Pete is a head examiner of our course which we are currently studying at which he gave us detailed information which can help us when researching, planning and creating our music video. It was extremely reassuring that everything we was doing was along the lines of which Pete was telling us.
He gave us a variety of A2 blogs at which were of very high standard and received top marks. These blogs are now available for us to look at and take various advice as each blog is different.
Pete's Top Tips:
- Know what equipment you will be using make sure it is ready the day before so you do not forget anything especially if you are far away.
- Do your own research by using other forms such as pete's media blog at which has constant exam and coursework techniques.
Jake on the other hand gave us an insight in towards the real music video industry were he was an editor swell as a director of some very famous music videos at which are shown below.
Jake has edited and been on set for both of these music videos, these music videos had relatively high budget due to the cast and the desert. Jake gave us an insight into the industry as he talked about how he progressed up from being a runner to an editor to eventually a director of music videos. He talked to us about how a music video can be ultimately anything form concept, performance and narrative. He described how hard a narrative music video is to create as you have a limited amount of time and careful planning needs to go into a narrative based music video.
We were also given clear good information that whilst on set we should take a variety of shots in different angles which gives us lots of amounts of shots. otherwise we will struggle and may have a lack of shots in the location. We should always check to make sure that our shots are what we want before we leave, don't just expect them to be good. There are a variety of risks which can affect a shoot, we must be prepared.
After listening to a talk from both Pete and Jake we then as a group pitched our ideas towards them. We asked how many different effects are normal in a music video as we did not want our video to be filled with lots of effects at which were quite random or whether we could use a small variety. He said that he feels a good music video does not reveal all the effects straight away and that it is good when there is a really good effect at which is built up to with little effects at the start. If we used to many effects at the start there is nothing that the audience is looking forward to as the best is at the start. This feedback was very helpful as he is a person who is involved heavily in the creation of music videos.