Extended Project

By Sophie Hoskin

The Proposal

• I am to make an music video to accompany an original song that I have written as part of my extended project.

• I have chosen to do this because I have a personal interest in music video production and would like to go further into this business in the future, I would like to pick up more skills and knowledge on how to create a music video so that in the future I am able to create more similar products.

Planning Research: • Who is the audience?• What do the audience like to see in their songs/ video• What will the video look like?• Where can the video be filmed?• When will the video be filmed and music recorded?• How will I edit the music/ video/ final production?

Song writing

Storyboarding

Recording of sound

Videoing

5 hours

6 hours

8 hours

4 hours

10 hours

Song Research

Most common song type in the UK is love songs.Most songs are written through a feeling or motion that the artist is feeling.Songs are usually started with lyrics and followed by the instrumental track.On the next slide I have shown the first draft of my song that is currently being adjusted to fit the musical composition.

Kiss Goodnight

You kissed me goodnight,As you went out with the lads,And you said: “baby im all yours”,You held me so tight ,And you looked into my eyes,But tonight,I know that was all lies. Do you not respect me?Do you not believe in love?Do you not care…What the future holds?You lie and you lie,But isn’t it about time,For the truth to be told,Before the lies all get old? Its time for you to leave,And you kissed me goodnight,But your promise means nothing this time.Just walk out my door,Just walk out my life,Now it’s goodbye forever more.You would hold me so tight,And whisper “I love you”,I thought you were mine,I thought I was all yours.

Do you not respect me?Do you not believe in love?Do you not care…What the future holds?You lie and you lie,But isn’t it about time,For the truth to be told,Before the lies all get old? Now it’s time for you to leave,Got out of my life,You’re the past now,The future looks bright. Do you not respect me?Do you not believe in love?Do you not care…What the future holds?You lie and you lie,But isn’t it about time,For the truth to be told,Before the lies all get old?

Music video research

• I looked at 4 different music videos that are in the same genre as mine and have noted down what I like and dislike about each video, after doing this I made a decision on what should or shouldn’t be included in my personal music video, on the next four sides you will see my analysis of each video.

Valentine- Kina Grannis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=840NbiFF1zMAdvantages • Natural • Different • Fun • Exiting• Shows the emotions from all angles• Low budget• Easy to relate to.

Disadvantages • Repetitive• Sad • Sticks to one area instead of

experiencing different locations and lighting.

Irreplaceable- Beyoncé

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EwViQxSJJQ&ob=av2e

Advantages • Relatable • Shows the emotion that she is

feeling • Focuses on the subject • Personal • Direct to the audience• Shoots from many locations

Disadvantages• A lot to focus on • Dark colours • Video carries on after song

finishes.

Someone like you- Adele

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLQl3WQQoQ0&ob=av2e

Advantages:• Black and white colouring is

effective.• Emotions are clearly shown• Works well with the song • Many location shots • Focuses on the most important

part of the song / video.

Disadvantages• Boring • Not a lot going on

Jar of hearts – Christina Perri http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v_4O44sfjM&ob=av2e

Advantages • Colour is effective to the type of

song • Creative• Exiting• Different • Fun• Changes colour at the end … shows

the point of the story.

Disadvantages• Not many location shots • Not always about the song• Goes off the point at times.

What my video should include…

• Different location shots• Colour changing • Fun, exiting, different • Works well with the song • Focus‘ on the story behind the song • Direct to the audience• Emotions shown in the video• Relatable

What my video shouldn’t be …

• Off the point of the story • Boring• Over the top• Not a lot going on.

Creating the song and music

• Writing the song and the music was an important part of the project.

• It was also the hardest.• I ended up writing around 3 sets of different

lyrics before ending up with my final one.• If I was to do it again I would create the music

before the lyrics as doing it the other way round was a lot harder.

Producing the music

• I recorded both the lyrics and the backing track straight onto the computer using a zoom.

• I recorded them separately and attached them together using Cubase.

• If I was to do it again I would use a different programme to produce it as I found the use of Cubase hard.

Storyboarding and ideas for the video.

• I came up with 3 different ideas for the video and asked teenagers which idea they preferred.

• By asking the target audience it gave me an inside look into what they would like to see in a music video for a song like this.

• I also viewed music videos that had similar genres, this helped me as it gave me ideas and showed me what had been done before, this way I could make my video different.

Location and equipment

• I used a cheap video camcorder and minimal equipment/costumes/props, my music video is low budget, this way I could show the natural side of the situation.

• I used a public area for my location, this way it seemed more realistic.

Shooting the video

• The video took a week to film.• I used the same location throughout the film.• I used the same characters.• I produced 3/4 short shots, that I could use as

a replayed sequence for the video.

Editing the video.

• I spent a week editing and producing the final video, I used 3 videos and replayed them for 1 minute of the film after each time the film was faster, after 3 minutes the story continues.

• I used a black and white effect for my video, this creates an affect of sadness.

What would I change ?

• I would make the vocals louder than the backing track.

• I would make more shots for the film.• I would show different side of the story

through the music video.