Short Concepts for music videos

King for a day

Man dressed all in black standings staring at the camera- mid shot. Every lyric is lip synced by the actor. 

   'Hail Mary...'

Hands slowly lift into prayer position, eyes on camera, camera closes in into a mid close up

   '..forgive me..'

Hands move from prayer position to clasped together against lips, eyes go upwards towards heaven

   '...blood for blood...'

Arms go from clasped to across his chest, hands posed as mock guns, eyes still on heaven, head shakes slightly

   '...hearts beating...'

Eyes snap back to camera, hands slowly uncross and extend forwards

   '...come at me...'

Arms now fully extended towards the camera, heady slyly cocked to one side

  '..now this is war!'

Lyrics sung with more force, on the ending note mock guns are 'shot' at the camera.

My analysis of an album cover, 'CONFIDENT'

Album Cover Analysis

Lip Sync Exercise

This is our attempt at a lip syncing video. We did this in order to get the hang of how to match the performers lip movements to the actual singing in the song.

History of Pop

Star Theory

Favourite Dance Videos & Ideas Taken From It

These are the Dance Version of BTS' videos for their songs No More Dream and DOPE. Dance is a staple element to all KPOP music videos, and so they frequently have a second video for their music, solely showing dance sequences.
Although I do not intend for my video to be mainly dance focused, there are a few techniques seen in these videos that I would like to emulate within my own video.
Technique 1 -

I really like the way both of the videos occasionally use a shaking effect on the camera, especially when it is done directly on a powerful hit in the music. To be able to do this I will have to edit my video in AfterEffects once it has been edited together in Final Cut.
Technique 2 - 
Both videos are very good at changing scene right on a beat change in the song, and I think this creates a really nice experience for the viewer as it will grab their attention. I could do a similar thing with my video, changing shots every time a new line of lyric starts or something similar.
Technique 3 -
Both these two songs are very fast paced and so is mine, so in a similar way to these I will make sure to have each clip not last too long unless it is a sequence that matches the lyrics.

Possible Song Ideas

Here are a couple of the songs that me and Rebecca looked through as the possible song to make a video from. The songs range from fast with a heavy rock beat to medium-slow with a dance beat. After considering the songs over a few days, we decided to go with Hands Like Houses - I Am, as we could think of many ideas to fit the genre.


HANDS LIKE HOUSES // I AM

STATE CHAMPS // Stay the Night


TWENTY ONE PILOTS // Fairly Local

 TWENTY ONE PILOTS // Stressed Out

Favourite Music Videos

Here are two of my favourite music videos, they follow different themes (concept, artist/performance, dance) and each are done with a range of shots. I will use videos such as these for inspiration and an insight into the conventions of music videos.

Danger by Taemin (K-Pop)
This video is for a song by South Korean artist Taemin. The K-Pop genre got very big in recent years, and is typically all male or all female groups. The artists go through around 7 years of training (both singing and dancing) before they debut. Occasionally members of a group will also have a solo career if they are successful enough, such as Taemin. The videos usually focus around the artist/group singing directly to camera and almost always have a majority dance element. This dance routine style video has become very popular recently, especially among fans of K-Pop. It also uses fast cuts, flicking between different scenes usually only lasting up to 5 seconds.


American Beauty/American Psycho by Fall Out Boy (Pop Rock)
Although this music video only shows the artists right at the end, this music video is one of my favourites for a few reasons. First of all, the concept seen matches the lyrics and theme of the song very well, the contrast between the 'American Beauty' and the 'American Psycho(s)' is clear and interestingly shown. Also, when the ballerina is hitting the men, the camera angles and speed at which is was edited creates a more dramatic effect and so gives the video a more emotional feel. The lighting and theme is consistent throughout the video and it is easy to follow.