Direction Unit: Research

At the beginning of summer I filmed a music video for acoustic singer/songwriter Fred Clark. I used my own DSLR using the HD video mode and shot multiple takes of the performance of his song "Superhero" in different camera angles and framing, then edited the shots together.  We had speakers on the day so he could mime to the recorded track and so the footage was in sync during editing. In editing, I found that you can't always cut to the shot you want because every time he did a take of the performance, his movements were always different so they wouldn't always match up. I plan to film more music videos, possibly after this semester, using different methods.

 

My inspiration for music video production at the moment are Mickey Smith & Owen Tozer, who direct videos for a musician I saw over the summer called Ben Howard. Mickey Smith is an amazing surf photographer (www.mickeysmith.co.uk, thedeadaredyingofthirst.blogspot.com). More beautiful videos can be found at www.youtube.com/user/benhowardmusic, some are really simple and effected, mainly filmed outside rather than in a studio.