Today I thought it would be a good idea to start typing up an Actor release form and Interview form. These are documents to allow the actors to give permission for you to film them. This is done so that the person featured in the film can't claim they didn't give permission to be filmed. The …
Codes and conventions
In my previous project, we already researched into the codes and conventions of a music video. However I believe I should've done a bit more research myself as I wasn't the one who looked into it. the research I do now will give me a better understanding of these. I thought it would be helpful …
Human Interest – Analysis
In my last post, I decided that I would be making a video for Human Interest by Carol Ann Duffy. This poem is a personal favourite of mine, and I am very excited to make a video for it. I chose this poem because it describes a different perspective of a difficult situation. To further …
Finding the right poem
Recently I've been really into poetry which is why I've decided to make a visual poem as my final project. I think poetry is a way of expressing yourself, or tell a story with a deeper meaning. I've always wanted to make a visual poem every since a lecturer showed us one last year. I …
Videos with a storyline
Almost always, there is some sort of narrative in a music video. A video that has a story line can seem more appealing to an audience if it is executed well. Normally the narrative will follow the lyrics of the song - but sometimes there may not be a clear narrative which can be confusing …
Symbolism in videos
In this blog post, I will be conducting secondary research circulated around symbolism. I want to look at the definition of symbolism, music videos that include symbolism and the controversy surrounding it. I have acknowledged that my video concept will be a visual poem, but like I mentioned in my last post, I consider music …
Idea generation
Today I decided to focus on what type of video I want to make. I know I want to do a video that follows a narrative, but I chose to add a few other ideas into the mix in case I change my mind about what I want to do. After speaking to one of …
Project Proposal
Today we got the project brief from our lecturer for our final major project. Our final project gives us the freedom to make whatever we want as long as it's appropriate and follows the brief. We were given a link from Dropbox to download the proposal template. Here's the link to my finished Project proposal …