Past Student Director's Commentries

First commentary that I reserched:
http://42longroadmusicvideo10.blogspot.com/2010/12/commentary.html

This group didnt use many visuals throughout their expanations and the majoirty of the footage was just of the group talking about all of their products as a whole. In some of the footage they showed their video in the backgrond on a computer screen. The was effective as it made the commentary a bit more interesting but it wasnt big enough for the veiwers to see. What I like most about this approach was the simplistic side of the commentary, but I feel that they needed more visuals of the video itself while they were evaluating their work.

Second commentary that I researched:
http://12longroadmusicvideo10.blogspot.com/2010/12/evaluation-commentary.html

This group used a more original idea with a more proffessional approch. They again explained their work in very good detail, but the way that they presented their work was more interesting. The obviously filmed the commentary on a green screen, which allowed them to over lay behind the original footage, whilst they were explaining showing in detail what they actually talking about I found this really effective. I also liked their idea of playing their music videos song very quietly in the background of the footage, this also added a nice natural approach.

Final commentary that I researched:
http://35longroadmusicvideo10.blogspot.com/2010/12/commentary-for-video.html

This group also used a simplistic approach filming in the studios with plain back drops. What I particularly feel works well with this commentary, is the way that the group talking about the good and bad points within their music video and also showing the video at the same time. This gives an opportunity for new people that havent veiwed the video to still understand why they chose to portray something in a specific way.