MUSIC VIDEO IDEASREBECCA WEIGHT

I want my music video to be innovative and creative. I enjoy art and creating things and would say I am good at these things so I thought my video would look best if I made props and came at the video at a different angle than a simple narrative video that I initially thought I would create. In order to make a music video that will look as good as I am hoping, I need good quality resources and a lot of time in order to create and then film with these props. The editing of my video will also be very time consuming if I collect the shots I am hoping I will.

I have found inspiration from art exhibitions, TV programmes/films, magazines and of course other music videos. However, most of the ideas I have thought of are mine and would look good in the specific context of my music video to suit my song and the type of media product I am hoping to make. In the next few slides I will be discussing the type of things I hope to make and some of the things I am in the process of making now; with reference to where the resources are from and what I plan to do with them in the context of my video.

The main thing about my music video is that there is no identifiable artiste featuring in it. For this reason I am planning to make paper bags that will act as masks. I want them to be interesting though so I will put something on the front of them. When I say ‘them’, I am referring to the two people I want to use. The purpose of this is that someone is answering the call. Maybe I will have them answering the door or bumping into each other on the street. This brings some narrative into the video but also is a direct reference to the lyrics. I am hoping this will also bring in a comedic element and the audience will think it is light-hearted and enjoy this new aspect.

Because there are no people in my video, I want to use Barbie’s so that there are some faces that relate to human emotion i.e. in the song where the lyrics refer to covering up her emotions or with the word darling. I have many Barbie’s from my childhood so will use these. This creates humour and is more impersonal than if I were to use a real person but satisfies the audience which is applicable to the Users and Gratifications theory. I will get a variety of shot angles and transitions so this looks effective and the audience want to carry on watching.

I am also planning on making my video unique by adding some lyrics into it. I am planning on having ‘CALL ME’ feature in the video continuously throughout in a variety of ways. The possible ways of displaying it I have thought of so far are on a phone, written on a post it note, on a scrabble board and with love heart sweets. Also in reference to the line ‘call me on the line’ I am planning on creating letters with glitter that I bought from Hobbycraft and hang them on a line which may appear witty. I also have created other things with glitter i.e. lips/kisses and telephones that will also feature.

I want my video to appear witty or at least a little (subtly) comedic. For this reason I am going to edit my video in a variety of ways. I plan on reversing some clips and using slow motion and also making some clips appear as if they are faster than in reality. This is so the audience remains entertained. Also, I will plan on filming from a variety of angles, positions and other camera movements so that the video I interesting throughout.

After writing down my final ideas I feel confident that I will be able to complete this task to meet the deadline and to the highest standard that I am capable of. I am happy that I can learn a lot about the software I am using in this time and construct a captivating and unique music video. In order to do this I will complete my filming soon and update my blog accordingly.