We looked at a video for "Walking on Sunshine" which was given on a DVD by the exam board. The video lacked shots and basically had only 4 shots in the entire video, with no real sense being made during the video and with the editing poor as the lip synching was out of time. This showed us that we need to have a variety of shots in our music video and also if lip synching is used (which it will be in our video), it needs to be edited well in order to make it look like the character/artist is singing in the video.
We also looked at a music video for Michael Jackson's PYT from last years Trinity A-level students, and whilst the main character was dressed like Michael Jackson, the female character was dressed in school uniform and they filmed within the schools grounds and therefore looked a bit amateur as she didn't suite the role and the location was poor, this showed us that we need to have correct costume (or appropriate) and location.
We also looked at a music video where the main character was "Elvis" or a person dressed like him and lip synching the words to the song in different locations. This idea May have become boring, but the shot variety in the sequence made it more interesting and the different locations were chosen well. Therefore planning and shot variety are key in making the music video interesting. The lip synching was edited in well and that is also crucial in making the music video look professional.
I looked at an A-level music video for Radiohead's Reckoner, the video is edited well to fit in the with music and the images are chosen well to fit in with the lyrics, quick paced editing at the start fits in well with the quick pace of the song. The video mixes together abstract and storyline in the video and doesn't contain performance. Some of the shots are a bit repetitive, with constant shots of the sky being used. The abstract images go with the song and the video itself is quite well edited. Shot variety is also used to make the video more interesting.
No comments:
Post a Comment