Music Video Influence - The Saturdays My Heart Takes Over

The Saturdays - My Heart Take Over

• I really like the use of camera. The camera movement makes this video feel more realistic and fits the location and song perfectly.
• I really like the locations used the stunning scenery.
• Cuts between the artists lip-synching and dramatic long shots of the artists work really well and help to sell the artists aswell as the song. I would really like to encorporate shots similar to this.

Music video influence - Olly Murs Heart On My Sleeve

• This is really helpful for planning shots in our video as the house location and then lip-synching in another location concept used is similar to our concept, which can help us to create great shots for our video by giving us pointers.
• The many different angled close-ups in the video create a main focus on the artist which works well for the star image and also for the emotion of the song. I particularly like the profile close-up as it looks striking. This could be something we try to encorporate into our video.
• The shot of the artist in the mirror creates a really great effect. This shot could be used in our music video as it would fit the concept we have.  

Music Video Influence - Rihanna We Found Love

• The narrative of this video is really good. The voice over at the start gives the song and the video a deeper meaning and gives it a different effect.
• The shot of the star standing against a wall with a projection being cast on the wall is really effective and striking. This type of shot would be a great to encorporate in to our video, as it is quite simple but creates quite a dramatic effect if it is done right.
• The shots where the camera spins around the artist and her boyfriend create a good effect. This could symbolise that they are each others worlds or that they only see each other when they are together or that they are madly in love. We could use this in our video but to a diffferent effect. We could use this type of shot to show the over whelming emotion the artist feels.
• The shots of the couple doing average things such as going to get fast food, skateboarding and gambling, creates the sense that the couple represent something everyone feels and that is common for everyone.

Artist Logo

These are some logo ideas I have put together using the website DaFont. The fonts are all different and are all interesting and they the fonts or style are all memerable.

Lyric Analysis

This is my lyric analysis for our chosen song I'm Still Here.

New song concept - "I'm still here"

I found a new song called I'm still here by American artist Cady Groves song is about someone not being able to let go of a dying relationship, even when the other person has already moved on.

 

I have already come up with the concept of a girl returning home, she comes in the door and throws down her bags and lip-syncs the first line. The lyrics "let me in your polaroid" could be reflected in the video with the artist looking at shots of her and her boyfriend. The guitar is prominent throughout this track so the artist could play guitar in one of the rooms of the house. Throughout the video we would cut between the artist playing guitar and lip-syncing and walking around the house looking at their possesions that are still together such as their toothbrushes, shoes and socks (similar to Kate Nash's Foundations music video) and writing 'i'm still here' in each room on mirrors and the fridge as she walks around the house hoping he will see it when he finally comes home. The girl would be seen sitting by the window and looking out hoping to see him. There would also be shots of artist playing guitar in a forest. In the final shot the artist would be sitting huddled on the floor in the hallway waiting, and we could either see the door open or just end on the idea that she will always be waiting if she doesn't let go because he isn't coming back.

Issues with the song: we need Another song choice

The group and I feel that after watching videos such as Pixie Lott's Boys and Girls, Cher Lloydd's With Ur Love it is clear our video would not realistically be able to create a pop video on our budget and in this time limit. We feel if we were to continue with this song we would make a music video that we wouldn't be proud of and could look amature rather than having the professional music video feel.We  also feel our ideas for the video will not be possible to create as we can not film a party scene as the locations we could use are not big enough the residents would not be happy with the party. We would also have a problems filming as we would not be able to control 15 people. We would also not be able to film the party scenes as other people in the class will be using the cameras and in order to get the shots we need we would need to film using at least 2 camera. The lighting would also be an issue as we would be filming in the street in the dark. The lighting would be bad and it would create a bad quality of film.

This is why we have decided to change the song.