Initial Ideas & A Finished Moodboard, Woo!

For out initial ideas we had to do some research on which genre our music video was going to be for. Right at the start of this process our teacher showed us some past students music videos to give us an idea of what scored high marks and what type of editing skills were highly valued by the examiner. Some of the videos he showed us are below.







After my group and I had seen some of these videos we knew that editing and mise en scene were going to be huge factors into the success of our music video as they determined the whole message and mood. We noted down that mise en scene must be precise and add value to the song so location, costumes and lighting was very important. Editing speed and effects implemented to highlight the characters mood and emotions must be carefully considered.

Following this insight into how music videos were made by people who were in our situation, we began to search for music. The website we used was www.unsigned.com in which we searched for unsigned artists to make a video for to avoid any copyright issues. However, whilst browsing on this site we didn't fully agree on the music hence we were unsuccessful in finding the right song.

We are currently still searching for our desired track and are using music sharing websites such as YouTube to find our music.

Here is a closer look at our fantastic moodboard!