This is an all greenscreen video we just finished for a band called MAE. The trippy color effects were done in collaboration with British artist Chris Parks, who did a lot of the VFX for The Fountain.

All of the following is just my opinion. Nothing more, nothing less...

First the good:

1. Some of the lighting looks nice
2. The casting seems decent
3. Some of the CG backgrounds are cool in that very CG looking way

Now, the stuff I wasn't keen on:

1. The video doesn't have up and down moments, it's stays, for it's entirety, at one level and one level only.
2. After 20 seconds of watching I've seen everything you'll show me for the rest of the video and that's no fun.
3. Don't know what you shot on (plus I'm watching this on a youtube stream) but the live action stuff looks very video-ish.
4. The story, theme, vibe, seems very mashed together and isn't particularly clear or even interesting.
5. The camera movement feels largely unmotivated and comes off as just movement for movement's sake.
6. The band performance shots are pretty bland and (although it hurts me to sound so 'label') I feel as if I need to see more of the singer (all I could tell you about him a scant 2 minutes after watching the vid is that he's white and that I think he has brown hair). 7)The effects feel overdone in the video. I don't have the opportunity to appreciate any of them because they are constant.

What kind of budget did you have? I bet that considering the budget you accomplished a lot and for that you should be proud. However, I'll be honest with you and say that as a casual viewer who has no idea of what difficulties you faced in production I didn't really enjoy the video and the song is one of the worst I've heard in a long time.

i recall this track going out with around a 40k budget. i agree with kalstark's notes.