I'm having a lot of fun with this research! It doesn't even feel like work for a project or anything because I tend to watch music videos in my free time a lot!
"Night Changes"
Choosing the last music videos to dive deep into was hard because there are so many options, but I feel like I really needed to do a One Direction one being that I have always been a fan. However, they have really random music videos that really wouldn't serve me as well for my research. So I decided to research "Night Changes" because it is more alike to something I would produce.
This video breaks the fourth wall, as it basically about them going on a date with the viewer, because they are looking straight at the camera and interacting with it (which was probably really funny to film). It follows the stereotypical perfect dates, such as going out to dinner, going to a fair, going for a drive and walk in the park, or staying home and playing games. However, as the video progresses, everything in the dates goes wrong and it ends up being disasters.
This video served for showing me that not all videos have to be serious and there can be silliness in this (such as this picture that was too funny not to put), and I feel like it's really going to help me let go and enjoy the process of this more.
"I know it won't work"
Gracie Abrams. I absolutely adore her music, but I had never watched her music videos until now! I really liked the post production aspect of this music video and it felt very different from the other ones I'vre researched because of the filter and editing, which makes it seem like it was filmed in an older camera. I really like the zooms in and the focus pulls that were used in this video. Focus pulls are really hard for me to do, but it's nothing that practice can't fix!
The video felt raw also because of the lack of stabilizer in most shots which made it more of a use of handheld camera. However, I feel like this was overused because at one point I got annoyed at how the camera wasn't even showing her face anymore because of how much it was moving. This shot here however, was probably my favorite from the whole video because I loved the contrast that the sunset created with the cool tones of the water and the sand. I really want to shoot part of my video at a beach and I feel like this reinforced that want by a lottt. I loved the sequence right after this shot because it was really fast shots of different things and it served as a really good transition into another beautiful shot of her at the beach with the light reflecting on the lens of the camera.
All of this research left me with a clearer idea for my video and it really did help me think about how to make my video more cohesive. I'm so excited to share the development of my video soon!
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