Music video reflection (updated)

My music video was pretty smooth as the transitions really had an affect on my music video, The start of my video had a nice transition when it changes from the woods to the games city which was unintentional, the video then has a pulse affect with the beat which needs fixing as it bugs out for a second other than that bit its all good.

I used a mix of clips from the spider-man game and some from the spider verse and real life. This worked well because it gave two different perspectives rather than just using game footage. It also worked in my favour to create this because I already had the costume and effects to make it happen (The web effect at 1:10).

The effect with the sun was completely intentional as I had planned my music video to have my outline with the sun blinding the camera, but unfortunately the camera had dust over it, so for my next project I will clean the camera lens before recording.

Then when Spider-man was running from the rolling generator that worked well with the build up of the song, The glitch affect looked cool and made it so you couldn’t see the pixels and increased the quality which is one way to solve a problem.

The video itself is my most viewed video on my channel and a lot of people must like it, also The band Warbly Jets liked it which is really cool. Reflection to the video it could be to make the video flow better than “pretty smooth”.

The scenes where I’m dancing are particularly affective because it fits in with the song I chose ‘How our story goes’, this allows the viewer to be taken away from all the action for a short moment, to be then brought back into it, this happens throughout the video and provided some rest bite between scenes (each new dance scene was different which made the whole piece more interesting and unexpected). The wide range of shots used throughout the video keeps the video fresh and exciting, instead of using the same types of shots.

At 0:31 I put a scene from the game that fitted well with the music drop, which gave a big impact for the scene and almost felt like you’re being hit as a viewer.

I used slow motion in a few clips to help with the action scenes and make them punchier upon impact, quick transitions to other clips were also used to keep it interesting and show off all the characters.

In terms of filming i didn’t have to record that much as the majority of the footage was from the game itself which worked for me as it meant I saved more time for editing which helped take off the pressure of the final deadline a bit.

What I would do next time:

• record more footage
• use some camera techniques
• record away from the sun
• use a better camera
• plan a lot more so I don’t end up improvising my final piece

 

 

 

 

Music video

Music Video Visual affect

This is what my music video visual i would be using, its a common technique used by Michael Bay which he mostly uses at the end of a Transformer film, it is a great technique and its very good beautiful to look at. But I’m obviously will not have a transformer and a space ship in the background of course I’m just going to have me standing in front of the camera with the sun in the background. just like this picture.

 

Update: The camera I have used to record my  music video has recorded in very low quality and so I will be using a 80s filter as thats what the footage looks like its from, Because if i use a filter hopefully it won’t make the video look bad and poor.

Location research

The purpose of the location research is to make sure we can identify any sound problems or privacy problems as you would need permission for people’s identity and you can’t use their number plates etc. It would also be good to plan camera locations and positioning.

one of the first locations i have planned it the Tandridge golf club which is local and it also has a great scenery, especially at daylight and dawn. The only problem is that there is a main road which is very busy.

Bibliography:Edwards, Jane. (2017). A refreshed Harry Colt classic in the Surrey countryside. Available: https://www.tandridgegolfclub.com. Last accessed 6th Nov 2018.

 

Another location which would be interesting is master park in Oxted which is also local but a potential problem is people because its a busy and public park. There is open sky so if theres anything blocking the sun its the clouds. Another problem is the sounds, there is a church and the park is in a town so it will be busy and noisy.

This is a location I will use as this place as this does look very spectacular with the sun peaking the through the trees. Nature will have a major part in my music video as it can easily be crossed with the clips I’m using from the spider-man game.

This will be at the front of the video and will have a few key parts with the sun as i am inspired by this lighting trick which was used a couple of times in my video and i want to use this as a background and use the sun to my advantage.

 

Research for my music video.

One of the things i need to research is how to get a comic book affect for my music video as it is based for a comic book character (Spider-man). Im looking to make my video have   a comic book filter or pop art which it could also be called and I want a comic transitions, This will make my music video unique and it would be totally different to what everyone else is doing.

This video has given me more ideas could use in my video like the collage of clips like in a comic book. Here is an example of the comic book collage and then i would put a comic book filter over the clips too make it look more better. i don’t think i will add any sound affects in my music just have the normal audio for my video.

This is a comic book template idea I want to use some point in my music video. This exact clip won’t be used in my video.

 

Music video pitch

Short film project pitch

Music video: research task.

Mark Romanek Graduated from Roy H. Park School of Communications, Ithaca College with a degree in Cinema and Photography.  Mark also had a great relation ship with the music artist or actors he worked with and he planned out everything until it was all perfect. That’s why he was well respected and referred to a “perfectionist”.

Some examples of which music videos he directed was ‘Faint’ by Linkin Park and Johnny cash’s song ‘Hurt’ which was voted the best music video of all time, which he did for free.

 

 

The techniques he used in his videos was a lot of props and he used a lot of money to make cgi like the music video from Michael Jackson ‘SCREAM’ which yet the video was black and white to save money and not waste it on the colour correction. It is also easier to shoot in black and white as you don’t have to worry too much about lighting. One of his other techniques is that he uses ticks with cameras like the body shot. Mark wanted to have a full body shot with the camera being stuck to the actor, So the actor would wear a harness around the waist.

If I was to “borrow” one of his techniques with my music video is the props and backgrounds of his video and how wacky it is.

Bibliography: IMDB. (2018). Mark Romanek – Biography. Available: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0738796/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm. Last accessed 30th Oct 2018.

Michel Gondry he grew up in Versailles with a family influenced by pop music.  Michel also graduated from École Olivier de Serres in Paris which was a cool for many disciplines like sculpture, wall decorations and visual communication. He was originally a painter and directed music videos like ‘around the world’ by daft punk.

 

 

One of his well known techniques which was used in his clips or commercials is when he would take several pictures around an object or person and it would rotate, its like a paranormal camera but backwards. This technique was used in in the film ‘The Matrix’.

I would use this technique in my music video so it would make the video have some cool affects and make it stand out, literally.

Raph Jullien. (2018). Michel Gondry- Biography. Available: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0327273/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm. Last accessed 30th Oct 2018.

One restriction for making my video is to not spend over an hour filming as its a 3 min song. And spend approximately 4 hours max spending on the editing.

 

 

 

 

Music video proposal

The music video I’m doing for the song I chose is ‘How our story goes’ which was a song made originally for the radio in ps4 game Spider-man. It has no music video and as I like the song I’d thought that I would make a music video for it. In my music video I plan to mix clips from the game with the camera in real life. I want it to have a comic book vibe as Spider-man is a comic book character so I guess the transitions will have a comic/pop art look.

The song is a pop so its a family friendly song with no cursing, The age is for people 3yrs+  to 30yrs+ and pretty much can be for anybody in reality. The song is about two people who are having a bumpy relationship and in the end their relationship pulls through which is a part of the game.

The potential problems while making my video is that it will be on the camera shots and portraying the scenes for the song. Also the time of day as its going to get dark quickly in the winter.

 

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