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What makes a good student video

Past Student Example

A good music video needs smooth editing otherwise the quality for the video will drop drastically. This includes lip syncing, rhythmic pacing, quality of video and any kind of filter or effect and how it’s used. A bad lip synced video will look poor and can break the viewer’s immersion while watching the video, therefore, a perfect lip sync is needed.Rhythmic pacing is about setting cuts and shots to the pace of the music. This helps the viewers feel the rhythm, tempo and enjoy the song and video more. How fast the cuts are compared to the music can also effect how much energy the video has e.g. lots of quick cuts to create a wild or energetic mood.

Editing

While choosing songs and genres you will have to take into account what moods you want and how it will affect your video’s mise en scene. The aesthetic that the example’s group has chosen to show is a flashy, popular, club spotting girl who enjoys going out. This is shown by her gold, floaty dress and the scenes of a club and fairground. This is a good use of scenery and supports the song well. The time of day and such details are also important to consider. The use of both in the video suits it quite well as they paced it from verse to verse.

Mise en Scene

Other examples could be a rock video would be in a concert playing, or in a garage jamming out on their instruments. The aesthetic colours you choose, depending on the band, could range from black leather to regular t-shirts and jackets. This would be influenced by the song of choice and effects the whole video. It’s also semi-common of rock videos to contain some sort of story within them, be it winning the heart of somebody they love or something more complicated.Usually the best student music videos have this aspect. The example video I have chosen doesn’t have this but the example below has a strong one in which the three girls are bored in school and daydream about going out and having fun