SONG SELECTION

We are currently choosing between two artists, eaither Katy Perry Waking up in Vegas and Just dance by Lady GaGa.

Katy Perry and Lady GaGa are both know for  their fun music and controversial lyrics, we feel it would be fun to direct a music video to a song by theese artists, we could use colour and fun clips. we can also be out there with what we film as the lyrics and tempo of the song alow for this.

MUSICIAN RESERCH

We've come to the stage in which we must decide which song we want to use to make a music video with. We looked into different genres, particularly ones which we feel will make the best music videos (in the style we wanted). Based on this fact we decided to choose from a selection of our favourite songs. But instead one that would make a good video, and by that i mean that the song would require a good tempo, good beats, and sections which we could use film and editing to get codes and conventions across and also which we could use to impress the examiner by showing our editing skills.

Reaserch- VMAs

on watching a music video award show, i noticed that the music videos that won the awards were the one that go outside the borders, I also noticed they captured and held the audiences intrest through frequently changing angles,and contrasting scenes.

RESEARCH

After spending hours upon hours watching MTV one, two, three, and base -although i was sure that i wouldn't follow in that genre, i still wanted to check the forms and conventions more up tempo club tunes followed, i found that with the slower ballads the videos were more about setting shots and close ups, all of which were dragged out for long seconds (5-6 seconds per frame) and almost always had a storyline. For songs that were released from movie soundtracks they usually involved scenes from movies they were taken from. the lower budget music videos generally just involved different angles of the singer singing there song, usually in a nice room or in a pretty location, they didn't tend to involve change of scenes or clothes, or much fancy editing/ filters/airbrushing. In the more high budget music videos there seems to be anything up to 10 changes of scenes and clothes ( in Lady GaGa-Just dance she has 7 outfit changes,and features 18 different scenery changes) I also noticed a trend in which pop videos tended to not feature the band, or show signs of music being created by instruments. In rock videos they sometimes like to use people that arnt there and dress quirky. I really like the look of Katy perry videos as there so fun, although evidently high budget.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Abk1jAONjw
This is Lady GaGa's just dance music video, in the video she is supposedly at a 'party' (following the theme of the lyrics) The song is upbeat, thus there is alot of scene changes, clothing changes and short clips. The costumes and mise en scene match the mood of the song (which is pop and upbeat) Props used relate to the song for example a large cup, glitter glasses.

THE BEGINNING

Its the end of the AS year and we've just been informed that our ALEVEL media task can be chosen from a list, including choices in print, gaming, web design and film. after forming groups with people that i have worked well with other previous years, and people that i haven't necessarily worked with through my media a level but have known will provide good skills. And are reliable for the creation of the final product. From the list is wasn't hard to make a decision as to what task we would be creating, as we had been planning this music video since we began media in year 10. The other options included web design, newspaper creation and electronic gaming design. Ive always done film as its what i feel I'm good at, i see the way an idea can be filmed in my head and then try my best to recreate that idea through filming and editing.