Music Video Shot Types

For my music video I have taken inspiration from the Jake Bugg music video 'Seen it al' which can be viewed below.




Although my video will have a different narrative to the one of Jake Bugg, the technical conventions will be similar as I plan to use similar shot types and camera angles as well as slowing down and speeding up footage.

I plan to use various close up shots in order to be able to show the emotions of my main protagonist throughout my music video. These emotions will mainly consist of sadness and towards the end happiness.

I will also use shots like this, shooting behind my main protagonist. By doing this I will be able bring the idea that the protagonist is being followed through the narrative of the music video to life.

 Whilst carrying out research, watching a range of music videos from the indie genre and producing a mood board i discovered that cigarettes and smoke are one of the indie genres main points of iconography. Due to this I plan to feature my protagonist smoking at various points in the music video.

Although I wish for my music video to be in black and white, I like the use of lighting in the Jake Bugg video for 'seen it all'. Blue and red lighting have been used whilst smoking at different points, blue signifying a chilled out mellow protagonist, red signifying a more angry and uneasy protagonist. So at points in my music I may include some colour to help show a particular mood or feeling.  
                                                                                       
I will also use long shots and establishing shots in order to show an important place or landmark. This will help to show a change of setting in the narrative.