Preliminary Task - What we learned

Doing the preliminary task very much made clearer some concepts that we should apply to the making of music videos, and why those concepts should be applied.

Firstly, we learned that the music video is better when the performer really tries to empathise with the emotion demonstrated by the song. For example, an upbeat song (such as "Don't go breaking my heart") would have a lot of dancing in it, because it flows with the music. A more melancholy tune would require more extreme close ups, and perhaps a more solemn look from the performer.

Attempting to find places to film also stressed the fact that our budget is limited. Our music video will thus have to be heavily based around the limitations we have. For example, if the school is where we'd be filming (for practical reasons), we may make the narrative of the music video in such a way that it relates to the school.

We also realize that we will have to be careful in selecting the style in which our shots will be done, i.e. we cannot have just 4 shots of dancing and no extreme close ups.