Music Video Survey

This is my music video survey to see what my target audience will expect from my music video. It consists of ten questions and will take less than 5 minutes to do.
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Music videos that I think are influential.

Coldplay - The Scientist

In this video we see Chris Martin (the frontman of Coldplay) go backwards in time through different English suburban streets, at the end revealing that he and his friend had been in a car crash. The reason I think this music video is influential is because of the unique concept, even though the whole video is in reverse the words are still lip synced with the song. Having the whole video going in reverse fits the lyrics "Lets go back to the start" perfectly, showing how he wished he could rewind everything and stop something bad from happening. 

Michael Jackson - Thriller

 

I think this is a influential music video because no one had quite done a music video that was very theatrical a more like a movie than a music video at that time. I also think it was very influential because of the costumes, each costume was different and looked very realistic making it scary for the audience and at the time I don't think many music videos had pushed the boundaries as far as Thriller had, given audiences around the world a completely new and unique viewing experience. Recent stars such as lady Gaga do similar theatrical/movie style based music videos usually lasting over 8 minutes which proves that music videos such as thriller probably influenced her to make music videos that pushed the boundaries even for modern pop today.

Johnny Cash - Hurt 

I think this is a very influential video because the use of the old black and white clips showing Johnny Cash's life in contrast to the shots of him in his current state at the time of filming this video portray a very powerful message alongside the lyrics and overall I think it is very moving for nearly everyone that watches. It is very influential because it has a lasting impact which makes it memorable, something that you want for a good music video. 

Oren Lavie - Her Morning Elegance

I think this music video is very influential because its very different to what you expect  a music video to be. It uses stop motion and the use of the camera at a birds eye view over the bed turns the bed into a canvas. Showing some of the lyrics through the stop motion like when she is supposed to be on a train they use bed sheets moving quickly paste her to make it look like a fast moving train. Not only does it play around with stop mtion but there are some changes in lighting to create a storm effect.

Mood Board for music video

I choose black white images and newspaper print as the main theme of my mood board because I felt it related to the indie music video I wanted to create.I had pictures of glamourous women and lace and diamonds to represent the glam rock feel of the music.

Evaluation Question 7

Establishing shot

For both shots we used an establishing shot to show where it was set and the location. For our prelimanary task we decided to pan around the classroom to show the whole setting. However we did not use a tripod. We filmed it by hand and this made it slightly shakey and less stable. However in the final product we used a similar shot panning the same way as we did in our preliinary task but this time we used a tripod so it was a lot more steady and looked more professional.

Close up

In the prelimanary task we did a close up to show the emotion on the characters face. When we came to do our final product we decided to use another close up but this time from a higher angle that made our victim look more vulnerable, we learnt that using different angles rather than a shot at normal level that is straight forward would give our final product a uniqueness and this helped us to come up with more original ideas.

Stairs

In both  shots we had to film our characters moving on stairs. In our prelimanary task we did not use a tripod and we didn't properly think about the framing of the shots, so when our character was going up the stairs it was very shakey and unstable and she didn't fit in the frame properly and the shot looked very basic. In our final product we used a tripod to make it more steady when we followed character and we also though about the framing so it looked more appealing.

Doorway

In both shots we see the characters go through a doorway. In our prelimanry task we filmed it from a high angle but in our final product we decided to use the 180 degree rule to follow her movement from the bed through the doorway. We also put it at a lower angle than the one we used in our prelimanary task so it felt like we standing in the corner of the room watching the girl.

Evaluation Question 4

A typical example of our target audience would be 18 year old males and females, but mainly targeted males due to the gore and horror in a our movie. They would probably dress fashionably and follow the latest trends. They would enjoy seeing their friends, going to the cinema regularly, going shopping, listening to music and looking after there aperance.

They would probably shop in New Look, River Island, H&M and Topshop.

Newlook Clothing for Men and Women

Most likely they would be interested in Horror movies and psychological thrillers but also the box office hits. Edward Scissor Hands, Nightmare before christmas, Shutter Island, Inception, Blair Witch Project, The Shining and Sweeney Todd.

Tv shows they would watch are Dexter, CSI,  Family Guy, American Dad, Peep show, True Blood, and Vampire Diaries.

They would mainly to Rock/Metal and Indie music such as Bullet for my Valentine, The clash, We are Scientists but also popular music that pushes boundaries such As Lady Gaga.

Our film would appeal to this type of audience because they could relate several aspects of their lifestyle to the aspects shown in our movie through characters, Mise-en scene, music and costume.  They are more likely to go to a mainstream cinema due to their age and if they saw our movie advertised as showing at this cinema it would appeal to them because they would see that the main characters (including the villain) are all a similar age to them.

It could also appeal to them because they like classic Horror films and our characters, sound are plot share similar conventions to well known classic Horror movies. The sound in are movie creates suspense and unease and this would appeal to our audience because there age and movie choice shows that they like thrills and exciting movie were suspense is made in scary ways.

Evaluation Question 6

My blog

This is where i can write about all my research, ideas, findings and feedback from people about my work in a text post and this allows me to add links, pictures and videos. Making my posts more visual and aesthetically pleasing. I also can follow other blogs and use them for research. 

Youtube

Youtube allows people to upload their own films and there are also mainstream movie clips on there. I used youtube to look for Horror movie openings so i could analyse them and put comparisons on my blog. It also help my blog to look more visual. 

Google

Google is probably one of the most popular and fast acting search engines on the world wide web. Google was a very helpful technology for me as it allowed me to research anything i needed or was unsure about. I used google mainly to find different Film festivals and Film distributors and this was helpful because at the beginning of this topic i had the least understanding about these.

Free Sound

Free sound is a site that people can upload their own sound clips on and others can use them without paying. Free sound was the key element for the sound in our film opening. We got sounds like, rain, wind, creaking, creepy music and heart beat and used them in our movie by downloading and importing them.

Evaluation Question 5