Music Video Production

What did you film?
For the music video  my partner Clare O'Mara and I mainly filmed ourselves lip-synching to the music in various different locations. We did this in order to capture and enhance our body language and the emotions that we were feeling and hope that it would emit to our target audience and that they would have the same emotions when listening to the song. It was also to help the audience understand the concept of the video and clearly see the artist and what we are trying to show.
When did you film?
During filming for the music video we have filmed in various locations and we have filmed on different dates. Our first music video that we filmed was on the 16th October and the location we filmed at was Rose Hill Park. My partner and I decided to film in this location due to the beauty of the background and it consist with our theme of " The Unknown". It was also due to the large amount of space that we could film anywhere as well as the fact that we have natural lighting which would allow the video to feel a bit more realistic to the audience. We then filmed on the 21st of October and this location was in Morden Park. The reason why we decided to film in this location was due to the fact that it had a beautiful rose garden and we though that it would make the video a bit more appealing relatable for the target audience.

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I believe that when filming the music video a lot of good footage were filmed. This includes having various different locations and different costumes to match with the location. I think that by going to these different locations and with the costumes gives the audience the feeling that they can relate to the video due to the costume and locations that are shown in the video.

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As well as location the music video consist of various different angle shots. In order to make the video interesting and exciting to watch there has to be various different angle shots. This is to give the audience the chance to use their imagination as to what the whole location may look like.


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In some of the video that we recorded the focus and quality of the video wasn't to the best that it could be. I believe that if we were going to record anything further we would have to ensure that the focus is crisp and that its not blurry. We also have to ensure that you can clearly see the artist and what the are singing as well as their facial expressions.

Did you need to reshoot anything? If you have already reshot it, what made it better than before?

During making the music video we had no need to re-shoot any of the videos that we had already captured. My partner and I choose that all the footage we had was successful and that any footage that had a fault in it would be edited in a way that the audience wont see those faults. This is in order to make it successful and appear more professional for the audience watching.


Did you stick to your storyboards?

We did decide to stick to our storyboards in some of the scenes due to the fact that we thought it would it would be good to keep those scenes and that it would make the video a bit more interesting to watch.I think that the only times we maybe didn't stick to the storyboard was when we had filmed any extra scenes to make the music video have more locations and shot types to make it exciting to watch.

Were you well prepared enough?

My partner Clare O'Mara and I were well prepared for the production of the music video due to the fact that we knew what we were meant to film, where to record and what qualities each location had for the music video to be appealing for the audience. When setting out to record we also made sure to check the weather and if we had the right equipment that we needed for that day.

What have you learned about filming from this experience?

I have learned many different things whilst the production of the music video that I think I could remember for a long time. The first thing I learnt was that when making a music video is the amount of planning that goes into it- this includes thinking about the equipments you're using, where you would film, what part of the location you would feel at ,what to wear and what the video is going to consist of. I also learnt that you would have to book the equipment that is needed a least 24 hours before the filming for the music video or else the schedule that you had planned would need to be thought of for another day which would delay the production rate. One important thing I learnt was the amount of planning it goes into making the music video such as what the final product would look like, thinking about risks when filming, the costumes and make-up as well as the costumes to make the music video successful. However I believe the most important thing is to make sure you sync the artist singing to the music. If not it would confuse the audience and the video would like sloppy and would make the audience get confused with the storyline.