Production Log - Independent research

Independent Research

This is a cover video that has been made by Emmanuelle Vera, a young Filipino-American singer and songwriter. She has recorded the video using resources easily available to her, which is what I will also have to do when creating my coursework. In addition, she has used the song "A Thousand Years" by Christina Perri which is also the song for one of my ideas, therefore watching the video may give me inspiration on how my video should look.

Research into band/artist: Christina Perri

Music Video Theory

Production Log - Reviewing my script

Since starting my A2 media coursework at the beginning of June I have decided to create a music video for my coursework and have conducted research into music videos. I have also spent lots of my free time watching several music videos of different genres in order to get ideas for my own.

After thinking about all of the resources I have, I created a blog post. This helped me when creating my initial ideas and I now have two ideas. After discussing this with my media teacher, I have decided that I will create a script, shot list and storyboard for both ideas then decide which one I would feel most comfortable in going forward with.

In the last week I started creating the first script on Celtx which is based on my idea of using the song 'A Thousand Years' by Christina Perri that was written for Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II.

My idea consists of a girl walking through a forest and finding items on the trees and the ground which remind her of her lover. The music video would show progression as with each step and each item, she is getting closer to her lover who she eventually finds, waiting in an opening in the forest.

Next lesson I will use Celtx again to make the script for my second idea which is to use a song called 'Disguise' by my friend's band 'Tyrants'. I will create the video to portray the lyrics in a metaphorical way with a guy walking around a town and a girl chasing him, however his face is not seen until the end of the video. My ideas for this script are not completely set in stone and I am assuming that the idea will develop as I write the script, just as it did with my first idea.

Production Log

Independent Research

This image shows the winner of the 55th Annual Grammy award for Best Short Form Music Video. The winner was Rihanna's 'We found love' which was directed by Melina Matsoukas.

After watching this video several times, I have decided to adopt its idea of having the prologue to my music video as a voice-over with the instrumental start playing in the background, and the video showing short clips that will make the context of the video clear.

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