Tips for Making a Better Music Video from No Film School

During our Media lesson, we watched clips from the Website No Film School to give us techniques to get a better Music Video grade. We watched Snippets from the maker of Stranger Things and 13 Reasons Why and gained an understanding on ho the following can improve our work:

• Control of the Camera and the way in which panning, tilting, focus pulls and zooming and how they are used to create meaning 
• Length of shot duration. In a music Video it is fine to play around with the same shot e.g. feature it once in slow motion and then repeating it again as a quick cut. Repetition of shots is accepted in a music video as long as the edit is different, if a music video is slow paced, it is ok to have a shot to go on for 10 seconds as long as there is variety in the camera movement e.g. pan/tilt/track
• Lighting is also key for creating meaning - as we see in Stranger Things a dark subject matter e.g. sci-fi when lit in a certain way can set a mood or a tone
• If you want to show the movement of a character walking/running it is best to film them from left to right from their left hand shoulder.

This video will influence our music video because of the creative shots and cuts shown throughout the video. For example, Match cuts are used. This can be demonstrated within our music video as we can do a closeup of the girl getting revenge, which then matches the boy receiving the revenge with his consequence. This can improve our music video as it can make it look more professional due to the range of camera angles and shots, which will enable us to have more to cut to and more to edit.