Media Diary Post

While waiting for my band to get back to me with times that they are avaliable to film, I have been watching other music videos for inspiration, so I have some ideas of what angles and shots to capture during the actual filming.


I like the shots which show a camera while its filming the lead singer, at 0:29 where the camera pans across the screen and at 0:41 where it focuses on the screen to show the singer performing.





I also like the layout of the band on the set of Nickelback's song Someday, with th lead singer at the front and the rest of the band standing far away from each other (unlike regular band setups), with the empty space filled with extra equipment to reduce that blank appearance. The significance of standing far apart reflects to the narrative of the music video, where a husband dies but then gets reunited with his wife when she dies as well.

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

I also like the use of lighting in Muse's Starlight music video, where it begins at dawn as the sun is rising over the oil tanker, and then progresses into nighttime as if the song would last all day and the second part had a darker sense of meaning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgum6OT_VH8

These are just some examples of music videos I have been watching for inspiration and ideas, and so when I film my actual video performance scenes I might incorporate what I have mentioned here.