The song that we chose to do was 'don't mug yourself' by The Streets. We chose this because for a first time experience of practicing lip synching, we though the speed, style, and inspiration from the music video would be easy to create within our own production. The genre of the streets is based on a British, rap/garage band, from the local city of Birmingham.
How easy or hard did you find lip-synching to the music?
I generally found it quite hard because i was unfamiliar to the song and lyrics, which meant i quickly had to learn them. In the end the only way i could do it, is if Scott held the lyrics up and i said the words out loud, in order to get it done within a certain standard. Because i was concentrating so much on the words it's also hard to carry out facial expressions and emotions into the video, so this is something else i will have to work on in the future, which will possibly be made easier if i chose a song i actually knew. Scott did fairly well with the lip-synching because he was familiar with the song. I was also unfamiliar to the style of music as it's not something i really listen to, however throughout the course i want to look at a range of genres and styles to create a broad knowledge and ideas.
How did your choice of shots- close up/mid/long shot - reflect real life music videos you've looked at?
The choice of shots that was used was a mixture of close ups, medium shots, and long shots, i believe that this reflects all music videos to a certain extent as the camera shots range throughout music videos. I also think that these range of camera shots were inspired by the original video with the camera changing; focussing on the frontman face on, and then to the side.
Was your use of camera angles similar to real music videos?
There was a range of angles in the video in order to create interest, rather than one camera angle throughout which i don't believe would be found in any music video due to the fact that videos are meant to sell a song and bring visualization beyond the words and show what the artists want to portray. Therefore i believe the range and mixture of camera angles are similar to real music videos with cameras being direct on, focussing on the side of the singer, or being creative with a downward camera angle.
Was your sequence typical of music videos in any other way?
Our sequence was typical of many rap videos with the focus on the main frontman of the band or actual singer, there were also a lot of hand movements related and found in that specific genre of music videos.
What would you do differently next time, including lip synching?
What i would do differently next time is to consider a location a bit better, as a graveyard may not be the ideal location for the representation of the video, although i do think it fits to a certain extent. Our original idea was to film this in a canteria of cafe where the original music video is set. This is because the lyrics are ideal and fit securely into a cafe setting, however at the time the college canteria was closed, and it was hard to find permission in an actual cafe.
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