Research and Planning

Music Video Comparison

Take That - Pray Analysis
My partner in this task helped me create this powerpoint and shared 50% of the work.


Different Styles of Music Videos

Music Institutes

Music Tribes

Codes and Conventions
Different styles of music videos: music videos can be classified into terms of style.


Performance, where the artist or band are playing
Narrative, includes a storyline
Mixture, which includes both a performance and narrative
Cameo, where a band or artist appear in a music video but they don’t perform
Animation, which is done digitally

Camera

Variety of shots depending on style
Crane shots
Low angles
Pans
Tilting

Editing and sound

Jump cutting
Scenes edited to match music
Split screens
Diegetic sound
Changes in sound level

Mise-en-scene

Props
Costume
Location
Character – if narrative is included


Beginning
My group and I have begun researching different music videos to create our own music video, based on the song Simple Plan - Your Love Is A Lie. We have chosen this because it is easy to create a video with a narrative with connections to the song.