Diary: Monday 31st July

Today i found some Photographs of digipacks to get a general idea of the sorts of conventions that appear typically on artists and bands didgipacks. I noticed certain things staright away, for example, many artists have very plain and simple didgipacks which focus mainly on themselves with a simple background and one or two block colours, whereas bands tend to have much more going on in their digipacks. I think i will go for a more basic digipack, as my music video will be based around one artist. Here are some examples of digipacks i looked into:

Diary: Sunday 22nd July

I have decided on a song for my music video, Kyle Andrews- You Always Make Me Smile. This is a very happy, upbeat and cheerful song. It also has very simple lyrics which can be easily acted out in my video. I have decided to do a narrative based perfomance for my video, with some perfomance, however it will be infront of a green screen. Although this is only a very basic initial idea, i feel like it can be expanded and improved to make a very effective music video.

Diary: Sunday 14th July

I have been looking over music videos that my friends from Uxbridge College created for their coursework this year. I hoped that this would help me get some inspiration for my music video, as i am currently finding it very difficult to come up with an idea or decide on a song. However, i have decided to continue to look at as many music videos as possible over the next few days, until i find a song or an idea.

Conventions of music videos

Conventions of Music Videos

Diary: Tuesday 10th July

Looking into the conventions of music videos has helped me to think about certain things that i will need to include in my music video. I hope that knowing the typical conventions that are used in music videos will help me to decide the sort of things i want to include in my music video. It has helped me to decide on the genre, as i feel that the conventions of a indie/rock music video are more interesting than that of other genres such as pop which can be considered to be quite cheesy.

Diary: Wednesday 4th July

I have been watching more music videos this week in an attempt to gain some initial idea for my music video. I have always liked the song 'Misery Business' by Paramore, and i think that this song would be good to use for my video because of its lyrics. I am going to spend the next few days thinking of some potential ideas for this song.