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G324 Music Video

Learn the steps to create a music video from pre-production to post-editing. Understand camera techniques, song selection, planning, shooting, editing, and audience feedback. Follow expert tips to create engaging visuals and synchronize with music effectively. This guide covers all aspects, from choosing the right track to polishing the final video. Enhance your skills and produce a dynamic music video that resonates with your audience.

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G324 Music Video

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  1. G324 Music Video 10 Step Guide

  2. Step 1 - Limber Up • Film some test footage of yourself experimenting with different camera techniques • learn to lip-synch with a small segment of the song you have chosen • do a karaoke multi-angle version of a track for fun • Watch some music videos in the same genre as the one you are going to film and take notes on props, camera angles, locations etc • Do test shots to try out effects that you may want to use • Check any ‘quirks’ of the camera • Make sure you have tripod (and ‘shoe’) to use • Do you know the editing program? -experiment before you edit the main music video • Have you got the music and an audible source?

  3. Step 2 - choose the right track • Be careful about what song you choose, it can be a mistake to go for a well-known artist or your favourite artist • Make it short (3 mins 30 secs, maximum) • Choose a track which stimulates some visuals • Make sure the whole group agrees on the final choice! • Be prepared to listen to the song a lot of times

  4. Step 3: Write a treatment/plan of action • Pitch for the material with a strong and simple idea • Have a clear concept which is workable • Be realistic in your plans • Be original, use other students to inspire and guide, not to rip off • Be prepared to compromise with the rest of the group • Film the presentation for the blog • Get a sense of what the conventions are. look closely at them and break them down to see how they work. How do they use verse and chorus? how do they use the beat and rhythm? how do they showcase the star? How much do the visuals relate to the lyrics? what's the concept?

  5. Step 4: Plan for everything • Storyboard- you can always shoot extra • Plan people, places, props, costumes • Get everyone’s mobile numbers • Aim to shoot video early (next six weeks if possible,) not up against Jan 8th deadline • Make sure your performers have rehearsed and know the words (they have to be up for it as well) • Always remember the basics, tripod, camera (charged) • Remember to work round work commitments, school commitments and things like the barge trip and other social activities • Plan for the worst, logistics is the key word

  6. Step 5: Use the Blog properly • Use it to link ideas together, the glue of your work • Videos that influence you (YouTube) • research the genre in detail! • Photos that give you ideas • Take recce shots on location and post them • Do an animatic of your storyboard • Put up all your ideas including screengrabs of work in progress • Be ‘media rich’ and use your blog as a ‘journey’

  7. Step 6: The Shoot • Shoot the performance at least four-five times with different set-ups, angles etc • Make sure you have plenty of cutaways to objects, items of interest (why?) • Experiment with extra angles and lighting changes • Don’t forget: lots of close-ups and variety of shots • Enthuse your performers- they must give it plenty! • Shoot more than you think you will need • Check the weather report • Health and safety • Locations, choice of clothes and correct props at all times

  8. Step 7: the raw footage • Organise it so its easy to find • Don’t capture stuff you don’t need, it is very hard getting the music video just right • Break it into manageable chunks • Upload as soon as you can • Be critical with your footage, if it doesn’t work, shoot again

  9. Step 8: The Edit • Synch up performances first • Get the whole picture rather than tiny details • Cut and cut again • Aim for a dynamic piece of work (rhythm is key) • Do any effects work last • Upload a rough cut to your blog and get feedback asap • Be ruthless with yourself, if you like a couple of shots but they don’t seem right in the context of the whole video then don’t use them

  10. Step 9: Audience feedback • Get feedback wherever you can and the sooner this comes the better • Upload video to your blog via YouTube • Post links on twitter • Send it to the actual artist? • Ask for honest opinions, don’t just ask your mates

  11. Step 10: The final polish • Unlike the real world, you’ll have to produce an evaluation • Take advice about what is needed in your evaluation (read the ‘bible’ • Make use of your blog at all times and when finishing the blog order everything correctly

  12. Pete Fraser - Head Examiner • The video lasts at least as long as the track (can be longer if you have an intro or outro or both) • The video features the artist/band quite prominently • The video features some element of performance- singing and playing instruments (usually miming) and often dancing or acting too • The video has some kind of concept along with the track • The video does not feature a complete narrative but the concept may involve fragments of narrative • Different genres of music produce slightly different visual conventions in music videos

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