Sunday, 13 October 2013

Planning for Music Video: Three Influential Music Videos


The first video I feel influenced our song choice is Ellie Goulding's Lights, the Bassnectar Remix as it displays a continuous use of fast edited cuts, as well as having elements of jump cuts which we intend to incorporate within our music video as it's proven to be hugely successful in terms of making the music video in itself visual simulating. This remixed addition of Lights also fits into the genre in which our music video comes from and is similar in relations to the songs structure. Both songs have minimal lyrics which are repeated, as well as having sections within the song that's nothing but instrumental.  


The second video I feel helped shape our final decision is the Arctic Monkeys's, Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? as it's inspired our music video it terms of its content. Although we do not plan on portraying the same exact 'storyline', we do plan to shoot the protagonist roaming the streets of Shoreditch in some parts of our video. While both songs come from different genres of music, I still feel that this idea will portray well in our music video as we're going for a more urban feel, although aiming to stick with and include all the elements that make up classic Dubstep music videos.


The third video I believe also helped to induce our ideas in terms of the effects we could possible use for our music video is The City, by The 1975. As a group, we were taken by simplicity of the music video that was yet, very much successful because of its high quality in relations to the thought put into the visuals for their music video and thought we could in integrate shots that have been slowed down as well as shots that have been taped and then sped up, such as the shot of the city traffic incorporated within The City's music video. We also felt that their use of black and white throughout allowed it to stand out as not many music videos are shot in this way, in which case we hope to possibly use this same idea, although not throughout our entire music video.

No comments:

Post a Comment