Music Video Project

This year for Media Studies A2, a task was set to produce either a film trailer or a music video. Throughout the summer I planned out which option would be best for me to do, and decided on making a music video. I've had pervious experience in the production of making a music video as I attended Summer School in Farnham for three days, where we filmed and edited a music video for a local band, Furion. With the knowledge I gained from this experience I thought it would be best for me to go with the music video option.

This is the Muisc Video Departed by Furion:


I brainstormed many ideas for what song to use such as:

Next To You- Buckcherry
Kiss Me- Sixpence None The Richer
Another One Bites The Dust- Queen
Scars- Papa Roach
Amazing- Aerosmith
Call Me- In This Moment

The final song I chose to use was Call Me by In This Moment. I thought this would be the perfect choice because it could also relate to my previous media coursework i did in AS, around my band Batterys Not Included. The main character for this music video would also be my friend Natalie who was also the lead singer I used in AS. I am also going to use the other Batterys Not Included band memebers, as the friends in the video. I am at the stage of deciding wether or not to make this a Batterys Not Included cover version to continue further into my AS project.

I looked at the offical music video for In This Moment and I felt that it didnt really go well with the song, it was just really cheesy and made the lead singer maria look like a complete poser, it really didnt do justice to the bands image and there was not any meaning behind it. I wanted to create a story like narrative for this video kind of like Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day, which shows the story of two teenagers in love and how their realtionship ends by the guy going off to the Army. I felt that something like this, gives the audience something they can relate too and is more interesting to watch. Another Example is Misery Bussiness by Paramore, which shows teenagers at highschool.

We were set the task in class to create a presentation of what we've done for this project so far, and had the choice of presenting it as a powerpoint, mood board, or video. I chose to recored myself because I thought it would be good to put on here. It was originally a powerpoint but I decided to make it onto a video because I had problems uploading it onto here, and had to re-record as some of the clips got deleted.

Here is my Presentation of my project as a whole, that I presented in class:




Here is also a clip from what i've already started filming:


This is just after Natalie enters her room to get ready for their night out, I am going to experiment with different colours and textures to create a gritty effect. It already appears grainy because I've filmed it on my mobile phone, which is what I was aiming to acheive as I think it creates a more personal atmosphere.