Research

Me and my group have been watching alot of music videos, both professional and amateur to help to give us an idea on what road we want to go down with our music video. We thought it would be a good idea to watch some amateur videos from other sixth form students so we could get a realistic idea on what we'd be able to create.

Listed below are some professional videos we watched:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DLo54YDNek - "If You Got the Money" - Jamie. T

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N64QMKEbJQg - "Fluorescent Adolescent" - Arctic Monkeys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA15L6cHPvQ - When the Sun Goes Down - Arctic Monkeys

The three above videos are of an indie/alternative genre. This genre of music often has music videos which are very socially realistic and gritty approach to them. There is usually an easy to follow story to them. Also the videos have a really simple look to them, they have minimal props and simple real locations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wws7mnMewPw - "Psychosocial Heavy" - Slipknot

This genre of music is heavy metal. The videos for this genre tends to be alot of the bad performing the song in various locations, also the feel of the video is generally quite dark .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M11SvDtPBhA - "Party in the USA" - Miley Cyrus

This video is Pop/R'n'B. These videos are all quite glamorous and look expensive, often shots are done in studios and sound stages. Alot of these videos are set in clubs and parties. They all look very glossy and feature alot of extras so alot of people would be needed to create a video of this genre.

We will take all of the above into consideration when deciding on our song to create a music video for, thinking about what will be realistically possible for us to create with equipment and such that we have.