Evaluation - Don't Go Breaking My Heart

• What have you learnt about filming music videos?

I have learnt that it isn't that easy to be able to film a music video in just one complete shot because there may be some small things that happen during the filming which will need to be redone again. You also need to film in at least 3 or 4 different shots so that we can cover all of the bits that we don't want with a different shot.

• What have you learnt about filming duets?

Filming duets can be a bit difficult to film because you have to make sure that both of the people who are in the video do not make mistakes. But this is also why they film the video with different shots so that the sections that they don't like they can edit it when they have filmed all of the shots that they want.

• Describe the process of editing

The process of editing is to be able to capture all of the footage that we recorded of the music video. Once all of the footage was uploaded onto the computer we then had to sort through it and layer it so that we could decide which parts that we want. While editing we needed to layer some parts of the music to make sure that the video synced with the film footage of me and Connor singing along to the song. After a while it will then look like me and Connor are singing in sync with the song.

• What have you learnt about editing music videos?

I have learnt that in order to edit music videos it isn't overly that difficult because all of the layers of the video and the song have been split into layers so it is simply the matter of selecting the layer that you want to put the video footage and where you want it to cut to the next shot. This has been used before when we were making our previous video 'Waking Up' where we alternated between different shots such as POV, Close up, Long shot etc; As it helps to give the audience another perspective.

• In what ways could you improve the filming/editing of the sequence?

I cannot really think of a way that we could improve the video as i think that it is as good we we could possibly make it. But that is just my perspective, any outside criticism would maybe point out some of the flaws in the video that i cant see for myself.

Music Video - Don't Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John and Kiki Dee

In order to understand how music videos in today's music industry, we have to be able to lip sync with the song and combine it with a recording of me and Connor singing the song. First, we need to shoot the video at 3 or 4 different angles. We needed to film us doing the first minute and a half of the song but throughout the whole song we have to make sure that we don't look at anything else but the camera.


Aaron & Connor are Fabulous from Robert Clack Media and Film on Vimeo.

In this video me and my partner Connor are lip syncing to Elton John and Kiki Dee's - Don't Go Breaking My Heart. Although it may look like it was filmed in 1 go, it took a while editing and filming in order to receive this finished product.

The Pitch - Superman By Behind Bad Luck

The Pitch is the ideal way for a group of people to give another group of people an idea that they are thinking of and to see if the idea will sell. This is typically seen on shows such as The Apprentice where there are these young people trying to create their own product and trying to convince the heads to take on their product. In my Prezi slideshow, I am trying to show how we got the stage that we are now where we know what we want to create for the music video. The original idea came from a band that i had found on unsigned.com called Behind Bad Luck. They are a ska band which have unfortunately broken up for years now but have allows other people to use their music. But just to make sure that I was allowed to use their music, I had to write a post on their old Facebook wall; in which they replied saying that it was alright. I then had to explain why i picked this specific genre and what it was actually about.
 Ska music was created in Jamaica in the 1950's and has the combined element of Caribbean calypso, American jazz and rhythm and blues. But the music that i have picked isn't just categorised as Ska, it is also part Punk Rock. Originally Punk Rock came from America between 1974-1976 and has created some iconic bands such as The Sex Pistols and The Ramones.
 A very similar band to the one that I am using the music of is called Streetlight Manifesto. The only difference between this band and the one that i am using the music off of is the fact that Streetlight Manifesto are a signed band and if i was to use their music i may not have the correct copyrights to use their songs which may cause problems. But also the problem with asking permission from signed bands is that the odds of them responding to an email from someone they don't know is really unlikely.
Our video idea is basically where a band approach someone in a park who is watching Man Of Steel and ask him if he wants to make a video with them. He then goes into a daydreaming state and the music video will then begin. It will be the band members and the other boy travelling around London playing their instruments in random locations. Coming to the end of the music video, the boy will then come back and then reality will set in. Also seeing as the song is called Superman, we thought that we wouldn't do the simple thing and just have someone in a Superman costume but that it would be someone who makes their own kind of super outfit like the video Kryptonite by Three Doors Down. The costumes that we will need for the music video will be simple because all of the normal band members will just be wearing normal white shirts with black and white ska ties which can be seen in the Prezi above.