Inspiration;

To get ideas for our Music Video we watched a large number of different videos by artists who perform the same or similar genre of music. This then helped us to decide which conventions we were going to include in our Music Video. After a while we decided that there was 5 main videos that we each liked different aspects of, these were..

- Nothin' On You - B.O.B featuring Bruno Mars

- Not Afraid - Eminem

- California Gurls - Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg

- Love The Way You Love - Eminem featuring Rihanna

- The Boy Who Murdered Love - Diana Vickers
- Kickstarts - Example
There were certain things about each Music Video that we each liked and thought would be good to try and incorporate into the Video that we will be making.

Nothin' On You - B.O.B featuring Bruno Mars;

The main effect that we liked from this video that we thought made it stand out from other videos that we watched was the way that everyone looked like they were made out of paper. This created a really different effect and made us think about what we could do to make our video stand out. 

I think the main effect that we would take from this video if any would be all of the girls faces at the beginning of the video, changing at regular intervals. We think that we will be incorporate this into our Music Video some way, maybe using men or body parts such as feet so that it is something different to the B.O.B video. If we did use this we would get the people to be miming the lyrics of the song rather than just having pictures of their faces.

Not Afraid - Eminem;

The reason that we decided to keep this video as one of our final choices was the range of different shots that were used within this video, because although a lot of them are simple shots they make the video look very different. One shot in particular that we liked was the establishing shot used to open the video, we would really like to try and incorporate a shot like this into our Music Video. 

Also, the fact that there are only two or three main locations that are used throughout the video made us think that we would still be able to create a good video even though we don't have access to lots of different locations like the professionals do. This video just proves that we don't have to have lots of different locations to create an affective video.

California Gurls - Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg;
The main feature of this video that made it stand out was the large range of colours and shapes that were used. All of the props and costumes used within the video make it stand out from other videos. We knew straight away that we would never be able to create a video like this which is why we decided to keep it as one of our final few songs as this would give us chance to make a completely different video rather than thinking 'oh, that looks good, lets do that!' because there isn't anything in the video that we would be able to copy apart from some shots which have been used.
Another thing that we liked about this video is that the song is a narrative so we would be able to make the video tell a story rather than just making up a story that we think fits in with the lyrics. 





Love The Way You Love - Eminem featuring Rihanna;
This song currently doesn't have a music video for it, which is why we thought it would be a good idea to think about producing a video for as it would give us chance to do what we wanted rather than using the official video for ideas. 
This song was a joint decision between the whole group so it meant that it was already one of our top choices. We also liked the fact that there was a girl and boy singing and the song had a clear narrative. This meant that we would be able to follow the story of the song and create the video around the lyrics. 


The Boy Who Murdered Love - Diana Vickers;
The was my song choice when we were originally discussing songs in which we could use for our music video. The video which has been produced for this song was the first one which sprung to mind when i thought of interesting music videos that i had seen lately.
The main reason in which i liked this video was because of the animation which has been included into the video. This made it look more fun and also interpreted the lyrics of the song well. If i could take anything from this video, that is what it would be. However, we don't have enough equipment to allow us to make animation look good within the music video that we are producing.
All of the bright colours used within the video almost makes it look like it if filmed in a fantasy world. One thing that we as a group wanted to include in our video was bright colours to make it stand out from other videos.





Kickstarts - Example;
This is one of the most simple videos that we have looked at, yet is one of the most effective. This was my favourite video that we looked at and it was all because of the different ways in which the shots have been put together. Most of the shots that have been used in this video we could do well enough to make them look professional but it is just the way in which they have been used which makes it stand out and look better than other videos we looked at.
The best thing about this video that my whole group liked was the way in which they used 'split screen'. It works really well even though it is just the same shot filmed in a different location. Another thing which we thought was good was that the whole video was only filmed in 2-3 locations which made us think about where we can film our video to keep it simple.