Marina & the Diamonds

A band that uses predominantly performance music videos is Marina & the Diamonds. I am hoping that we are able to achieve similar shots that they have within their music videos, especially the close up shots and how they have made it so that some of their shots go with the beat of the song.

BFI Visit

On the 25th of November my media class and I travelled to the British Film Institute to listen to a music video conference. Throughout the conference we learnt how music videos have changed over the years and how we are able to achieve the highest marks possible in our own music video. However, they focused largely on performance music videos that would not have been helpful for Esther and I but since our idea had changed and we are focusing a lot on performance, I can notice how the conference was at least a small bit beneficial to us. 

Group Update

Due to problems with contrasting ideas in our group, we have decided to split into two. Esther and I have decided to work together on creating a new music video, combining both of our ideas. We have already started thinking of some ideas for our coursework and will begin filming as soon as we choose our actors and are certain of what we want our final outcome to be like. 

Wednesdays Filming Cancellation

As a group we had planned to go and carry on our filming on Wednesday (09/11) but due to the weather being particularly bad we were not able to go. For the majority of our shots set outside we need it to be sunny and so it has been challenging to find the time when it's not raining and we are all free to go out and film.

We rescheduled to the following Wednesday (16/11) but even then, we don't know if we will be able to go out and film. We can only film on Wednesdays as that is the only time when we are all free, but it's likely something may come up mean we can't go and film then which is why we are having difficulty with carrying on with our music video. It may mean we have to rush to get it done (hopefully that won't be the case). We will probably get a lot of our filming done over the Christmas break so that when we come back to school we can focus on editing it together before the deadline.