Update: Ideas

I've got an idea!

Yes after much thinking and watching other music videos I have had a brilliant idea has sprung. After watching many of the past music videos done by other students I noticed that all of them (or at least all the ones I been able to see) are real life. No one has taken it upon themselves to include animation.

Luckily for me I have basic knowledge from the past on using stop motion animation. So, my idea is to do a music video entirely filmed in stop motion, most likely through the use of Lego. I believe this will make my video a breath of fresh air and visually interesting (depending obviously if it is good in the end) as well as bringing back to roots with the filmmaking I used to do and enjoy dearly.

Last thing to do now is to decide on a suitable song. I have some ideas in my head so far but nothing is for definite.

As always, bye for now.

Update: Happy Complete

Hey Guys!

Myself, Dan and Amy have finished our recreation of 'Happy' (I know! Filming and editing and everything!). Our segment of the song is 1:00 - 1:30 (click the link to see 'Happy' start from this point).

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So, here is a couple of screenshots of a storyboard we decided to create beforehand so we had a good idea of what we were going to film instead of completely relying on improvisation. However, around 10% of these shots drawn were not actually used and replaced with what we felt were much better ideas than what are seen on here. We wanted to mimic the occurrences of the songs; with characters dancing to the beat of the song as well as walking towards the camera whilst singing.

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Anyway, you shall expect the recreation to be uploaded to blogger with in the coming days. So keep your eyes peeled.

As always, bye for now.

Recommended Music Videos

Hey Guys

Here's a little bit of analysis of some music videos.

Payphone (Maroon 5): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRaWnd3LJfs
Cake By The Ocean (DNCE): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWaRiD5ym74
The Scientist (Coldplay): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB-RcX5DS5A
Reptilia (The Strokes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8-tXG8KrWs
I wanna get better (Bleachers): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5osPtE7kXI

Update: Happy

Alright!

Ladies and Gentlemen here is our first update.

Recently we have been given a task in groups to recreate the music video to the popular song 'Happy' by Pharrell Williams. This task is to allow us to, firstly, start to get into the idea of making a music video and, secondly, experiment with matching the lip syncing to the actual words of the song.

I'm going to be working with Daniel Haywood and Amy Heald for this task and we are recreating the song from 1:00 to 1:30. The aim is that each group recreates different 30 second segments so that, in the end, everyone's clips can be put together and the full song recreated.

So you can expect updates on this and the actual recreation complete in the coming weeks.

Now! Time for some facts.

Released on November 21st 2013 and made specifically for the soundtrack of Despicable Me 2, hence the use of the minions in the official music video, 'Happy' became the number-one single for 2014 and went on to win many other awards at the Grammys.
The song was filled in Los Angeles and consisted of many dancers and cameo celebrities dancing around various locations there.
In addition, a 24 hour version of the song was released whereby people from across the global danced to the song and uploaded their clips to 24hoursofhappy.com. This act billed the song as the world's first 24 hour music video. This meant that exchange was actively encouraged as this was basically huge free advertising for the song.
The 24 hour video was aired at Buenos Aires Film Festival; a mass product appealing to a niche market.

That's all, bye for now.

Link to the official 'Happy' music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM

YouTube research: Watchmojo

Alright, lets kick things off with some YouTube videos!

Here are some watchmojo videos on music videos. In case you didn't know, watchmojo is a YouTube channel that specialises in producing Top 10 videos as voted for by their viewers.

Top 10 Music Videos of All Time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQoPx7v74f0
Top 10 Animated Music Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExvKibHRxc0
Another Top 10 Iconic Album Covers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OcVWrrpOyM

Watchmojo.com channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/WatchMojo

Introduction

Hey Guys!

Yes I'm back and this time around our media project for A2 is to create a music video. Yes, not another thriller opening but a music video.

I know exciting!

Honestly I'm not sure on any ideas yet as I don't really watch music videos, I'm not really educated in which are good, which are bad, which are iconic and so forth. If I listen to a song I just listen to the song. However, Dan did put an idea in my head about doing a video of parodies of multiple different songs stringed together.

Which brings me to my next point. Should I choose to work on my own or with others? Some usually choose to do this task on their own because, firstly, they feel confident in using the equipment and have a better idea on what they are doing. Secondly, their is a deeper feeling of individuality in your video in the end; what is produced is all from your choice. However, working with others (most likely Dan, the guy who I mentioned before who I worked effectively with in our thriller task) would allow the workload to be shared and other ideas contributed to possibly create an even better result.

Anyway, I will of course be posting regular updates on my own task and relevant research into other music videos.

As always, bye for now.

Link to my thriller opening: http://alexhunterasfoundationportfolio.blogspot.co.uk/