Monday 5 October 2009

Location and setting for music video








These are some ideas for location shots for my music video. I have incorporated the idea of a maze, which shows the idea of being lost and confused. The word 'maze' is also used several times in the chorus of the song. The song is called 'The Show' so I wanted to show the artist performing what appears to be a show, but not at a music perfomance level. I went for a simplistic idea, to promote the artist through the music video. I want to use a stage in the video, as the curtains open onto 'The Show'. I have used pictures of flowers and park scenes to show the simplisity and nature that I wanted to incorporate into my music video.

Mood board





The talent






These are the three people I considered for my music video, they all have dark hair and an innocence that I wanted to capture in my music video. They all look similar to Lenka and would suit the music video that I want to create. I want to dress the artist in florals and I think they suit the criteria and fit the artists voice and simple, indie genre of music.

Sunday 4 October 2009

Case study: Anton Corbijn

He started out as a photographer from the Netherlands for the NME, he took photographs of bands and singers and was then asked to direct a music video by Palias Schaumburg. His first video was Dr. Mabuse. Front 242 were impressed by Antons artwork and they asked him to shoot a 'headhunter' video, which due to his little understanding of the enlgish language, he understood as 'egghunter' which resulted in a very abstract video, that was a huge leap in his career. His videos became very abstract, by including 'a walking fat woman with wings' in the Nivana video. He became famous through the absract videos he created for varios bands. He understands the music and message and translates it into imagery.

Bernard (Joy Division) - 'A music video can be seen as a creative tool, rather than a promotion tool for record companies.'



Lily Allen - The fear.....Textual analysis