Category: Music Video

Music Video Draft 1 – Rough Cut

To make a successful music video, it is important lip sync correctly, have a variety of shots and line up with the genre conventions of the song. Here is a short segment of our rough first draft music video that aims to align with this criteria.

Editing Self Assessment:

• Editing is going well because we have plenty of shots to choose from
• We all have similar editing ideas so there isn’t much disagreement
• Good variety of shot distances
• Good editing to the beat
• It looks realistic like we are actually playing the song
• Well Synced

What to improve on:

• Some shots are out of focus
• Singer hidden by mic sometimes
• Lyrics were forgotten
• Lighting could improve to make it less grainy

Shoot 1 Reflection – Performance

The first shoot for our music video was for the performance section. Whilst planning our shoot, we made plans to get a variety of shots, using the correct MES, as well as planning what equipment we needed to bring. Although we planned for the day, things don’t always go as planned.

What went well:

• Brought all the right equipment
• Overcame obstacles well
• Completed in allocated time
• Worked efficiently and didn’t take many breaks
• Everyone knew what they were doing

What went badly:

• Forgot to charge the camera
• Had to change locations because of a lack of space
• Made a decision on a location very late
• A lot of time wasted waiting for equipment
• Some disagreements on MES choices

Targets for next shoot:

• Ensure we have all equipment prepared beforehand
• Have a look at the scene prior to the shoot and evaluate if there is enough space
• Plan time more efficiently

Production Meeting Agenda For 1st Shoot (Performance)

Making a production meeting agenda will help ensure everyone in our group, as well as the model, would know exactly where they need to be, what they need to wear and what equipment to bring. This is vital to ensure we don’t spend unnecessary time making adjustments on the day of the shoot.

Risk Assessment

A risk assessment is necessary to ensure that there are no dangers involved in our shoot that could cause harm to us, any actors or disrupt our shoot. Fortunately, this shoot is in one of our bedrooms so there is minimal chance of anything causing danger to us.

Star Image

Conventional shots for my genre

Prior to shooting our music video, it is vital to identify the key types of shots that are conventional to our genre. The typical cinematography in our genre of pop punk includes shots like close ups, handheld and mid shots mainly to convey a fast-paced, emotional and intimate music video. Through the use of editing we can combine the different shot-types to

dictate the pace of the video, as well as to mould the band to display a conventional star image for our genre.

Going forward, we will take into consideration all of the shots researched above, and give priority to shooting them during our performance and narrative shots to ensure we conform to the genre conventions and convey the correct star image

Final Pitch to Teacher

Having a conversation with our teacher has provided us with feedback and allowed us to question our ideas for the music video and helped us decide what changes are necessary to make.

The feedback given was;

• Our setting was relevant to our genre and will help convey the genre and themes in our video
• We need to make sure that all of our performers are wearing different clothing whilst maintaining the same aesthetic and linking them together
• Make a final decision on our shoot location to avoid being unprepared
• Make sure we have all props ready (as we are using a few) before the shoot to make it more organised

Permission from artist

It is important to ask for permission from the artist to use their song to make sure you are using the song fairly and not breaching any copyright laws. If the song is used for educational purposes and not for commercial use, then the artist is likely to agree to it.

Perfect Production Group

Creating a group agreement is important to ensure each group member is comfortable and agrees with their role to avoid any future disagreements. It will helps with organisation and communication and help create a sense of commitment and liability within the group to make sure everyone is pulling their weight.

Final Song Choice

Song: Jet by Citizen

Reasons for choosing

• Fits with edgy vibe whilst also having a soft edge to it
• We have the facilities and actors to carry out our idea effectively
• Appropriate song length
• The lyrics have a meaning that can be amplified easily by a music video
• The setting for the video would be unrecognizable to other people living in the same area which will give it a more professional look
• We already have a basic plan for it – see embedded below