Audience Research 1

I performed an intensive survey around my 6th Forem College, contrasting between teachers ( I will call them age group A 20 - 50) and Students (age group B15 - 17) THe survey was to check if I am on track with a video suited to a certain (and diverse) audience and what ideas appeal to which age groups, what patterns form?

What kind of recording is better transferred to music video?
Acoustic, simple and drawn back   A) 3 B)7
Proffesional, produced and heavy   A) 2 B)3

What style of music video is the most interesting or engaging to you?
Abstract A)0 B)2
Concept A)3 B)1
Narrative A)1 B)5
Performance A)1 B)2

What is in your opinion the most important technique used in music video?
Interesting Camera Use A)1 B) 3
Music and Action synch A)1 B)1
Special/ Practical Effects A)0 B)4
Complete Proffesional Edit A)3 B)2

The questioanire showed a varied amount of trends, my music video abides by these trends to appeal to the overall groups. I made my own drawn back (and available to view below) recording, a drawn back but full bodied acoustic recording, my music video is a concept performance peace after the results pf the survey I am inserting narrative elements into the video. The last question has made me evaluate the time I will puut in to edit, to make the video appear as proffesional and seemless as possible.

Recording 1st Mix

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17547680/Redemtion%20song.mp3

This is the first mix of the music video track used in my final project. I recorded it today with my actor who is also the guitarist bassist and vocalist heard on the track. I was helped unendingly by music student Adam Green who took me through and set up the recording and mixing of the track, with my humble supervision. The first mix as it stands sounds extremely good and I am pleased with it, the tone seems perfect for my music video concept and the fact my characters and the person actually playing on the track are the same person will give the video an unbridled connection between what is heard and what is seen something easily overlooked in student music videos.

Music Video Shot List

SHOT LIST -
HIPPY SHOTS and PROFESSIONAL SHOTS (to be mirrored in each set) -
CU of Guitar with out of focus background.
MID SHOT Hippy sitting on bench with background, tuning guitar, setting up.
ESTABLISHING of Background and Stage.
Over The Shoulder, on the photographic background and the audience.
LONG SHOT showing entire background and stage.
MULTIPLE XCU of guitar to split screen edit in post production.
CU of  hippy character lip syncing.
The most important shot to get during shooting is a wide 360 pan around the characters this will be edited together to give the most blatant contrast between each character and the most stylish edit in the video it is paramount I get the best take of this.

Past Student Work 2

Done by 3 past students at my 6th Form in Thurston, Triple Trouble is an interesting if lacking point abstract music video, It looks good, is edited well, the shots fit together, rapid editing is used for humour and completely synchs to the lyrics of the song and the shits are all treated and effected to look good and different from the norm. The normal and relatively simple editing techniques of split screen, etc are used with flair and style, allowing a character to rap at himself, this quality of editing and timing makes the video convincing and interesting, although it also does it to no real point. Although the video is handled with care and looks great the video doesn't have any narrative point yet this does not stop the video from being an interesting and funny abstract idea.