Visual Effects in Music Videos

When editing our final product, visual effects will play an important role into how people view our music video. If our music video looks simple, it will not stand out as much as ones which do have visual effects.

- Different camera angles;
- Colours;
- Effects;
- Cut to the beat of the music.

After discussing it as a group, we have decided that we would be interested in including a multiple exposure piece in our video. It would involve a 'normal' shots, merged with manic shots of our actor Marcus Buck. We feel that it would show the different emotions of our character and the comparison between how he is viewed by other people ('normal' shots) and the feelings he has to hide (manic shots).

Filming Schedule

Filming Schedule by Lucy on Scribd

Location Visits

Esther and I decided it would be best to visit a few locations and take some pictures of where we could possibly film, which will help us when we storyboard our ideas. Some of our shots will be set outside and so finding a place where can film is important. However, as the majority of our shots will probably be set inside, we also need to find places which will allow us to film e.g. a gallery. 

Hilly Fields: 

Alexandra Palace: 

Actors

Yesterday Esther and I went with our actor Marcus Buck to visit locations where we could film. As I am also starring in the music video, we decided to take a few pictures together to see if we would work well together on camera when filming. This is required as we need it to look relatively real to achieve the idea we have come up with. 

Mac 1 Lip Sync

Today we attempted to lip sync to our chosen song 'Snap Out Of It' by Arctic Monkeys. It helped us with our editing skills and has shown us how precise we have to be when lining up shots with the song lyrics. We have decided to use a small bit of lip syncing in our actual music video, but we are still sticking with the majority of it being narrative. 

Permission Request

Here is a screenshot of the email I have sent to the producer of the Arctic Monkeys album our chosen song is from. Alongside sending it to Ross Orton, I have also sent it to the official address for the band. I had first sent it to the bands email address as I could not find any other one, but since finding a website for one of the producers which had their contact information, I thought it would be best if I sent it to him as well as it may be more direct.

Mac 1 Vlog