Intro to Music Video

          We are officially done with the Gatorade commercial. There are a couple of things we will probably do different for the music video. I think we most likely are going to use our phones to film the commercial instead of the cameras. The phones just allow us to film more frequently.  This time we have to film outside of school instead of on campus. I think this will actually be better seeing that we’ll have so many more locations we can go film at now. I’m way more exited to do the music video seeing that we get to decide what song we want to do. 

        The song we ended up choosing was 8TEEN by Khalid. I went through my music playlists to try and find songs that we could consider using. We didn’t really know what type of song we wanted to do. We just chose what we thought was the best that could be filmed. Khalid’s songs allow for a story to be heard and makes it easy to make a video. I think the chill sound and storytelling allows for a simple process. 

          The genre that our song is in is R&B/Soul. This genre usually consists of medium shots and close-up shots. These camera angles are normally the most popular and are used a lot in this genre. They film slowly and the camera doesn’t move very fast. The sounds are are mainly smooth and calmly but sometimes can be more uplifting.

1. Costumes: The costumes are generally normal attire. In the music videos, the people wear everyday clothing.  

2. Lighting: The lighting normally used is natural lighting or indoor lighting. They use this lighting because in the videos, they are mainly outside and indoor. 

3. Actors: The people acting appear to be normal people and appear as friends to the music artist. This is mostly because in the videos the people seem to have some form of a relationship. 

4. Makeup: In most music videos like ours, there doesn’t appear to be much makeup. The girls would wear everyday makeup.

5. Props- The props used are usually cars and items that fit the lyrics in the song. This is because the lyrics tend to tell a certain story. 

6. Setting- The setting in these type of music videos are at normal places depending on what the lyrics are trying to say. They can vary from houses, the beach, or the mall.