After watching the footage back I decided I didn't want to have a story line as much, which is why I switched to a lot of footage I had from Alaska. Plus, I think years down the road, I won't be concerned with a music video that I made, however now that it's personal and I've used an experience I'll never forget, I am more likely to watch it and show it down the road.