On Friday Pete Fraser came into our school to give us a lecture about top tips with our music video. Here are some pointers and notes of what he told us...
Media music vid lecture
Top tips
100 marks- work up collect points
Plan for everything
Storyboard-shoot extra always
Get mobile numbers of teams
Aim to shoot early not near deadlines
Makes sure performances are rehearsed
The shoot
Shoot performance at lease 10 times
Lots of close ups
Shoot more than you think you will need
Experiment with angles and lighting changes
Lots of cutaways
The edit
Sync up performances
Get whole picture rather than tiny detail
Cut and cut again
Any effects do it last
Upload rough cuts/first drafts- get feedback ensure people are honest
Places to look for tips
Petesmediablog
Evidence 1-put on blog
Real music vids
Real music vids of your genre
Any visuals that have influenced -films,TV,adverts,music vids,photos
Steal-o-matic
Location, test shots
Evidence 2
Real album covers
Real websites
Early exercises in album covers
Changes to your design-screenshots
Show how it's a 'package'
Evidence 3
Student music vids, digipacks, websites
Photos and clips throughout
Storyboard and animatic of your vid plan
Evidence 4
Rough cuts of vids
Screenshot of edit progress
Behind the scenes
Feedback from peers
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