Student Music Video - 101 Pianos

This student music video has many elements which I want to incorporate in my video, it has a performance part and skating. This is a good video but I don't think there are enough effects and makes it look unprofessional. The use of a mask is effective although and makes it easier to skip the lip syncing, but I don't think it makes it any better.

Last.FM - Aesop Rock

I did the same for Aesop Rock, I typed his name in then found other artists who his musical style is similar to. I found that the Hip-Hop group Atmosphere was very similar, this is not so surprising as they are part of the same record label 'Rhymesayers Entertainment', Atmosphere also feature a lot on my blog. Another Artist who Aesop Rock is similar to is Eyedea and Abilities who I also have a video of on my blog.

Last.FM Prefuse 73

I looked on Last.Fm on which I typed in my artist Prefuse 73, it came up with other artists who they sound like or are similar artists. The first artist shown was Flying Lotus is a hip-hop producer and beat maker, who coincidentally was my first choice of artist to use for my Music video. Another artist Prefuse 73 is linked to is Hudson Mohawke, who started out as a young bedroom producer who has a large interest in Hip-Hop, Hardcore, Techno, Prog, Fusion and Electro.

Model Release Form

This is a picture of my model release form which I will give to my actors for permission to use them in my video.

Light Trail-Skate Park

Skate Video, Night.

In my last post I said I wanted to incorporate night Skating. This is another video filmed on Jesus Green Skate park, but this time filmed at night with flood lights.

This is a Cambridge Skate Boarding video, filmed at Jesus Green Skate Park. My music video will have Skating in and around Cambridge so this video is a good example of what I could film. This video also has some elements of a music video as it involves clips of Cambridge, such as punting on the river. As well as shots during the day I want to involve some night scenes as I could incorporate light trails.

Perfect Strangers by Jin (student assignment)

This is a student made video for the song Perfect Strangers by Jin. It's an all animation video with lyrics.

Apart from the song I am really impressed with the video. The use of images is first class as they relate to

the lyrics and the continuity is constant all the way through the video for example when the lyrics 'I've seen

you at the store' come up a picture of a queue in a shop comes up. The animation also keeps your attention

all the way through even though there isn't a great deal of detail due to the block colours.

Target Audience

The target audience for the track and my video would be between 18 to 25, as these are the ages the genre, Hip-Hop and IDM (Intelligent Dance Music), appeals to. The reason my video would appeal to a mature audience is that it's a concept video with no real story line. The video also involves skateboarding which is said to be an adrenaline ridden sport. The track also has explicit content unsuitable for younger people.

Email for permission to use music track

This is my email to the artist Prefuse 73 to his music track to go with my video.

Skateboarding

During the video there will be some skateboarding as I feel this goes well with the urban atymosphere, there are also some great effects I will be able to mess around with to make my video better. This is a picture I found which shows the effect I want to use, Light Trails.

Aesop Rock - MC

www.myspace.com/aesoprockwins

This is the Myspace page to Aesop Rock.

Prefuse 73 - Producer

www.Prefuse73.com

This is the official website to the songs Producer.

Costume

I want to give the video an urban feel but at the same time keep with nature, so I have decided that my singer will be wearing a hoodie much like this one.

This fits well with some of the lyrics as they talk about how animals will lock down New York.

Green Screen

For the performance part of my video I will be using a green screen so I can have my performer in different settings, moods and atmospheres. A second reason why I'll be using this is that I want to create some footage which makes the background seem to pull away as the figure gets closer to the camera.

Polaroid Effect

In my music video I will be incorporating a stop motion effect mixed with real time, but in some cases I will put a frame around the picture much like a polaroid picture.

Ghost Test - Echo

This is my second attempt at a ghost effect.


I much prefer this attempt I feel it's much less blurry and the people are much more defined but still seem to have ghosts following them.

The way I did this was on Final Cut, I went to Effects, then Video Filter, then to Time and finally Echo.

Ghost Test - Trail

In my video I want an effect in which the singer seems to have a ghost behind him. This is my first attempt at a test shot.



I like this effect but I feel it's a bit too jerky and less like a ghost more of a blur.

The way I did this was on Final Cut, I went to Effects, then Video Filter, then to Time and finally Trail.

Strobe light

Much of the filming within the junction will involve strobe lighting, this will give a much more glitchier effect, for example in the song there is a bit where the singer starts to rant and swear so this will be a good place to use it to give it a more vigorous feel.

Venue

Some of my video will be video inside the junction, the room i will be filming in is a 20x10 meter room.

Pitch

Prefuse 73 Feat. Aesop Rock - Sabbatical with Options

For my video I propose an urban feel with backgrounds of Nature as the first lyrics are 'Are you leaving for the country, You say the City brings you down.' The few shots will be a car drving from the city to the country and then the singer will be stood in a field laughing and fooling around.

After the introduction that will be quickly scrapped and two new elements will come in to play. The first is performance footage, where the singer will stand in front of a background which will gradually pull backwards as he stays in focus, during the performance footage, there will be a mixture of effects such as strobe lighting to give it a more glitchier feel, it will also have a doubled up gost effect.

The performance footage will then be combined with city shots incorporated with skateboarding and performance. For example in a city scape the performer will be stood singing while a skater skates round him. The effect I will put on this is the performer will be live acytion and moving freely while the skater will be stop motion and then have a polaroid frame placed around him.

Prefuse 73 Feat. Aesop Rock

This is the song which I will be using. The video is not the official video for the track but a College motion graphics project using 3D animation integrated with video footage. The track is Prefuse 73 ft. Aesop Rock - Sabbatical With Options.


Even though it's not the official video it still has some amazing elements to it for example the 3D animation which gives it a really urban feel which fits in with the roller blading. I also like the start, the in car shot of the two driving, I think I will use a shot much like this in my video as it fits well with the lyrics.