We believe we had to make a casting profile before we started off to choose who is the one to act in our music video. Since the whole video is driven by the idea of an attractive boy taking the 'camera' the girl on the date, we had to look for the right boy who... Continue Reading →
The Script Draft 1
The first draft of the script is based on the second location recci pictures with the dates in the festival, the sunset and the coffee shop. It is pretty unlikely that we will end up following this particular script but here is a draft.
Location Recci 2
These other set of locations are for the outdoor dates that are to take place in our music video. We are still pretty unsure of these places since they are quite fat to travel to and we may have some trouble with the permissions if we were to shoot there. But these locations too have... Continue Reading →
Preliminary Task
For our preliminary task we recreated the music video for Coffee Can Money by Borgeous and Morten Breum. Here's a link to the original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa5vUaTQgFc Here is a link to our music video https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PPOVcoiZtJ1utmBG-aL05hLb83mJqXQE/view?usp=sharing
Location Recci
Locations are just as important when it comes to shooting a project. The area, the population, the lighting and the convenience of the crew to reach the area is of utmost importance. For our music video, we wanted to make sure that the locations we chose had ample of lights, and a plethora of colours... Continue Reading →
Storyboarding
Story boards are a helpful way to organize the shots. Storyboards and animatics help us to determine the best way to tell the story in the allotted timeframe. They’re extremely helpful for the director and DP. Ultimately though, it’s up to the artist and their understanding of the director’s vision to illustrate the frames that... Continue Reading →
Record Labels: Asylum
Charli XCX is one of the many artists signed under the record label Asylum which is responsible for many successful hits in the music industry. Asylum Records was founded in 1971 by David Geffen and partner Elliot Roberts, specifically to provide a record contract for Jackson Browne. Asylum's early releases were distributed by Atlantic Records.... Continue Reading →
Final Concept for our video
Finally, we have decided to have a change in our concept since we believed that casting so many boys would a long process. So we have now resorted to a simpler idea. We have decided to create a 1st person music video where the audience is the camera. An example of this sort of music... Continue Reading →
Social and Cultural Influence of Pop Stars
To understand the contemporary music industry better, i decided to dedicate a blog to the social implications and cultural impact of pop stars on the general public and how much the 'Star Image' follows along in the consideration of how a music piece would perform in the music market. Two specific dynamics in the contemporary... Continue Reading →
Pop Music Video Analysis 2
The music video I will be analysing is Worth It By Fifth Harmony Artist/Band: Fifth Harmony ft Kid Ink Music Album: Reflection Released: March 2, 2015 Music video director: Cameron Duddy Record label: Epic, Syco Country: U.S.A Music video type: Performance based Plot Summary: The video features and represents the ladies in business-esque attire. The video takes place in an office building,... Continue Reading →