Inspirational video and our concept

We were greatly inspired by Panic At The Disco's video for "This Is Gospel". We like how original and edgy the video is, how it can represent many different aspects of emotions and we also like the idea of the medical theme.

We thought we would incorporate the beginning of the video into our one as we really like the idea of the medical surgeons working on the body. Our new concept is similar to PATD's but we added our own ideas and twist.

Our chosen song "Part 2" is basically about a relationship that once was, but my group and I really did not want to include couples or anything cliché like that. So instead, we changed the concept slightly. We wanted to include the theme of death without making the video look terribly unprofessional and to do that, we are going to edit the transparency of our shots so that it looks like the spirit is coming out of the body that lies on the ground.

Filming

For the past couple of days, my group and I have been filming in various locations for our new song choice. Our chosen genre is rock/alternative rock and in all the music videos we have been watching that match that genre, performance is included as well as narrative. 

So, we have decided to include both performance and narrative. We turned the photography room into a studio using a black back drop and lighting. Later, on iMovie we edited the footage in black and white so it looks more professional. 

We also filmed in a local wooded area for our outdoor shots. We wanted a selection of both indoor and outdoor shots to create diversity and also a contrast between light and darkness which can represent a lot of different moods and emotions.

Change of plans...

For the past few weeks, my group and I have been very unhappy with our music video concept and song so we decided to change it all.

Our new song is "Part 2" by Paramore:

We chose this song because it suits our favourite genre (alternative rock/rock) more and the female vocalist made it easier to lip sync to. Previously, our first song choice "Smallpools" is a male band which meant relying on a friend outside of the media group. Unfortunately, we could never find days where we were all free to film so as a group, we decided to choose a song with a female vocalist.

Paramore is a three piece American rock band:

BFI trip

Last week, my media class and I visited the BFI in Southbank for an interesting talk about the making of music videos. We were spoken to by Pete and Jake Wynne, a director who I had researched for my AS exam! 

Both talks were very interesting and helpful and we left the BFI with many top tips that we have assured will be included in producing our music video.

We also made a short vlog before going in for our first talk in front of the River Thames:

Our school's media Twitter account posted a Tweet while we were at the BFI:

I have attached our Twitter page to my blog for future references: 

https://twitter.com/A2MediaECS

Stop motion

I like the idea of using stop motion in our music video, being inspired by videos such as "A Fire On A Hill" by Hands Like Houses. They use art (paint) to explain the concept of the song which is basically the fire in the house on the hill. The song also suits our chosen genre of rock.

Unfortunately, none of us can draw that well and it would be way too time consuming to use stop motion art for the entire video. Still a great idea though.

Another inspirational video is one that we watched last lesson in class. Italian artist Blu has been producing street art since 1999 and one of his best works, in my opinion, is titled Big Bang Big Boom which describes the Big Bang theory. I love the determination and dedication that he puts into his work and also the use of real life objects as well as animated objects.

Intro practise

We left the classroom and filmed our intro for our music video, however when we came back we realised some of the shots weren't good enough so we have edited this video as a practise instead.

We used a metre stick to measure the distance from the camera to my feet so that in every shot, the distance was the same.

We were inspired by Example's video for "Kickstart" to use a split screen however now, we have decided to scrap that idea and just use the changing of backgrounds. 

Inspiration from real media texts

1) The opening credits for psychological drama series Dexter inspired me to include extreme close-up shots of not only people, but objects too. This is a little different from the usual and this could also represent the vulnerability of the characters featured in our music video.

2) The music video for "I'm Not The Only One" by Sam Smith inspired my group and I to include a love story in the music video. Also, the use of slow motion to show how exposed and hurt the characters will be included which is also featured in this music video.

3) Ed Sheeran's "The A Team" is another inspirational video because of the lack of colours used, as the whole video is filmed in black and white. This is something my group and I want to include in our music video. Also, the locations in London are something we want to use as well, for example Camden Town.