To be able to understand what makes a good music video, it is important to see a wide variety of other work as a way of gathering an idea as to what makes a successful video. I have studied a previous student’s music videos that show proficient use of technical production skills that I will have to use and understand when creating my music video.

Now that I have an understanding of what elements are needed to make a good music video, I have assed and analysed a previous student’s work, #Message Man 21 Pilots. Their work received fairly high marks based on their technical production skills. Throughout the video, they showed excellent use of a variety of shot distances and shot transitions, as well as often syncing the shot changes to the beat of the music. There was proficient use of editing to effect the narrative and it made sense. There wasn’t much use of a tripod throughout the video, the camera work was often shaky, there is the possibility that this was used to reflect the narrative, however the camera work could have been better. The use of mise en scene varies throughout and the use of different setting contributes to the overall feel/performance of the video. The video ends with a cliff hanger as the video cuts from and extreme close up of the actors face to a black screen then back to an extreme close up in a different setting.

This students work is a good example of a music video, it shows a wide variety of technical production skills and has a clear narrative which keeps the audience hooked the whole way through. I now have an idea of what elements I need to include in my music video, this will include things such as a variety of shots as well as making sure the music, editing and narrative match.