C5 Gadget Show - Music Video Challenge

The Gadget Show (CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE EPISODE) has a go at creating two music videos using different video equipment.

One production has a professional crew with the very latest and best professional video making kit in order to make a promo for British alternative rock band FIGHTSTAR.

While the other production, a music video for HAR MAR SUPERSTAR, is limited to using a range of new consumer HD camcorders and editing software.

FIGHTSTAR VIDEO: Crew, Equipment & Hire Links

Director of Photography – Adam Etherington
RED One Camera and DIT Provided by – www.brownianmotion.co.uk/
Moviebird Camera Crane Provided by – AlphaGrip
Lighting Supplied by – Panalux
Cirrolite
Sound Equipment Provided by – FabSound Richmond Film Services
Steadycam Provided by – Tiffen International
Band Speaker Stacks and Microphones Provided by – Sennheiser UK
Mentor – Price James
RED ONE Camera

FIGHTSTAR VIDEO


HAR MAR SUPERSTAR VIDEO

HALF-TERM PROGRESS REPORT

GROUP 1 - Elliott & Sven

IN SESSION - FILMING TEST FOOTAGE

L3 TEST FOOTAGE - Everywhere Test- Elliott and Sven (Different Lens types) from cmdiploma on Vimeo.

GROUP 2 - Sophie, Angelica & Liam

IN SESSION - FILMING & EDITING TEST FOOTAGE

GROUP 3 - Alison, Yasmin (ABSENT) & Jahmal

IN SESSION - FILMING & EDITING TEST FOOTAGE

L3 TEST FOOTAGE - 1.2.3.4 footage ali,jah,yas from cmdiploma on Vimeo.

L3 TEST FOOTAGE - Alison, Yasmin & Jahmal from cmdiploma on Vimeo.

Lip Sync

IN SESSION - 1. JAHMAL WORKING ON THE DIGIPAK

2. JAHMAL & ALI WORKING ON FILMING MORE TEST FOOTAGE

GROUP 4 - Alex, Max & Tom B

IN SESSION - FILMING & EDITING TEST FOOTAGE

GROUP 5 - Charna, Hannah & Louis

IN SESSION - FILMING & EDITING TEST FOOTAGE

GROUP 6 - Christina, Rob & Emma

IN SESSION - FILMING & EDITING TEST FOOTAGE

GROUP 7 - Tilly & Tom H (TOM ABSENT AND HAS THE GROUP TAPE - THEREFORE NO TEST FOOTAGE)

IN SESSION - TILLY WORKING ON THE DIGIPAK

DIGIPAK PREPARATION

MUSIC VIDEO ANIMATICS

Click here to view the music video animatics

MUSIC VIDEO GROUP LOG BOOKS

Each group to fill in the CREW LIST and SHOT LIST sheets in the log book.

EXCELLENT RESOURCE FOR ALBUM ART

Sleevage is a blog all about music cover art. From the LP’s of the 60’s to the digital artworks of now.

Click here for the Sleevage page on the album art for Roisin Murphy's album "Overpowered"

And here for an online version of the Creative Review article on Art Director Scott King

Finally, you can see a mini interview with Scott King and a behind the scenes look at the album cover shoot and the making of the promo.

NINJA TUNES VIDEOS

The NINJA TUNES label was started in London in 1990, by the DJ duo Coldcut who helped pioneer what became known as trip-hop. Primarily, the Ninja Tune imprint was a way to release music of a more underground nature, free from the restraints of major labels.

Along with the music release, the record label would commission a low budget and in most cases experimental music video. Check them out here.




Timber - Hexstatic & Coldcut (Stuart Warren Hill 1997)
Won the award for Best Editing Video Musique in France in 1998.
This is one of the very early examples of VJing, the images and sounds of circular saws, chopping axes and chainsaws are edited together to produce the music track and video.


Distorted Minds - Hexstatic (ft. Juice Aleem) (1995)
Here is an interesting use of applying motion techniques to images and text.

MUSIC VIDEO SET-UPS

TASK: Using the set-up grids produce 3/4 set-ups for your music video: