Video 7 - 'Britney Spears - Toxic

  

'Toxic' gained worldwide success, reaching the top-five in fifteen countries. It came to top of the charts in Austria, Canada, Hungary, Norway, and the UK. Britney Spears used to be a top pop-star. I believe her star image has been ruined by the amount of drugs she was taking but she got back into it and still hits the top of the charts, which only shows how long she has been going on for and the amount of people that still listen to her. 

This music video came out in 2004, at this time I was 8 years old and when i watched this music video I was excited and interested by the visuals on screen. I thought they were quite amazing and I couldn't quite understand how they were done. When I look at this music video now I know that a lot more can be improved on and some elements could be done better for example when she rides the motorbike. What I really like about the video is the bit where she walks through lasers. I used to think that was quite incredible. Now I would probably experiment with the laser idea this for fun.

Video 6 - 'Michael Jackson - Billie Jean'

   

Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' was released in 1983. Therefore, obviously music video production and editing were a little bit different. What I like in this video is when Michael steps on each square of the pavement and it lits up to the beat of the music. It is an interesting technique and works very well with the dance moves Michael is introducing to the audience as well as beats in the music. As I watched the video I noticed that everything he touches lights up. this is interesting and easy to do nowadays compared to when this music video was being edited and put together.

1. What you like about it; what inspires you, what is 'good' about it?
2. What makes you keep watching?
3. What interesting techniques/ideas/shots have they used that you might use? (use prompts from all the reviewing we have been doing...performance, camera, editing, content, lighting etc)
4. What have you learnt in relation to Music Videos generally from watching this particular video?
5. Is there anything you should AVOID? 

Video 5 - 'Kendrick Lamar- Swimming Pools (Drank)'

What I love love about this music video is the fact that with every beat in the song what's on screen changes. So for example at 0:23 the images from the woman dancing change with the beat to the broken glass. I really like when this happens in music videos because it creates this extra atmosphere and i enjoy watching it more with these effects than with no relation of images to music. This is just boring.

Video 4 - 'Green Day- Wake Me Up When September Ends'

This is by far one of the mostly watched video by me in my life. This is because it starts telling a story before the music and it's not as any other 'normal' or 'standard' music video. This is mainly why i liked it because it gave off a feeling of a movie and then the music started and the action carried on.

The double action when we're taken back to the studio the band is in brings us back to now, back to reality in case we start crying and in case we loose ourselves in the story. This makes me watch the video because I want to find out what will happen to the two main characters. From watching this particular video I have learnt that sometimes it is good to introduce the background story before we start with the music and I think this would be fun to experiment with. From the background story I must say that I really enjoyed the way the action in the 'war' brought out certain emotions and the music went very well with this because the hard electric sound of the guitars and the slowed down action really did a good job together.

Video 3 - 'Awolnation- Sail'

This video is amazing in terms of editing and cutting with the beat of the music. At 0:17 we can see immediately that the music is inline with the action on the screen. What I've also noticed is that although the song is very energetic it is quite mellow and the beats are long. In order to achieve what they've achieved with this video you must match the action to the music. Here the action that is slowed down is shown at 1:22- 1:44. This is the effect that makes me keep watching the video as I get the feel of the action coming with the music. Some interesting effects I've noticed is as I mentioned the slow action, and also what happens at 2:48 to the beat of the music, again the setting is changed from the man sitting at the piano to an empty room. I also like the flickering of the lights in the house as they as well as all the other techniques go along with the beat of this song.
Personally I wouldn't avoid anything that they've experimented with in this video. I would really like to try putting the slow action with fast or normal action in one video.

Music Video Idea, Bruno Mars- Billionaire

In our group we have decided to chose a song we are going to make a music video to. We decided it's going to be Bruno Mars- Billionaire. We thought the rapping and Bruno's singing in one song was a fun thing to play around with and create a story to it.
We like this idea because the tune is a happy, jumpy tune which would be fun to create a FUN music video to, with people jumping out of places and shouting, 'I wanna be a billionaire'. This would mean we could play around with colours whilst editing and explore other special effects we could possibly use with this. :)

Video 2 - 'Filipe, VNM, Jedker... - I zeby bylo normalnie'

The very first thing that makes me keep watching this music video is the fact that it's done as a living, moving cartoon with actual people in it. What I definitely like about it is the use of black and white throughout 5 mins with hints of contrasting yellow. The use of yellow puts extra emphasis on the special effects such as; outlining ones figure, highlighting writing on their tops, lights in the flat buildings as well as the gestures they do with their hands. I think that's a great extra effect.

Video 1 - 'Hades - Dwie Dlonie'

Apart from this being one of my favourite Polish rap artists, I must say this is my favourite clip. What I like about this music video is the segregation seen on the screen. It's split into three horizontal parts and through this I can see three different actions happening at the same time on one screen. This effect is good as the actions happening in the video go along with the lyrics. I would definitely like to try this technique with a song of my choice.  What makes me keep watching this music video is the background story and the cool technique used at 0:35 - 0:37, also the overlapping of actions. An interesting technique I've picked up on is the use of skin colours, oranges and yellows throughout the song. Also close ups which cut off peoples heads or the top half of their bodies, which then focuses on them walking or miming with their hands. In relation to other videos I will be reviewing this is the most 'obscure' one and the most creative to me.