Initial Pitch

Today I pitched my three music video ideas to my class, I began with Idea number 1 which was a music video for the song Without U by Spooky Black, I then presented my music video idea for the song Pure Luxury by Tyga and finally I presented my third idea which was for the song My Main by Mila J. Bellow is a run down of some of the feedback I got for each idea:

Idea 1:

My first idea was the idea which was the most liked by my class mates, they they thought the simplicity of it would give it a very slick and effortlessly good look. the most liked aspect of the idea was the slow-motion effect I would have with the video, they thought this would make it look very unique and they thought that it was an easy way to make the video look more professional. The lighting I planned on using video was also very liked by my class mates and they thought it would make it look very “trippy” & “cool”. Some of the problems some people thought there might be with the idea was first of all the fact that they thought that the idea of just following the character is slow motion for a whole music video could get quite boring, they also thought that it would be hard to get the floating effect I was planning on using.

Idea 2:

One of the things my classmates really liked about this idea was how well it fit in with the conventions of rap music video’s and they thought that it would be really good to have as a music video because when it comes to writing about in the exam for example it would be very easy to explain how it fit in with the stereotypes and convention of rap music video’s. The aspect of the video which was probably most appreciated by my classmates was the fire aspect of the music video, they felt it could really add a “WOW” effect to the video and impress people. There were several people who had constructive criticism for this video, firstly I was told that it would be hard to find actors in my school who look intimidating and look like the stereotypical rapper and rapper crew because everyone in my school looks like they are pretty well off and they are all pretty young. Finally one of my classmates explained that last year when she was planning her thriller intro for AS that she discussed with her film teacher about filming at night and apparently it is quite challenging to get the lighting to look right.

Idea 3:

This idea was also quite liked by my classmates, mostly by the females in my class that enjoyed the idea of having a female be the dominant figure over men in a rap music video for once. My class mates liked the idea of having the video take place in an expensive house and with expensive cars, they thought that it would also be quite possible because, quite a few kids in my school live near the school and have very big houses and expensive cars. There was also some constructive criticism, for example the idea of shooting in the pool was thought to be hard because we film the music videos in November and there for it would be quite cold and therefore very hard to film in the swimming pool, and a few people expressed there concern that the female might come off looking like a prostitute of she is counting money with many men around her not wearing a lot of clothing.