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Forms and Conventions of our music video. The forms and conventions of a professional music video include many different aspects of video making which we'll try to conform to, but also challenge in some areas. In terms of camera angles, professionally made music videos tend to use a range of different shots such as close-ups, long-shots and mid-shots which all help create emphasis on the singer or band, the location they are in and the emotions their song is trying to bring across. Camera movements such as tilts, pans, tracking an crane shots all help follow and trace the artist. Most music videos have the performance of the artist as the main part of the video, sometimes a story is added to the performance, either enacted by an actor or the artist themselves. The transition between storyline and the performance of the artist is often created through the use of jump cuts or fade and dissolve effects, which allow sudden changes from one scene to another. Besides the filming and e...

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Georgia Hudson has gone from low budget music videos to being a directorial force to be reckoned with in both the music and commercial worlds. With huge names like Mø and Ellie Goulding already in her videography, the only logical place for her to go now was BIG. So, it should come as no surprise to you that her latest video for Alecia Beth Moore - better known as P!nk – is a massive, sprawling dance trip full of ambitious set pieces and a raw, emotional physicality that’s hard to top. Georgia Hudson is a very edgy artist, she appeals heavily to the same age group we are targeting.  We asked a few of our friends there thoughts on Georgia Hudson and her directing style

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20 FINAL PRACTICE VIDEO TASK PLANNING We have been put into working groups and given a choice of songs to choose from. Our task was to create 1 minute of original footage for a music video and make this footage either in one take, or in the style of director Wes Anderson. video upload of the song we have chosen video upload of the final outcome we have created Most film directors tend to shy away from placing their actors in the center of the frame, but Wes Anderson has developed his distinctive style of filmmaking around a fascination with symmetry. S ignature moves like his idiosyncratic use of zooms and dolly shots, symmetry in composition,  ornate pastel-coloured sets, storybook worlds, and jump cuts  make him so unique. “I have a way of filming things and staging them and designing sets. There were times when I thought I should change my approach, but in fact, this is what I like to do. It's sort of like my handwriting as...