Music Video Research

Videos researched- 
                                Miley cyrus- We Cant Stop

                                Kesha- Crazy Kids 

                                Rihanna- We Found Love 

                                Rita Ora- How We Do 

                                Chritina Aguilera- Your Body 

                                Miley Cyrus- 23 

                                Iggy Azalea- Change Your Life 

For the beginning of our research we looked at Miley Cyrus's song and video 'We Cant Stop'. We all agreed that this is the style of video that we want to do and began to look at the different aspects and scenes of the video. As we decided we would focus on the style of this video we chose to have a different song, that still portrays the themes, which is about being young. The Video we want to create will consist of random scenes put together with no story or narrative to it. The song we chose is Kesha- We Are Who We Are. Miley's video has inspired us to create a video that is about being young and 'wild', using a series of different scenarios and shots that have no real meaning or story-line.

These two collages I have created give an overview of what the We Cant Stop video looks like and the types of images and lifestyle that we wish to portray to the audience of our music video, which is young people. We will be using a selection of ideas from this video and also other videos to help us develop ideas and come up with some completely unique ones as well. 

Opening Image

We want to have the opening of our video to be the artist name and then the name of the song over a background image. This is a generic factor in a lot of music videos but it is done in many different styles.

These are some of the different ways I have found that can be used to show the artist's name and song at the beginning of a video. The colours that we will use on our video will probably be white, red and black, therefore some of these, like the Kesha ones will not be appropriate for our video. The Miley Cyrus video '23' with the lipstick on the mirror is an idea that we are going to use and think it is a very creative way of doing something that a lot of videos do using text on the screen. However the Iggy Azalea 'Change Your Life' one is very bold and stands out against the picture, so we could have this as a back up plan in case the lipstick idea does not work.

Other ideas for parts of the video

When researching we have found many similar ideas that we like and want to put in our video, this includes pool shots, the use of animals (dogs), grillz (used for teeth), fire and sparklers, people singing on beds and in bath tubs and applying make-up.

Pool Shots: These two shots are from the 'We Cant Stop' video and show some generic pool images, however to get more ideas of how to film a pool scene we have looked at other videos and more ways of filming in a pool.

These are some of the different pool shots I have found in my research. They are all very different and show diverse ways of using a pool in a music video. Some of the ideas like the men sitting on chairs underwater, have inspired us to look for and create some more pool ideas that are different and will make our video more exciting.

 Use of Animals: The use of animals is in quite a few videos and we feel that it is a good way of making the video more eye catching and makes it stand out. In some videos the animals used are tigers which is obviously not an option for our video however we have access to our own animals which is dogs.

Grillz: These images show the artists wearing grillz that go in your teeth although you cannot see them very well. We are going to look further into this idea and see if there are ways around using them as it would be an expensive idea to use.

Fire, Sparklers and Smoking: Here are some images from 3 different music videos that all have a common theme of fire/smoke. Our original idea of creating a word from fire may be difficult so the idea of using sparklers is a good alternative and gives the same bold affect. The coloured cigarette is also a really fun idea that would fit well with the theme of our music video. If other parts of the video do not go to plan then these could be used as fillers as they still fit the style.

Singing and Dancing on bed and bath: In many music videos this is a common look that is used but is done in many different styles and shot differently and at different angles. The clothing that is worn in these types of scenes is youthful and provocative to attract the audience. The idea of laying down and being relaxed and laid back fits the young and wild vibe that we are going to create in our video.

As shown in these shots there are many ways of shooting scenes like this. The one from Iggy Azalea's video is quite different as it is shot from a side angle and stands out among the others. The colours in this one are perhaps too warm and we will go for brighter colder colours like the Rita Ora or Miley Cyrus ones.

Applying make-up/ mirror shots: Another idea for our video is to have the main star of the video looking in the mirror applying make-up to go with the young vibe. This will be filmed from the side so that the shot is only of the artists reflection and not the camera.

Money: The first shot is taken from Miley Cyrus's video 'We Cant Stop' of the man eating a money sandwich and fits well with the lyric in our song 'tearing it apart' however it would be too similar to copy the idea exactly so we had the idea of either ripping up money or throwing it. In the second image it shows money being laid down which indicates a big lifestyle which we wold like to reference to in our video.