When starting the task of choosing a track for our music video, we began by writing down a list of artists names. We had decided previously that we wanted a female solo artist in our video, as with only two members in the group we had limited numbers. With either myself (Rhianwen) or Lucy as the artist, one of us could film while the other played the role of the artist in the video, therefore only requiring extras in some scenes of the video.
Our list of artists included people such as Lady Gaga, Pixie Lott, Ellie Goulding and Cheryl Cole all of whom are current pop artists in UK charts. We then went on YouTube and typed in each artist name in turn and found videos for their songs. We particularly liked the video for Cheryl Cole's 'Promise this' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F1q0Vn4u4g in respect of the editing techniques,the black and white theme and choreographed dancing sequences which highlighted her as the dominant female solo artist. It was clear however that we would find it difficult to reproduce these techniques, and we were unable to think of a suitable idea which would complement the song.
Subsequently we searched for the director of the video who turned out to be Sophie Muller. Muller had been directing videos since 1982, and has directed over a 100 videos from Beyonce to Blur. Searching through her videography we found our track Natasha Bedingfield's 'These Words' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dryiMi9k5Rg. Although overall it is perhaps in our opinion, not one of Mullers best videos. We were attracted to it because of the variety of shots used and the pace of the editing. We also liked the location of the video (an old European villa) and Natasha's natural, non glamorised and colourful styling. The songs lyrics prompted us to find a suitable narrative to match the song, which we felt would be achievable with the resources available to us.
We continued to search through various artists music videos. As we developed an idea for our music video for 'These Words' we came across Dido's 'White flag' video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7HcWPDYtwI. Some elements of our idea for the narrative of our video were taken from this.
It illustrates two ex lovers who keep crossing paths but ignore each other, despite still being in love. Our idea is similar, but would illustrate two old friends, who's relationship develops over the course of the video. They cross paths on many occasions but fail to tell each other how they feel, until the final scenes of the video.
Subsequently we searched for the director of the video who turned out to be Sophie Muller. Muller had been directing videos since 1982, and has directed over a 100 videos from Beyonce to Blur. Searching through her videography we found our track Natasha Bedingfield's 'These Words' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dryiMi9k5Rg. Although overall it is perhaps in our opinion, not one of Mullers best videos. We were attracted to it because of the variety of shots used and the pace of the editing. We also liked the location of the video (an old European villa) and Natasha's natural, non glamorised and colourful styling. The songs lyrics prompted us to find a suitable narrative to match the song, which we felt would be achievable with the resources available to us.
We continued to search through various artists music videos. As we developed an idea for our music video for 'These Words' we came across Dido's 'White flag' video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7HcWPDYtwI. Some elements of our idea for the narrative of our video were taken from this.
It illustrates two ex lovers who keep crossing paths but ignore each other, despite still being in love. Our idea is similar, but would illustrate two old friends, who's relationship develops over the course of the video. They cross paths on many occasions but fail to tell each other how they feel, until the final scenes of the video.
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