Video Inspirations

Beyonce - 1+1

With our intentions to include slow motion in our videos this is how rachel and I imagined the effect in our video. From a slow mo straight to a fast forward and back to a slow mo, we think this could a great effect and give the video more authenticity.

Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness

Again, this Lana Del Rey music video captures a 90's feel to the video.

The Saturdays - Disco Love

Although this video was aimed to be set in the 70's, the use of rollerskates in the video creates a fun atmosphere which we also wanted to recreate in our video also using rollerskates.

We thought about using a tracking foot shot for the rollerskates which then progresses to a tracking up shot revealing the four characters in the music video. 

Lana Del Rey - Video Games

Rachel mentioned this video in lesson and we seem to like the home video feel to this. It represents the 90's and the growing development of technologies. We wanted to give our music video a 90's atmosphere which we could show through adding a 90's video effect.

Final Cut Pro X

The daunting time of being introduced to a new software is fast approaching and as scary as it is, I'm rather excited to experiment with something other than iMovie. I think this year we will use Final Cut to edit the video as it gives something new and fresh and we can also edit to perfection as well as incorporating new effects into the video. 

The only problem i found with iMovie last year was the video editing where we were able to edit the brightness, contrast and saturation. Editing the brightness on a clip worked but I don't think it quite kept the same quality, so it will be interesting to see how Final Cut differs from iMovie which I'm sure it does very much. 

The kaleidoscope effect is also already installed on Final Cut which could make this much easier than creating the effect ourselves. Depending on how it looks we will see which makes the final cut - homemade kaleidoscope or final cut effect. 

Schedule

Monday 28th Oct - Start Filming

Throughout Half-term (28th-4th Nov) - Filming

For the coming half-term we plan to start and (hopefully) finish filming the bulk and perhaps all of the footage needed for our music video. we discussed approximately how long we think it would take to film and we came up with around 3 days - provided the weather is on our side. 

Knowing London, the rain is bound to make an appearance at one point and we have therefore made a decision to include the rain in our music video as we think it could recreate the ethereal atmosphere which comes across in the Haim music video for 'Falling.' The rain might also have a slow motion feature too as we discussed perhaps filming the ripple that raindrops produce. 

Hopefully filming will take no more than a week in total as we can start to use our time to edit to perfection using Final Cut Pro.

HAIM - Falling Video

The video by Haim creates an ethereal rather mellow tone and atmosphere, something we wish to achieve as well as bringing in the fun and enjoyable element to it as well. 

Vlog | Filming Ideas

• Thoughts on storyboarding and how we will do it.
• Filming schedule
• Thoughts on weather (and back-ups)
• Shot ideas

Video Inspiration

Video inspiration. Although our video ideas do not have many similarities to this, the video is still inspiring as it captures the essence of the simplicity of a video and just how effective it can be. The simple shots and immaculate quality shows us that perhaps again, we are all trying to hard to think outside of the box. At present, we're sticking to our video idea - trying to keep it as simple as possible. 

Video Idea

So I came across this video idea where these artists stuck a flare somewhere by the wheel of a bike and rode uphill during nighttime. I particularly like the flare at this time of day as it accentuates the light and this also shows some silhouettes too which we're keen on as a group. 

A wide still shot of the bike riding across with the flare lit and the sunset in the background would create a calming atmosphere, which could be effective nearing the end of the music video.