2. Foster the people – Pumped up kicks
This music video contains a selection of great shots.
These include close ups of the band play their
instruments, high angle shots looing down at the
audience dancing along to the music as well as shots of
them recording their music. All of these shots would work
perfectly for my music video. When watching the video I
noticed that they adjusted the focus now and then, which
is something I though was cool and would love to do in
my own video.
3. Green Day – American Idiot
This video features only the band
performing. They use a range of shots with
quick cuts help to keep up with the fast
beat. Also now and then in the video you
see a shot of the bands logo – this is an idea
that I could incorporate into my own work.
4. Catfish and the Bottlemen –
Kathleen
This video interests me mainly for the red
lighting that is used (something similar
could easily be created in a dark room
with red gels). As well as that the use of
shots are interesting as they use both
single shots of each band member playing
individually as well as side shots.
Furthermore, the background and outfits
help to give a simplistic look to the video.
5. Kaiser Chiefs – Ruby
I was mainly interested in this video from some of
the shots you see in the first 30 seconds of the
song. You have high and low angles of the
drummer and main singer. As well the camera
being placed in awkward places as shown in two of
the images I have chosen.
6. The Killers – Somebody Told Me
There was a few shots in this video that caught
my eye. The first one was this bottom left
image which shows the silhouettes of the band
members. If I place my light correctly I might
be able to create this shot. In addition, beside
this text shows a two shot. In my opinion this
shot flows. What I mean is that you start
looking in the top right hand corner and your
eyes are drawn down diagonally to the
opposite corner.
7. Stereophonics – We Share The
Same Sun
This caught my eye, because the
thumbnail for the YouTube video was a
low angle shot of the band playing, along
with a bright background. This is unusual
for a rock band to use multiple colours in a
music video. The shot above this text is my
favourite one and it is something I would
love to try recreate for my music video.
8. Coldplay
This is different to the other videos I have looked at as it
includes the band members, but they are not playing any
instruments. The first thing I’d like to point out is the filter
they have used to help give the video a slight retro/vintage
feel. This gives the video a modern twist, and is something
that is not used often in a lot of videos. In addition to that I
also liked the kaleidoscope shot. This is in the top left hand
corner. To do so they may have put a kaleidoscope lens over
the camera.
