Task Five - Understanding the techniques of music videos - 'Elton John and Kiki Dee'

In this task my group and I created a remake music video of ‘Elton John and Kiki Dee’. This showed that we were able to include the key techniques that are relevant in making a successful music video. During the time I was filming this video, I had to make sure there was different shot taken from different angles and I had to re-do the shots that wasn’t done successfully and didn’t look good and try to make it look perfect. When making this video, I found it a bit challenging because I had to make sure I took different shot of the artist to make the editing a success. Additionally, I had to make sure the actors were positioned in the correct place. This was very difficult to do because if I didn’t make the correct shot, the overall film would not look in sync and the lips syncing would look not match to the music, so I had to make sure all this was done correctly to not have no mismatch in the overall video.

Furthermore, we were able to use different types of shot. For example we used many medium shots and close ups shot. Also Sarah was able to guide me and Talha in positioning in the middle so the everything is balanced and we were able to do this properly because we were able to stay in one position and not move too much so the camera was able grab a shot of us two. Finally, during recording we would play the music in the background, so that it is easier in knowing the words which makes it more simple to lip-sync, then when editing we would remove the sound and replace it with the actual music by using ‘youtube converter’.

After I doing that I opened up the software where we would edit the shots we took and to make the lip syncing match with the music. After doing that I able to pick and chose the shots I wanted. As soon as I did that, I started editing the shots together to match the music. Firstly, I inserted the music first before adding the video clip which enable it to be easy for me to edit. Then I had to mark where I wanted the video to begin to match the music, so it can sync together.

After doing that I began to edit everything together and make the shots be in sync with the shot that was taken with the camera. I was able to use the razor tool to take away the parts that was not needed in the video and was not syncing to the music that was being played, therefore when viewers watch the music video they would not see a mismatch in whilst watching it.

After doing that I started, I made sure I lay out the scene so that they could have different effects in it and also has fades that makes the audience know that it’s a music video.

In conclusion I believe that the video was good for a first timer, because the music was able to match up to the clip properly. Also, was able to lay all the shot so that the image changed in time when it needed to do so and make the video flow smoother. The variety of different shot meant that the viewer could be entertained. However, if I could go back to re-edit my music video, there are few changes I would make such as allowing a smoother transaction when going to the next shot. Also, I would make sure that I cut the ending of the video because it was too long. So if I had to I was to go back to do my music video I would make sure I finish the editing. This would mean that the upset would not feel upset because they we’re able to finish watching their music video. On the other hand, I think that the video was a success for the first time of me editing a music video. Additionally, this allowed me to identify my weakness therefore I could practice before I make my real music video, which means that I would have improved by then.