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Filming Style - Final Choices

My initial filming style choice was to a point of view that told a story throughout the music video, but instead I chose to do a tracking video instead, this followed the life of two different boys and throughout followed as if they didn't know the camera was there, at points the characters would look behind them and look around as if to say someone is following them, but would never really have any direct eye contact with the camera or the audience.

The reason I changed from POV filming style to tracking shots and medium close-ups was that the point of view filming style didn't give any real interaction or emotion with the main character, you only saw what they say and didn't get any of their reactions of views when it came to certain situations. So I think changing to the tracking shots shows the characters better and sort of gives the audience a chance to judge them and have a guess and whats going to happen throughout to these mysterious characters that we hardly see at times and then for long periods of time at the start and in the middle of the music video.

I had taken into account that maybe doing a point of view from the two main characters would have helped develop the story whilst the audience get a first hand view of what the main characters are experiencing, but I think it would have taken too much time in the actual video itself to describe to the audience that it is two different character view points you are seeing and these two characters are some how linked and that what you see is varied. 

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Filming Style

For my music video it will be filmed in a point of view style, using a Go Pro head cam, this will put the audience in the main characters shoes, an example of a POV music video is:

This is Luv Deluxe - Cinnamon Chasers - This video shows a story of a guy running away from home and meeting a woman on the trip and then the video shows three different possibilities of what could happen with them if a) she convinces them to steal things b) he convinces her to steal things c) he convinces her to pay for everything.

This type of music video works really well because the camera shots don't have to be steady or timed, they can move about as much as they want because it creates a realistic feel.

CD Design

Jay-Z CD design 

Very similar to the album cover itself, very basic but very effective, use of only a few colours and little writing






Justin Bieber CD design

Once again very similar to the actual album cover minus the picture of the artist, the use of the same colours is very effective and it makes it stand out

Kanye West CD design

Two basic colours and then minimal writing and the use of a large photo, make it very unique and it's eye-catching

Katy Perry CD design

This is a very good CD design because it matches the theme of the song, which is candy etc.. And the basic colours and scheme make it stand out

Ideas for album covers

This is one idea for what my album cover could look like, the white font matches well with the dark parts of the photo then the bright colours on the buildings make it stand out and eye-catching to anyone who would pick it up.

Magazine Advert Ideas

For my magazine album advert I need to find a unique and eye-catching image that will attract the reader, it needs as most album adverts have, a photo of either the artist or the actual album cover, whether that be a symbol or some random shape. The use of font and bright colours is also clinical when trying to create a worthwhile magazine album advert.

In the example on the left Jessie J's new album 'Who are you', the use of the gold and stand out font makes this a very eye-catching magazine advert because of the use of the black background.

This Kings of Leon magazine album advert is also a very good example of a unique photo, the use of the four band members and then a photo of an eagle creates an interesting mix and a very intriguing photo which will make the reader want to look at it and read all the information that comes with it, the use of basic colours and then the occasional stand out red and yellow means all the writing is easy to see, once again the use of the black background helps the font stand out.