Draft 6 music video

Day 9 Footage

Day 8 Footage

Day 7 Footage

Recent uploads

In my most recent posts, me, Alfie and Will have all made our own music videos to compare and contrast ideas for when it comes to make the final music video. After using all the footage that we had recorded, we had all decided to make a video each to see what ideas we all had with certain sections of the song. I made draft 2 and draft 5 music video, Alfie made draft 4 music video and Will made draft 3 music video.

Draft 5 music video

Draft 4 music video

Draft 3 music video (intro only)

Draft 2 music video

Arctic monkeys 2 music advert analysis

Arctic monkeys music advert analysis

Improvements which I will make from the draft 1 music video

When it comes to making another music video draft, we will aim to not use as many car shots, especially when they are still central shots which can be seen as boring and we could use alternative camera positioning instead of the shot being in the centre. In addition, we have been given feedback to not use a tripod during filming and to just use free hand shots as it creates a more interesting shot instead of the shots being still and to be considered as boring.

We were also given advice to lose the vodka bottle in the shots as it was unnecessary and didn't fit in with the video we were trying to recreate. In addition, we were told to not use the static shots on the tripod for these shots as well as it makes the shot look boring even though we have found a good, old looking location where the artist looks comfortable to film but if we visit this location again, we won't use the bottle and may consider using a different costume.

With our music video only consisting of two different days of footage, it had meant that we only had two different outfits. To prevent this for the next music video, we have decided to have more days of footage and more outfit changes in order to prevent the viewers from getting bored of our music video. In addition, we will aim to use more locations which will involve researching Leicester in order to see if there are any areas which we could go to film.   

The opening shot of our first music video draft needed title cards on the opening shot and needed the viewers to know who the band is and what the song is otherwise the audience may not know what the song is that they are watching which would mean they don't know what the genre of the music is which the video is based on and could affect the opinion of the viewers on what they think of the music video.




         

  

The rule of thirds

This technique allows the person behind the camera to know where to position their character in order to make the shot look interesting compared to if the character was in the middle for all shots taken which can be boring for the viewers. The diagram on the right hand side illustrates how this technique works with the grid. The rule of thirds draws the viewers eyes to the composition of the shot. It also helps to keep the viewer entertained by the video or photo taken as the shots allow the video or photograph to be more appealing to the eye.

Day 6 Footage

Day 5 Footage

Day 4 Footage

When filming these shots, we had decided to use Will's garden and equipment i order to film the shots which we wanted to create. The only problem we faced was that it was dark when we were filming which might mean that some of the footage is unusable or we would have to film some of it during the day when the lighting is better for the loader shots.

Day 3 Footage

We thought that maybe we could do some filming at the college in an area where it wouldn't look like the school. We tried to make the footage look like it was in an urban area. the second image is too far out making the footage probably unusable as you cant see the artist's face.

Digipak 2 with guidelines

Feedback on the music video draft 1

After receiving the feedback we as a group were given, we decided to revisit locations with the feedback in mind such as removing the bottle of alcohol in the shots and using more outfits when in different locations. We have decided to remove all car shots in the video and have replaced it with more locations with performance from Alfie and Fin. We have spoken to the teacher and have came to a decision to try to use both artists in the song but include them both in all shots.

Music advert final draft

Digipak 2 without guidelines

This is the final improved digipak. After receiving the feedback that I was given, I had decided to  make the title of the digipak in the corner taking inspiration from digipak's from the band FOALS.

Above is a FOALS digipak and the title is in the corner of the page with the writing underlined and bold in order for it to catch the customer's eye when being on a shelf in a shop. Besides the front cover, I used my own ideas and had made a digipak based on images I had taken which I thought would work with the digipak I had in mind I would aim to create.

Feedback from music advert

Feedback from teachers on the digipaks

Digipak without guidelines

Final digipak with guidelines

Digipack 3 without guidelines

Digipak 3 with guidelines

Digipack draft 2 with guidelines

Digipak Draft 2 no guidelines