Camera Angles

The Angle that the Camera is placed during a cut is very important. Professional Camera men will position the camera angles not only in different spots to keep the film running in flow. But also to capture parts of the scene that they want YOU the audience to see.
Throughout are process of filming we tried to take this into account for each situation. We tried to create the best camera angle possible at each point to display are point.

Medium Shot.

This is A medium Camera Angle, this is effective in this scene as it enables the audience to visualise not only the protagonist actor, but also the artist following him. This shot is more effective then for example a long angle because you can see that the artist is singing in the background.

Close-Up Shot.

This Close-Up is very affective. Close-Ups can show emotion through an individual body part. This Close-Up is of the eye, this is effective and essential for are music video as it shows that "tears wont fall from my eyes," and the emotion comes straight through from the tear.

Over The Shoulder Shot

This over the shoulder shot was used to show that the protagonist is driving. This gives a 3rd person view and gives the suggestion of going back in time as the car moves in reverse.

High Angle Shot.

This is a High Angle Shot, this is effective to show the pieces of plates smash and spread out of the screen, it also shows the plate go back in reverse to its normal unbroken plate. This really brings out the view of going back in time.

Long Shot.

This is a long shot, we used this to show a good amount of the car at different angles as it moved.

Birds eye view shot.

The Birds eye view shot is often used to present a land scape. However we have used it here to look down on the artist, this gives the effect that he is looking up to the sky.

Costume

• Costume is essential for a music video, the costume must be presentable without having too much attention on the character as this could effect the outcome of understanding the video.
• The protagonist actor was made to dress up in very plain/casual clothes, this is to create the ordinary scenes, but as it was an urban hip hop video, he has his hood up in a variety of scenes just to capture the essence of the urban nature which the video revolves around.

• However the character seen as the artist, is dressed up more to look outstanding and 'hiphop' to add a cool hint to the video. This also adds to the film when the protagonist walks straight past the artist almost as if he is a 'ghost' in the video.

• The female character is presented in a costume, which is just a t-shirt and pants. However the t-shirt is long so nothing is showing because there is no nudity needed in the video as the idea can be conveyed through the use of acting also without nudity the film would not need to be classified under a age rating through the BBFC. If we were to use a professional actress we would use a more outstanding amount of nudity to add a greater sexual content to the video.

• The Antagonist is also in casual wear as they are not an important part of the video but are necessary to be there to express the view of being cheated on as there must be another character in the video to convey what they the female actress and the antagonist are up to. 

Equipment

Before each section of filming we planned out what props we would need to make the video effective and so we wouldn't forget essential things to produce the video.

• Digital flip camera
• Tripod
• Music CD (to remind us of lyrics and stages)
• Costumes
• Computer
• Lighting

Theory Behind The Video and applications

As a start to the Media Studies music video, we did lots of research into what makes a good music video. After watching many different things we realised 'some' videos form to the same conventions. After noticing this occasional same objective, we decided to look and see if there was any theories that had to be applied to make a good conventional music video.

Andrew Goodwin applied features that all music videos should have. 

Goodwin's features:

• Links between lyrics and visuals - (our music video follows this convention as when the lyrics "tears won't fall from my eyes" occurs, we show a clip of one of our actors crying, but then reversing the shot so the tears flies back up into the eye to show that he does not want to cry.)
• Links between music and visuals (our video follows this entirely as we continually cut to the beat, and as the song is of a very urban background, we show our video in an urban location and have various mise en scene approaches to this urban under layer, such as clothing, props, semiotics, gait and even the actual footage)
• Genre characteristics (as commented in the bullet point above, our genre is largely urban and hip hop, and we follow this genre perfectly as we use many hip hop video conventions such as having the video revolve around an attractive girl)
• Intertextuality reference (we follow one of the 4 pillars of hip hop - rapping) 
• Notions of looking (we follow this theory as we generally show what is going on with the protagonist and with his mind, enhancing this by showing P.O.V shots and showing a lot of facial expressions. Also, show the smashing of a plate that he throws in slow motion, to indicate how he feels ; Anger, Broken heart.) 
• Voyeurism (direct gaze, other people looking at artist, insight into artist life, screens and mirrors.)
• Demand of the record label (representation of artist)
• Performance based, narrative based or concept based music video (We follow a narrative based music video)