Performance Music Videos

A collection of camera angles, movement and lighting from the videos:

Pumped up Kicks by The Foster People
Plug in Baby by Muse
I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor by The Arctic Monkeys
Days are Forgotten by Kasabian

Key aspects to consider whilst filming performance aspects:

• The lighting in the videos by The Foster People put a lot of emphasis on the separate colour schemes used as well as where the the lights are positioned. For example, the room being red throughout the performance which corresponds with the menacing lyrics to the song. Within our own music video we would like to take this into account. Since we've planned to use a drama studio for the performance we would be able to experiment with different lighting before we start filming. 

• Throughout the music videos a selection of camera movements were used. In the videos by Muse and Kasabian the camera movement is very quick and distorting which often corresponds with the pace of the music. Whilst in the videos by The Arctic Monkeys and The Foster People the camera movement is far slower and is far less smooth which implies that the music video is almost home-made. I would like to incorporate this into our music video as it makes the music video more exciting. This is especially important in our video idea as the performance aspects take up a large portion of the video. Due to the speed of our song we would like to make the movement slower to resemble those who have the similar repetitive edge to their song.

•  All camera shots are used in almost all four of the music videos which suggests that we could experiment with all camera shots on the day and mix them together whilst in the editing stage. Similarly, due to the large use of camera movement in all performance videos there are many different camera angles used. 

The two music videos which especially stood out were:

 'I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor' by the Arctic Monkeys as it is extremely simple and matches the inexpensive view which we were aiming for. There are certain shots where a separate camera can be seen in the background - which looks similar to live shows which haven't been edited.

After watching 'Pumped up Kicks' by The Foster People we have decided that we would like to make a distinction between earlier practice run-through of band and the genuine performance, perhaps with subtle changes of clothing and lighting.

By Rebecca Gatfield