Music Video Proposal

One song that i was debating over was 'Who let the Dogs Out' by the Baha Men.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He82NBjJqf8

One of my other choices was 'The Music Sounds Better with you' by Stardust.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Os5ihedyH8


My final choice that I have decided to go with, is 'Beautiful Day' by U2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co6WMzDOh1o&ob=av2n

I chose this song as i feel that it has more lyrics in it than the other two songs I could have chosen. This allows me to relate the lyrics more regularly to the video, whereas the other two songs do not have as many lyrics as 'Beautiful Day' so it would have been hard to make a storyline for them.

For 'Beautiful Day' I was thinking that I could have the time line of someone's day from them getting up to them going to sleep. I was thinking along the lines of splitting the song up into three sections, the first third would be the person getting up and getting ready for the day this would also be filmed at the beginning of the day, the second third would be following the person around, doing different things throughout the day this would be filmed between 11ish until 4ish, and the final third would be showing him coming home and seeing out the rest of the day this would be filmed until sunset as this is when I want the song to finish.

Some of the different ideas that I have had are that when he is getting ready I could have the first lines of the song sung, this could be as he is getting washed and ready. Another idea is when the song gets to the chorus I was thinking of having him walking down the street and having a couple of jump cuts. For example he takes two steps away from the camera and the cut, takes two more steps away from the camera this time starting further away, and then a final cut of him with a close up singing the chorus.

For other parts of the song I would want him singing into a microphone to make it look more professional with perhaps two more people playing the guitar and drum. For the first 56 seconds the song is slow so this is where i would want to  fade some clips into each other as it makes it feel slower and it is more interesting than just a normal cut, the actual video 'Beautiful Day' influenced me on this.

There are lots of parts of the song where I could relate to the lyrics, especially in the first minute or so as it is slower pace. For example 'You thought you'd found a friend' I could have an extra person come in the video and that could be a little scene between the two, this could use up some of the time. On the chorus I would want to video the actor(s) singing playing drums and guitar.

Three Original Ideas

1.       Baha Men -  Who Let the Dogs Out?

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uaPs8sxqB0

For this track I would use 2-3 performers for the singing and possibly a group of people when the chorus is in full flow. When the chorus is being sung “Who let the dogs out” I would use a close up on one of the actors to show them singing this would be the same for some parts of the barking. When the singers are in shot I would use a low camera angle that looks up to the singers.

I would also want to include some of the actors playing the instruments within the video, I would use the instruments at school to help with this and therefore this part of the video would be inside. I would want the rest of the filming to be done outside.

2.       Stardust – The music sounds better with you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

For this video I would want to use 2 or 3 actors. As there aren’t many lyrics I would want there to be some sort of story line to the video. My original idea would be to have the 3 actors walking down the road having a laugh on the way to play football, and I would want this not at real speed but at a slower pace. They will then start playing football, within the video there will be clips of the actors shooting passing and tackling each other. For the camera angles I would use a side on view that follows the ball/person.

I would also use clips of a singer singing the song throughout the video.  Costumes would be a football kit. I may also film people playing the instruments indoors to give some variety to the video.

3.       U2 – Beautiful Day

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co6WMzDOh1o&ob=av2n

As this song has got more lyrics to it than the other 2 songs I would probably try to relate to the lyrics more than I would with the other songs. Costumes for this song would be smart casual, parts of the vide would be at a slower pace and when it gets to the chorus it would be shown at normal pace

A2 Preliminary Task - Bad Touch Bloodhound Gang Remake

Above is the video that I created, but where the whole class took part with the acting. There were two main attributes when creating the video, this was the filming and the editing.

Just before we went out fiming we had to design a storyboard of the video so that we had a rough idea of when the cuts were and to also get the timings right. When we were filming there was various aspects that we had to focus on. We had to remain patient the whole time we filmed the video, because if we were to have got distracted we may not have been able to get as close to the original copy as we could. Another thing was that we learned to take it seriously and try not to laugh as it would have ruined the video, and I feel that we took it seriously and came out with a good quality video.

Also with filming, when I was having a turn of filming I had to ensure that the camera remained steady, to make sure the framing was exact, and I also had to film the same shot more than once to make sure that we could get a good clip. When making this video reliability wasn't a problem as the class was always in and we were able to crack on with it. It's when I will be making my own video I will need to make sure that the people I need are available.

The other attribute we had to focus on was the editing. Again with the editing I had to be patient with it as it required me to do alot of cutting and moving the certain clips, and along with the computer that kept crashing meant that I had to save regularly. I have learnt how to use a new programme, Adobe Premiere Pro, and this will allow me to edit my video for my final piece. In Premiere pro I have learnt how to cut the clips, in order for the video to flow. I have also learnt different framing techniques as well such as the motion and effects control, which is readjusting the framing. I also learnt how to import ad export certain clips and eventually exporting the whole video. I discovered how to link and unlink the clips so that i could discard the audio from what we had filmed. One of the hardest parts was to get the lip syncing spot on. This required lots of cutting to ensure that it looked like the lead singer was actually singing. Below is the original version of Bad Touch by the Bloodhound gang.