RAW FOOTAGE (Just Lip Sync)

This raw footage is part of the start/chorus of my music video. The idea was to create a stage feel with the microphone prop. I also feel if there was no mic prop I believe it would be a lot more difficult to create a realistic music video because it would simply just be one artist in a forest with no props.

The location I used was a public forest, which has large areas where we had enough space to have a good looking background behind my artist. Another positive was the pathway, where I was able to get extreme long shots of my artist walking towards the mic. The pathway gave me many ideas in terms of editing down into a montage of him walking towards the mic.

One drawback of this location is the constant dog walkers coming past. Because of this, it took longer to record footage as they would come past when the camera was recording.

Above shows a Google maps direction on how to get to my location from college. It is only a ten minute walk from Wyke and easily accessible to get in to.

The second location I used in my music video was a ten-foot where I was able to capture different shot types and movements of my artist. Another positive was that it was not far away from the college, so I did not have to pay any sort of travel costs as I could there by walking. It was also a large area where I was able to film different parts and make it look like a different location which the video benefited from. One slight negative could be that the backdrop behind could have been better, as there was blue, black and brown bins in the background sometimes. However, I could also argue that the bins shown in the background fit into the conventions of an alternate indie music video, and that music videos of an indie genre aren't shown as glamourous like pop videos for example.