Task 1

1) Close Up Of Artist:

The close up of the artist in our music video (me), has been used to create the feel as the artist is the star, this has been done by creating a glow effect on the shot, it also has good lighting which is just on me and is a clear crisp shot.

2) Costume:

The costumes we decided to use were simple but with a touch of glamour, i believe this look fitted in well with the whole theme of our music video, it added more glitz and and glamour to it. Also as some of the costumes had sequins on them, created a great effect when the light hit the outfit this added a real "star" like feel.

3) Camera Work:

I believe this is great camera work in this shot, as it follows the artist around and shows that the artist is the most important element to the music video. It is also very well presented as this shot was taken by a hand held camera and is not shaky or anything.

4) Relation to Film:

I believe that our music video relates to the film Chicago with all the dancing, and burlesk feel to it. We got a lot of ideas for the dance from the film, this is we felt it would fit in with the type of music used.

5) Lighting:

In this shot the lighting is fantastic and makes the music video look professional, the lighting has been used so you can only basically see the silhouette of the artist, the lighting is also a purple color to add more excitement to shot and is to keep the audience interested.


6) Framing:

In this shot we have edited the shot, so it is framed to have the artist at the front of the shot and the dancers in the background. This is to create the effect of a hierarchy, and shows again that the artist is the most important factor of the music video.

7) Ideas from other music videos:

The mirror shots, were an idea we got from the video "Diamond Rings" by chipmunk, i believe that the shots are really good and are my favourite shots, this is because the lighting is very good and makes the footage clear and crisp, also the color of the dressing room gives edge to the shot.

8) Mise-En-Scene:

This shot shows mise-en-scene well, as the set is set up to look like a glamorous dressing room with the lights round the mirrors, and the walls of the dressing room are red to add warmth to the shot, it also makes the shot bold and glamours as its such a bright colour. Props where used in this shots to add more to the Mise-en-scene, for example the make-up and hair brush makes it more obvious that i am in a dressing room.