Music Video Song Choice

For my music video we chose the song,"a sky full of stars" by Coldplay. I did this because of the music video for the song having elements that can be replicated and altered in our own music video, as well as the piano featured in the song being accessible in school through the hall.

Preliminary Music Editing skills used

In the music video we created, we used Imovie to put all of our shots together in the video. We used transitions such as cross fade in between shots to keep the video progressing fluidly and not disjointedly. Lip syncing for the close up of our actor was edited in order to align it correctly with the song and we used filters, specifically the black and white one, and used it with the piano shot in order to reflect the colours on the piano.

Music video strengths

I believe that i generally composed my shots well with the camera angles, including the shots of the piano being played in sync with the music. I believe that our song choice was good as it allowed for the piano and differing shots to be incorporated.

Music video weaknesses

Overall i feel that my shot composition can be improved in my video, most notably with the clapping shot where there are chairs and tables in the background. This is not good as the chairs make it evident where it is being shot, and that the hand are not the centrepiece of the shot. Another improvement that could be made is the locations in general, with the locations being all based in and around the school, as well as the lip syncing in some areas of the video.

Music video Preliminary task