Lighting Experiment

Myself, Janet, Sophie and Tamsin experimented with lighting. So we went a music practice room as we felt we could try different spaces. We put a light by the wall, and had Janet sit in front of it. 

As you can see it has illuminated one side of her head and left the other side dark. We edited it in black and white for effect, and to see the light better.

I think if we had a larger space and a bigger light we could have created something more affective.

In my music video I want to create silhouettes using lighting and fire, by doing this exercise I know the basics of how to use lighting.

Facebook Feedback

I sent this out on Facebook

I did this to get as much information on my demographic as possible. All of the below are from different geographical locations, for example, New Castle, Cyprus and California. Here's what I got:

It's so helpful to understand my demographic. I had an idea of the age range, 15-25, but didn't known in detail what they like. As you can see from the above comments, most teenagers enjoy the same things and have a lot in comman despite their geographical and cultural background. By this I know that teenagers go through similar struggles in life, and have their own idividual solution, their hope. I am aiming for our music video to give hope and advice for those going through, or coming out of a tough time.

Last Hope Mood Board

I have made a mood board full of aspirations when thinking about my music video. This mood board was made on tumblr, because of the useful photography, and I know my target audience is out there and are possibly blogging about the moods I am trying to create.
I've reblogged pictures and quotes regarding style, light and dark and togetherness.
You can visit it by clicking on the bonfire below...

Enemies, Preliminary Task

As our Preliminary task we had to copy one minute of a music video of our choice. Me and my groupies chose to copy 'Enemies' by Shinedown because of the originality of the video and the interesting camera angles. There's also a bit of acting in it, which was really fun to film.

Here's the original video:



This is our one minute copy:

Finally this is out directors commentary of our video:

Music Video Certification

This week it was announced that music videos will now have age certification, to label their appropriateness.
Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines' video and Miley Cyrus' 'Wrecking Ball' video was amongst the examples of why we should have restrictions to what those of young age should watch.
Personally I wouldn't make an explicit video, in the fear that the lyrics would lose meaning and it would more focused of the ascetic than the actual music. Even though my audience is teenage men and women, I feel elements of sex can sometimes make the viewers feel uncomfortable. I just want my work to be relatable and entertaining.

"Cinema is truth 24 times per second."

                                                                - Godard