1. Video Inspirations

2. Genre
When creating my initial ideas I considered genres such as Modern R&B,
Grime, Country, Pop, indie and rock. Therefore the images on the slide show
below are from music videos from artists such as Devlin, Delilah, Yasmin,
Emeli Sande, Ed Sheeran, Carrie Underwood and Natalia Kills which all fit into
one or more of the above genres. All the music videos below conform to the
typical codes and conventions of their particular genre for example the music
video “runaway” performed by Devlin conforms to the typical codes and
conventions of the grime genre by being filmed in a location consisting of
council houses and being set in a city. Therefore when creating my own music
video I will take into consideration the typical codes of the particular genre I
decide to base my music video on, however I would also like to break away
from some of them.

4. Type of Music Video
The slide show below shows a variety of images taken from a number of
music videos which have combined both performance and narrative. In my
initial ideas I was particularly interested in creating a music video which
combines both narrative and performance. Like the music videos shown
below I would use editing techniques to combine the two, I would do this
by cross cutting between scenes of the band performing and scenes
creating the narrative. I also like the idea that by including a narrative you
can break the conventions of a typical music video by including diegetic
sound such as dialogue at the beginning of the music video to add to the
narrative

6. Setting
In my initial ideas I decided that I wanted my music video to be very
realistic, being primarily narrative based, therefore the settings throughout my
music video will all be realistic. Therefore all the images below are of places that
a narrative could take place, for example in a house, a council estate, in the
country side, in the city and even a train station.

8. Type of Characters
The images on the slide show below are of artists that inspired the type of
characters I would use in my music video. When creating my initial ideas I
took inspiration from music videos such as “professor green-read all about it”
and decided that the video itself would consist of a male rap/grime artist who
will be represented stereotypically with casual clothing, short hair and tattoos
featuring a female artist from another genre of music for example R&B, indie
or dance therefore combining the two genres of music. The woman will be
represented strong and confident like the female artists shown on the slide
below.

10. Camera Shots & Cinematography
All the images on the slide below show the variety of camera shots and angles
I would use when creating my own music video. There is a long shots and a
establishing shot shown on the slide below, this is because at the beginning of
the music video I would have a long shot of the setting, the camera will pan
across the setting to help establish the setting, giving the audience a clear
idea of the location it is set.
The slide show below also shows close up shots, this is because I decided that
there should be a close up of the artists when they are performing so that the
audience can easily see and recognize the artists.
There are also examples of low angle shots which I decided should also be
used when the artists are performing which will make them look powerful.
There are also a number of other camera shots shown below such as twoshot, point of view shot, mid-shot, aerial shot, group shot and a over the
shoulder shot.