Location for filming (Not appropriate for new song)

Before I started filming for my music video, I thought it would be a good idea to go to one of my chosen locations to take pictures, this way I could practise with the lighting especially because it is outside, also how practical it would be to take equipment there.

 I have chosen to film most of my video in a woodland park close to my house, I took these pictures to show what the lighting would be like whether I was to film in close to the tree's or outside in the greener area.

 I took the above pictures to practice focusing a Canon 600D, I know that it may turn out differently when filming to the still image but I wanted to experiment with the camera in different levels of focusing on my location.

 I like this shot as I am thinking about having my character sit on this bench and possibly lip sync some of the lyrics. The bench is in a good location for equipment and I think I can produce some good footage from this angle. 

Contact with an artist.

I found the artist of my song on jamendo.com - a website for royalty free tracks.

I chose a young woman called Jill Zimmerman who lives in Minneapolis,United States of America, because of this factor I could not ask for her to be involved in my video. However I did contact her via her official Facebook page to tell her that I had chosen her song and I also asked what she pictured when she wrote the song.

Below is the evidence of these messages which will help me when I come to plan what I want to film for this video.

Transition music video project

This is the music video me and three others from my class made to the song 'Kinky Boots' by Patrick MacNee and Honor Blackman, which was given to us by our AS media studies teacher.
We didn't have a lot of time to plan,film and edit our video especially because it was our first music video produced there are a lot of aspects which could be improved.
Location
We filmed the majority of our footage at our college where we asked other students to participate, we thought this would be a good idea as we would be able to get a range of people involved which fits with the lyrics.
A bad point about filming at our college would be that we couldn't get a range of locations, and the places we did film in didn't look very professional or planned out. When I'm filming for my final music video I will make sure I know where I am filming and that it is suitable for my song.
Quality
When filming this video we used cameras provided by our college, Although they were simple and easy to use for our first video they weren't of good quality which is something I think I will need for my final video. Because of this I am going to purchase a high quality camera which films in HD which will make my footage clearer and better to use for a music video.
Editing
Having never edited a video before I was very confused when it came to editing our footage for this video. We didn't use any filters or visual effects other than cutting the footage to show the parts we liked and also speeding up some parts to fit with the pace of the music. For my final music video I want to be able to add a range of different filters and possibly layer different clips over one another to give it a more dream like and soft feel. I feel that I didn't learn a lot from editing this video other than the basics which means I would like to experiment with other clips to be able to widen my knowledge of the editing software.
We tried to film a range of different camera shots as possible in different angles as this was part of our brief, we did a close up of our main model (Jaydee) whilst she was lip syncing, I think this was a good choice of shot as it drew attention to what she was saying as we filmed it in front of a white background making the model and her singing the main focus point, however I think we could've filmed more lip syncing to make it seem more like a music video instead of filming things which weren't relevant to the song.


What I'll take from this project
There are many things which I have learnt from completing this music video project. One being the importance of planning, I need to make sure I write an accurate schedule of all the things I need to complete before a certain date. I will also plan what shows I will take before I go to film which is something we didn't do with this project leading to us filming random things which weren't relevant. I also know that now I will need to experiment with the editing software in order to be able to complete my music video in the way I want to.
I will also take the importance of camera quality, with this film camera we couldn't focus or zoom in without the footage being ruined, I have learnt from this and will make sure I use a higher quality camera - hopefully a Canon 600d 

Music Video Proposal

I am creating a music video to the song ‘Souls to Fuse’ by Jill Zimmerman, this song is about the writer and her relationship with somebody else. The two key elements of the song are her voice with  how she sings the lyrics and the piano playing in the background which gives it a more sincere yet still romantic feel.

When I picture what I want this video to look like I see the camera following the activities of my model.  I imagine them to be in a very quiet environment such as a beach or woodland area, both of these are places where I would like to film some footage for the video. I think there should only be one character in my video as the song is almost like the thoughts of the model and I want to really focus on that.

The style of the video will be a mixture of concept and narrative. I want my model to lip sync some of the most important or dramatic line of the song but I don’t want her to lip sync to a lot of it as I want the lyrics to remain as thoughts and memories. The rest of the video will be in a concept style although some of the actions will relate to the lyrics of the song.

I already know that when I edit this video I want to slow most of the footage down to give it a more emotional feel, I also don’t want to use any harsh filters and would like to keep it quite misty to make it look more romantic and dream like. I am also going to use the effect of layers to make my footage look slightly more transparent and so I can include different parts of my footage on top of each other for example a sun set and a close up of movement in nature perhaps from birds flying in the sky.
 My intended audience will be 16-21 year old females, who have a unique and quirky style.