Sunday, 30 November 2014

Good And Bad Music Video Techniques

Large Number Of Cuts


Music Video With Low Number Of Cuts

This music video called unchained melody by the righteous brothers does not have that many cuts in it. Some people may like this video because its an old classic but these days the audience look for something that will interest them. 

Although this video is a classic it is still boring to watch because there is a low number of cuts and the camera is just recording in one position. You need to have a lot of shots in a music video if you want it to look interesting

This music video does not have that many locations which also make the music video look immobile. A music video needs to have a range of locations as well as cuts to make it more interesting. This music video does not have that many cuts because this video i old and although this is a famous classic the audience now days would be looking for something that is fluent and that has a wide range of cuts as well as locations.



 Music Video With Large Number Of Cuts

This music video called where them girls at by David Guetta  has a large number of cuts. This is good because it makes it moire pleasing to watch rather than a video that does not have many cuts. 

A large number of cuts gives more variety of camera positions to use in the music video e.g long shots close ups etc

In this Music video we can there are a wide range of cuts included in the music video. A large number of cuts allow the music video to add lots of locations like this one. This music video has about 6 locations included in it.  Because of the music video will normally be interesting for the audience to watch.









Special Effects




Music Video With Bad Special Effects 


This music video called Perfect day by Duran Duran is a music video with bad effects. Because of the music videos bad effects the audience will not be interested in the music video.

Some times the effects may look bad because the music video was produced years ago and they are not as good as the music videos that are out now but back in these times these special effects would of looked good.

Bad special effects make the video look scruffy the audience could see this in a negative way because it does not look good or they could find it quite humorous because of how bad the special effects are.











Music Video With Good Special Effects

This music video called Just the way you are by Bruno Mars. The special effects in this music video are very interesting and this will keep the audience interested while watching it.

The special effects in this video are effective and would capture the audiences attention. As we can see in this video the artist himself is moves his hands  and the tape mimics his actions. This is fascinating because we don't really see that in a music video. The artist has also thought outside the box by adding these interesting special effects in his music video.

By doing this the artist could be reaching out to a wider target audience because of that video. You can tell that the artist has worked hard on the video just from the special effects. The audience will now think that he is a serious artist who puts time and effort into his music videos.





Cutting To The Beat 






Music Video That Cuts To The Beat

In this music video called crazy for love by bey-once and Jay-z. It shows the audience that it is cutting to the beat making it more enjoyable to watch and looks professional and coordinated.  
This music video represents the artist in a professional way because they are able to cut to the beat and make the music video look interesting. In this video we can see where it cuts to the beat. Every that little horn plays in the background thats when  it cuts and this horn comes about every 4 beats. This makes the music video look well thought about and portrays the artist as a serious hard worker.

Videos that cut to the beat look so much more efficient because it looks in place. If the music video did not cut to the beat it would look scruffy and the audience would not like it because it does not look right.





Music Video That Does Not Cut To The Beat

This music video called I wanna rock right now by the artists Black eyed peas does not show any examples of cutting to the beat. If this song did not have good animations and some other things they included in the music video it would not be seen as a good music video as the audience would find it boring. 

As you can see form this video it does not cut form the beat. Although this is a good music video it would have been a good idea to make it cut to the beat as it looks more tidy and professional.

When the audience watch this music video they would think its good obviously because its a good music video but some of the audience would be able to pick out that it does not cut to the beat which could have made the music video more interesting when watching it




Varied Camera Language



Music Video With Varied Camera Language

 In this music video we can spot how having a  fine amount of camera language can make  the music video much better. Including a  whole range of shots makes the  music video much more interesting to watch as it entertains
the audience by keeping them occupied.

Having a range of varied camera language suggests to the audience that the artist is very creative as they are able to use a whole range of sots to make their music video look more interesting for the audience.

Having varied camera language is good as it is interesting to watch. In this music video we can see how the artist has varied his camera language to make it look fascinating.







Music Video With Less Varied  Camera Language 

In this music video called just loose it by eminem shows how having a little amount of camera language can make it boring for the audience. Videos like this are not entertaining for the audience as there is not a range of shots and settings for the audience to see. Music videos like this are usually done in one setting which makes it even more dull. 

We see in this music video that there is not that much varied camera language and due to that this music video is quite boring to watch and this is how the audience would feel. This music video contains a shot that is straight on for the majority of the music video. This video needs to have varied camera langue included to make it interesting for the audience. Although this is only one song with not that much varied camera language it would still make a difference if it was included with in the music video.

The artist has probably done this because maybe he had ran out of ideas and just wanted to get a video out there.



Green Screens



Music Video With Bad Green Screen


This music video displays how having a bad green screen can be very effective on the audience. When there is a music video with bad green screen it makes the artist and the music video quite unprofessional.

When you watch a music video with a green screen included in it should be able to look presentable to the audience.This video does not do that in this video, We can see in this video that the green screen is not that good.To the audience this may look unpresentable because of the way it looks.

Maybe the artist has done the green screen like this to make it suit with the actual music video and what the song is about and that is why the green screen could look bad.

Music Video With Good Green Screen

This music video presents how a good green screen can make the music video much better  as it makes it more interesting for the audience when watching especially when the green screen actually makes it look like you are there.

In this music video you can see how the artists have made the green screen look effective and believable and this is what catches the audiences attention and make them think if it is real or not. It is better to have a believable green screen as it makes the music video look real and it would be interesting to watch.

The reason why the artist have chose this green screen was to interest the audience and to suit the theme of the song which made everything fit in together correctly as well as looking effective to the audience.







Lip-Syncing

Lip syncing is when the artist mimics the song either doing it well or poorly. When you lip sync it is a good idea to act in the song style to persuade the audience that you are not lip syncing It would also be a good idea to know the song lyrics as well.

In this video we can see the artist madonna lip syncing. If you watch this video carefully you can see some of her words don't match in time when she is saying it. You can also see how she gets into different positions while obstructing her mouth to make it easier for her to lip sync

If the artist performs the lip sync to the poor standard the audience could look at this in a negative way because.it would look like she just rushed it and couldnt not be bothered to do the music video proply.

Artists may lip sync because they might not have enough time to complete the music video. Or they could have a sore throat so they just mime the words.

No comments:

Post a Comment