Music Video Conventions Blog

The last project that we did which was the commercial, Id say it was a success. I really liked the commercial video and I can really say that I have learned a lot throughout the process. I learned how to film better and edit better. For the current project that we will be working on, which is a music video I plan to do what it takes to make it better. All the skills that I have developed from the commercial that was just completed, I plan on applying them to the music video. The music video will be a little longer, but I am prepared for it.  For the music video the idea is for my group and I to pick a song with lyrics that we hear and can do that action. Just like the commercial we plan to add quite a few camera angles and movements. Once again, the goal is for the music video to be better than the commercial already was.

The song we are going to use for now is"Creep" by Radiohead. It is a depressing song about a lovestruck boy who likes a girl. The problem is the boy thinks she is a beautiful being and that he is worthless and hideous aka creep. This is what we think the song is about and how we interpret it. The song is in the classic rock genre and was released back in 1992. We are going to have the boy watch the girl sing  while there are flashbacks and shots of his fantasy of her and him together. The costume part will be casual or student clothes also, a dress and tux for the flashbacks and fantasy parts. This will create the affect that he is a young boy with troubles on talking to girls. Also, we will show that they are both in school. The lighting will be kind of gray lighting like cloudy on the boy and then sunny on the girl. The lighting will show how they feel and show their emotion. Cloudy being the depressed and sad person and sunny is the joyful and spirited person. 

This song has been chosen because like I said we wanted to choose a song where we can do the action that that the lyrics say. And the song that we are using for now has a lot of that. we plan to add a lot of different camera angles and movements to make it more interesting. For actors we will have jack be the boy Aka the creep, also we will have a girl not sure who will be the girl Aka the angel.  We will have other people be the friends or friends group for the girl. For Makeup we wont have any for the girl. The lighting will do most of the affect and show the emotion of the characters.For props it will be items like flowers. This will help develop the mood and dialogue of the characters. The setting will be at a park or in a field to have the boy watch the girl behind a tree or something else. But once again this an idea and we still are searching for songs.