Sunday, 31 August 2014

Music Video Tips:

1) Make sure to plan out every idea in advance. These ideas include: Camera shots, locations, costumes, choreography etc.
2) Plan and draw a story board the shots you'll be filming, and also decide what order they'll be in. 
3)Do research into what you'll be needing. In other words, look out for the locations you want to use, and see whether you can film there, if that's the location you want to use. 
4) Purchase and collect all props and costumes days or even weeks before you start the shoot, whether your on location or not.
5) Film multiple takes of the same shot or film it again from a different angle. This could help you if one of the shots you have doesn't look good, or has one of the actors has made a mistake while filming.
6) Learn the lyrics to the song your lip syncing to, this will make the lip syncing more convincing on camera.
7) When filming in multiple locations have a different costume or items of clothing for each location; in order to make the video look more interesting, or to match the location your filming on.
8) If something goes wrong on set, have a back up plan to fix the issue, i'd suggest you think of the possibility's before heading of to the location shoot. 
9) Get permission to film on the location you want to film at. Book the location days before shooting. 
10) Make sure that a list of equipment, props and costumes are made so you remember what to bring onto the set and other locations. 

Wednesday, 13 August 2014

Love Never Felt So Good Music Video Evaluation:



1) I think that this particular shot from the video is effective due to the actions that happen in the shot. I say this because the energy of the dancing and the actions the main singers perform, this helps to keep up the video's pace and energy that matches well with the feel, pace and energy that the song; which is used through out the video.

2) The reason that i feel this scene from the music video is effective is because of the wide range of locations that this sections uses. Whether it'd be the class room, the scene at the disco and the multiple shots in front of the green screen. This method of swapping back and though between locations make the video more interesting for the viewer to watch, rather than constantly focusing on one particular location the whole time.
3)  The main reason i find this section of the video effective is because it keeps interest in the viewer and attracts their attention. The scene does this with: the multiple scenes of dancing and also the repeated cuts to different locations. This helps keep up the pacing of the video with the tune and energy of the song; which keeps the viewer interested with what's happening on screen.

4) I feel this clip is effective because of the editing skills that have been used. To be exact, this video shows how well the lip syncing of the video is. But also shows how well the the movement of the singers lips on screen matches with the song and audio being played. This is seen through out the whole video, but this segment is a very good example of the lip syncing being used effectively.

5) I feel that this segment from the music video is effective because of the range of shots and their framing, this scene shows a large range of shots that video constantly cuts between during the videos run time. Speaking of editing cuts. I feel that this particular segment also shows of the amount of quick cuts that were used in the video; each of which were showing in between in shot. This helps keep up with the songs upbeat tempo and pacing.