Inspiration for our Music Video

I've watched a number of music videos recently, all of which had aspects I could incorporate into my music video.

Countdown
I really liked Beyonce's music video, 'Countdown', not only because dancing which I would like to use, but also the effective editing techniques. At points the screen was split into multiple sections, each of which had different colours and actions. I would really like to incorporate these elements into my music video. The audience Beyonce attracts through the brand she has created are similar to my target audience, therefore by incorporating the same editing techniques and style of her music video I will meet the demands of my target demographic.

Thats what I like
I began looking through current popular songs and Bruno Mars 'Thats what I like' was included in this. Initially looking at it I didn't find it very interesting, however I really liked the animations in it and would therefore like to try and recreate something similar.

Four, Five seconds
Unlike some of the other music videos I looked at, this one was a lot more simple. However I would really like to use the close up shots and black and white colour grading used in the video. I also really liked how the music video began with a black silhouette of Rihanna singing, which I would like to recreate.

What now
Both Lauren and I really liked this song so we would therefore like to use some of the editing effects used in it. For example the layering of the images which looked really visually effective and we would therefore like to create something similar in our music video.

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Final Music Video

Below is my final music video:

First Filming session

Today, Lauren and I had our first filming day. We had planned to film all our shots, which were in front of the green screen. Initially we found it difficult to fit the whole of our actor in the frame of the camera as not only was she was moving horizontally across the green screen but she had her hands vertically above her head, making it difficult to fit the whole move in the shot. However we were able to easily and effectively solve this problem by moving the camera back during the filming and then cropping the screen during the editing process. When filming we made sure we used our storyboard so we knew exactly what we were creating, however we also filmed extra shots incase they were needed in the editing stages. These are some photos of Lauren and I whilst filming our first shots.

First editing session

Over the weekend Lauren and I had another filming session. We quickly encountered many problems, the most significant being the lighting and reflection in the windows, which would be seen on camera. As a result we began taking our shots against a wall, where we filmed out actor singing the lyrics which we will later lip-sync. We also took multiple shots of our actor performing various dance moves which we can later edit. Although we were able to get some shots, in many we found the lighting was not quite right making the quality of the recording look slightly grainy and therefore not as good quality as we would have hoped. After selecting some of out clips we moved onto the first stage of editing. We quickly incorporated techniques we had hoped so including reversing the clip, slow motion and overlaying. This is the first rough cut of our music video.

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