Initial Ideas
IDEA - Darhyl Matias
Artist: Mack Wilds
Song: Remember The Time
Video Structure: Performance and Narrative Based
Video Content: I will have a person in their room thinking about things back in his past with some when he is thinking of the memories for example: having coffee, playing in the arcade, watching TV, playing PS3 etc. With this it will flick from the person performing and the memories, and then some of the memories will be linked with the lyrics.
Advantages:
-Simple to film as the lyrics give some ideas I would use in the video
- It's quite a slow song but yet has some tempo as well, which could be great to film and edit as we can do a lot in the editing with it.
Disadvantages:
-Might be heard to lip sync
-Trying to have good actors to play in the video
Genre: R&B
Characters: Male (performer) & female (actor)
MES:
-Location: Coffee shops, home, shopping, spending time together
-Costume: Casual, high fashion, lazy etc.
IDEA - Chloe Boylan
Song: They Don't Need To Understand
Artist: Andy Biersack
Genre: Alternative/Soft Rock
Narrative: One single person performing the song walking outside at night (Camden maybe?) while in other parts they perform in front of a black wall and videos of them growing on will be played. Also scenes of them being rejected from music labels and concert venues will be included. Then at the end, it will show them performing on stage to show the progress and that they didn't give up and didn't listen to people who put them down. This is relevant to this genre because the music videos normally have a meaning and they will relate to the lyrics.
Characters: One main character (other people may need to be used in order to play the younger versions of this character).
Iconography: Guitars, microphones and microphone stands.
Costume: Casual clothing, perhaps dark in colour to represent how hard their life has been.
Lighting: Low key. This will represent the night theme. I have chosen this because the night tend to be when people go for a walk and think about things. In this case, the character is reminiscing on the hard times in their life but being grateful because of what they achieved.
Location: Street at night and a dark room where videos can be projected.
Editing: The editing will be quite slow paced in order for the audience to capture the emotional feel of the song, visuals and lyrics.
Conclusion:
From this, I have gathered and understood three new ideas that can be used very strategically for my music video. They have been clearly identified through the use of micro elements which allow for the audience to visually see this in their minds before it is actually performed which is very good.
However, the idea my group and I have decided to go for is my own. This is because, out of the three, my idea became the most fun and easiest to pull off. It narrative is very familiar to my own lifestyle within living in London which is why I would be the best person to direct and make this video a great experience for the audience.
Iconography: Guitars, microphones and microphone stands.
Costume: Casual clothing, perhaps dark in colour to represent how hard their life has been.
Lighting: Low key. This will represent the night theme. I have chosen this because the night tend to be when people go for a walk and think about things. In this case, the character is reminiscing on the hard times in their life but being grateful because of what they achieved.
Location: Street at night and a dark room where videos can be projected.
Editing: The editing will be quite slow paced in order for the audience to capture the emotional feel of the song, visuals and lyrics.
IDEA - Sean Mutiso
Artist: PARTYNEXTDOOR
Song: Recognize ft. Drake
Genre: PR&B (alternative R&B)
Narrative: The narrative will display the London
night life featuring a group of friends who enjoy partying, drinking, smoking
and listening to great music. The entire video will be filmed in low-key
lighting to connote the mysteriousness of the night. The video will highlight
the thrills London has to offer to those who are ready for it.
Narrative Structure: The structure I would like
my music video to follow is Todorov’s. His theory includes a (start, middle and
end) which is ideal for the video I am willing to create.
Characters: The characters that will feature in
this video will be a 3 guys and 3 girls initially. However, more characters
will be included as the video progresses.
MES:
-Location: A house which is where the party will
situate.
-Iconography: Bottles of alcohol etc.
-Costume, Hair & Make Up: Characters have a
free choice to wear what they like. The ideal clothes for this will be
“party-outgoing attire” for both the guys and girls.
-Lighting: The lighting will be low-key
throughout. This is because it will be needed for the style of the video I will
be shooting. The tempo of the song would correspond best with a night time
video and not a day time.
-Editing: I will include a range of editing
types throughout the video such as: Slow paced editing, fade to black, straight
cuts, jump cuts and many more. This will help to make the video very surreal
and effective, drawing in the audience intended for.
Conclusion:
From this, I have gathered and understood three new ideas that can be used very strategically for my music video. They have been clearly identified through the use of micro elements which allow for the audience to visually see this in their minds before it is actually performed which is very good.
However, the idea my group and I have decided to go for is my own. This is because, out of the three, my idea became the most fun and easiest to pull off. It narrative is very familiar to my own lifestyle within living in London which is why I would be the best person to direct and make this video a great experience for the audience.
Good planning here with your group. Each person has contributed to an idea which is good and each idea is thought about well.
ReplyDeleteTo improve;
-what are the advantages and disadvantages of each idea? Need to do this for idea 2 and 3
-cover all of MES