Initial Mind Mapping

These are just a few initial mind maps  chronicling my early ideas for my music video. Outlining a simple idea of the research i need to do, the potential actors i plan to use as well as the band and song choice. The second mind map shows my progression and  homing in on the song and band i want to use for the video.

Video Inspiration No.3

My 3rd and final video inspiration is Nightmare by Avenged Sevenfold. This video really shows the combination of shots of the band playing and the concurrent story line that i want to emulate in my music video. As well as this it has a horror-esque feel to it, aided by the shots used, alot of low angle and high angle shots looking up and down, rather than the linear position, combined with POV shots adds to the feeling of uneasiness and surreality in the video. This is something i will investigate further and try to incorporate in the story part of my video. There are alot of fast transfers of shots used aswell as the song is quite fast paced, again this is something i will have to explore in my editing process.

Video Inspiration No.2

Upon researching videos for my appropriate genre, it became apparent that the 'band scene' is an essential part of any rock band's music video. This video, like many of HIM's videos, concentrates mainly on the look, accentuating the beauty of the location combined with the poetic nature of the song. One thing i picked up on is the effect Bam Margera (the director) has used on the shots of Ville Valo (the lead singer)'s vocals. He shoots the close ups of the singing, and some of the other band shots, at one and a half times the speed and then slows the video down again in editing to match the audio, causing a slow motion effect. I think this, not only generally looks cool, but also suits the vocals of the band incredibly well and is therefore an effect i would wish to use in my video, as i will be using one of their songs.

Video Inspiration No.1

When we were told we had the chance to make a music video for this years coursework task, i immediately thought of this example as one i would want to emulate. The video is far more than a generic music video, instead it takes the form of a short film, including sections of unaccompained dialogue and narration to introduce and tell a story alongside the track. This idea is what particularly interests me about this video and i also decided from an early stage that i would make my music video take this form, if perhaps not to the same extent as my calibre of actors, locations and cameras would not be able to match theirs. The style of short film is very clearly influenced by the action movies of Guy Ritchie even using the actor Alan Ford who famously played the character Bricktop in his film Snatch (practically the same character as in the video). I also like the mixture of playback speeds on the video, using the slow motion effect to create tension and 'hype' during scenes of the lead character when on his own. The idea of using a remix of the initial song behind the introducing narration is also one that i may look into, as i believe it's super effective in setting the right mood for the rest of the video.