Post 13: Music Video or Short Film?

MUSIC VIDEO OR SHORT FILM?

Our plan as a team, have decided that we want to carry on down the music video ideas route rather than diverging into short films. We thought that as we all haven't made a music video before, we wanted to try it and as we love music videos, we wanted to see what it would be like and if we were any good at it. As a group, we watch a lot of music videos in our spare time anyway, so we figured we have a lot of ideas about stories and artists, lip-syncing and ideas/settings/practicality. Based on our filming and editing skills, we also beleive that it would be well suited to ours to create a music video, rather than a short film because music videos are often much shorter than short films, which means that we have to get a lot of footage into just a few minutes. This however is a good thing, as I like to use only seconds of a scene and edit them all together to get a more dynamic feel. Making a music video also gives us the opportunity to combine the creativity of creating a storyline and the technical knowledge of using film and music in one media. Lastly, it may not be the most important thing, but for us to be excited about a project we're working on, is valued quite highly for us, becuase it means that we will want to make it the best, and also enjoy working on it. We think that making a music video will give us the best chance of that. 

 A brief overview of a bullet point argument we drew up in class, together for the decision. 

 Which brief am I choosing for my media coursework and why?

For our A2 media coursework we have the choice of either creating a short film or a music video.

Music Video:

Pros:
  • You have more creative license as you don't have to worry about a story line unless you choose to include that as part of your video.
  • You get the opportunity to film live music or create an image of performance.
  • You don't have to worry about a soundtrack as that will just be the song you're creating a video for. 
Cons:
  • You have to contact the band to clear the soundtrack which could lead to potential issues.
  • Lip syncing is quite hard to get to look good.
  • You are limited with the amount of footage you can use as it has to end with the song.
Short Film:

Pros:
  • You get to make a full narrative without any limits that a music video has.
  • You get to develop characters further.
  • You have the choice for more than one song in your soundtrack if you wanted to include it.
Cons:
  • It might be quite hard to get a storyline that fits into a short film as it is easy to get carried away and create a longer narrative.
  • It is quite easy to over complicate as you have a short time frame to project your ideas in.
  • You are more likely to need a comprehensive script in a short film than a music video due to the fact theres more likely to be dialogue. 
As we haven't done as much research into short films as we have music videos, I decided to look at some examples to give me ideas on what I could make:

This is a short film that portrayed the concept of moral decisions. I thought it was quite interesting and I think they did a good job of getting their message across in a creative manner in such a concise amount of time.

This short film was more obviously student made than the first, and it tried to go down the crime route but I think it came across a bit cheesy and the plot line didn't have enough impact to make it interesting.

I'm Beautiful 
This is a very short but powerful film about the behind the scenes of what goes on to be societies definition of beautiful today. I think this is a good example of a short film because even though it wasn't very long it didn't feel rushed and still portrayed its message very well, including good shots. 

After evaluating both options I would like to make a music video for my A2 coursework as I think that would have more creative licence that a short film due to the fact it doesn't need such a strong narrative, and it gives you more ability to get unique shots. Also I would like to try and learn how to do lip syncing well and learn to edit with music more therefore a music video would be a more logical choice to help enhance these skills. Furthermore, I think it would be fun to create an image of a band and include that in the video, and I have a massive love for music so to be able to base my work around it would be a lot of fun, as well as learning new media films. I don't really want to do a short film due to the fact I think it would be quite hard to get a strong enough narrative into a short amount of time.

 TL

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