Research for Music Video: Evaluate lip sync

Research for music video: Review of students work

Research for music videos: Mulvey's theory on representation

Research for Music Video: Sync

1. At the beginning of the lip syncing tutorial I decided to look through each clip to get a sense of what I was working with. I noticed that they would film the whole song focusing on one person or object. This will be used when it actually comes to creating our music video.

2. Secondly I placed them in the order that I wanted for them to come up. Mainly going with the pace of the song. When the guitar was the loudest I would cut to the guitar, this creates more entertainment and sticks to the rock theme.

3. To sync and fix sound I would edit the wavelengths to how I specifically wanted the video to sound.

4. In the tutorial I learnt that setting markers is important so Final Cut Pro can lineup the sound. This very important as it helps lip sync the song.

5. At the end of the video I made sure to watch over to make sure there are no mistakes, and that the lip syncing looks real. 

Research for Music Video: Costume, setting and location analysis

In the video Paloma changes costume around 4 times. The genre to the song is Brit-soul which usually involes singing about love and breakups. Adele and Amy Winehouse both fit into the genre of Brit-soul. Most of the costumes in the video include sleeping gowns and lingerie; these costumes fit in with the genre of love as the singer is shown with her partner. It creates a connection between the two and fits in with Soulful music. There are around 5-6 different locations in the video. The costumes fit in the bedroom location as she is wearing sleeping gowns. There aren't any important of well-known locations used in the music video. Brit-Soul videos are usually located in the the couples bedrooms or romantic places, this is typical of love/heartbreak songs. The only prop in the video is the orange wig that Paloma takes off; it only links in with the lyrics as it shows her split personality or an 'other woman' character she is trying to create.

In Dani California there are 10 costume changes in total. The costumes change about every time the chorus is sung and goes along with the pace of the song. It links in with the genre of music because funk/punk styles like to be funny with their videos. Every costume impersonates a well-known band of genre of music; The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Heavy Metal. The locations are actually all on the same stage however the settings are changed to fit the period of time for the genre of music they are trying to portray. No well known locations are used only well known bands preforming; a stage is a typical location for a band to be preforming. The props are the bands instruments; the guitar, bass, and drums. They link with the location because they are on a stage.

4 different costumes are used in the video. They change every time he is explaining his story or in the interrogation room. The costumes are affected by the scenes; in the interrogation room his shirt is open and looks messy, however in the courtroom he is wearing a suit and looks smart. There are a lot of locations used here, all 7 locations have to do with the story of the music video. The court room is known location but there are not famous landmarks used as location. The locations go along with the soul genre. Bedrooms are a sign of love/heartbreak. The courtroom goes along with the story that he is convicted of a crime he didn't commit. In the video there are no props used.  

I noticed that Brit-Soul has less and more normal costumes then punk does. The styles are more funky for bands and solo singers tend to go for normal clothing and nothing extreme. Most bands always preform with their instruments and the soul singers preform on a set. The bands need to have their instruments because they are always shown playing these are their necessary  props they use. However the soul singers are hardly ever shown using props.

Research for Music Video: Favourite previous student video

 

I like the concept behind this video and how it fits in with its genre. They have a lot of shots of the band playing and this is good because it fits in with the specifications of the genre. The black and white filter also goes along with the slow lyrics. There is a sufficent amount of props in the video which makes it more entertaining for the audience to watch. The online graphics like the CCTV camera is also interesting and could intergrate these graphics into our own video.

 

 

 

I like this video because they use the tablet to as an insturment; this allows for some nice shots of the tablet being used. There are great base tracks where both girls take turns to move closer to the camera This is a good way of keeping the audience entertained. The background to this shot is also quiet colourful which has a nice contrast with the black and white shots. This video has a lot of post production editing for example; speeding up the eyes, using filters, and the graphics used on screen.

 

 

In this video I mainly like the locations they used as it fits in with their genre of music. The base tracks also work nicely as its set in the same location but just follows the singer as she walks. The lighting in the video gives a nice street effect and makes it look like the spotlight is on her. The video is effective as the camera is never static and always moving to the music. The use in close-ups and different range shots also makes the video more entertaining too watch. We will definitely be using these variation of shots in our music video.

RESEARCH FOR MUSIC VIDEO: Planning the visual style/lip sync activity

   

During our lesson we have started to plan our practice music video. We have decided to choose the song 'Never be another' by Delilah. This song hasn't got an original music video so we have to become creative and make it up on our own. We decided to make it humorous and made our prop a badger mask, our setting and location will be in rural areas such as parks and trees and around lots of greenery. Our video will be illustrative so we will try our best to act out the words. We have created a storyboard for our base tracks which we will follow through to help us record in Mondays lesson.