Top Tips

The Task

• Package: album (digipack), website or advert, music video

• 100 marks: research and planning 20, video 40, digipack 10, website 10, evaluation 20

Plan for everything

• Storyboard- you can always shoot extra

• Plan people, places, props, costumes

• Get everyone’s mobile numbers

• Aim to shoot it early, not up against deadline

• Make sure your performers have rehearsed and know the words

MUSIC VIDEO TIMELINE TASK

Using the  TIMELINE SHEETS, breakdown your  MUSIC TRACK  into verses, chorus, instrumental parts, key

phrases and sounds - (USE COLOURS to help differentiate the parts).

Once you have deconstructed the track - start to annotate the timeline explaining

which part of the song is accompanied by what type of visuals.

know your equipment

• Do test shots to try out effects

• Check any quirks of the camera

• Make sure you have tripod (and ‘shoe’)

• Is the disk loaded ?

• experiment with Final Cut before the main thing

• Have you got the music and an audible source?

the shoot

• Shoot the performance at least ten times with different set-ups

• Make sure you have plenty of cutaways

• Experiment with extra angles and lighting changes

• Don’t forget: lots of close-ups !

• Enthuse your performers- they must give it plenty!

• Shoot more than you think you will need

the edit

• Synch up performances first

• Get the whole picture rather than tiny detail

• Cut and cut again

• Aim for a dynamic piece of work

• Do any effects work last

• Upload a rough cut to your blog and get feedback

look elsewhere for tips

• petesmediablog

• Cranford school wix

• Latymer school websites, digipacks and videos

• Hurtwood media

• Islington Sixth Form

Text

http://petesmediablog.blogspot.co.uk/2012_11_01_archive.html

http://cranfordmedia.wix.com/mod2013

http://www.latymermediamusicvideo.blogspot.co.uk/

http://latymermusicvideo2013group3.blogspot.co.uk/

http://latymermusicvideo2013group2.blogspot.co.uk/

http://www.youtube.com/user/hurtwoodhousemedia

http://candipop12.blogspot.co.uk/

Choosing your track

• AVOID really famous artist or song• Think about SUB-GENRE• STRONG Visual idea/Concept• Aim for 3 minutes or just under• Needs LYRICS for Performance• LISTEN TO ADVICE!!!!

finished student videos