Week one blog reflection

Week one

My initial idea for my advanced portfolio would to have a music video with short takes and quick edits with a male artist dancing and rapping. I wanted to create a typical RnB/ Hip Pop music video, conforming to the male gaze theory. I also had the idea of having a long take of my performer performing to the audience and then have them dancing to the beat with edits and costume, i don't want a narrative because you have to find a new original idea so the audience have something new. But i wanted to find a song that wasn't over done by a upcoming artist.  My idea meant that i would use a black backdrop and a sharp light hitting the rapper when he raps and then have a low key light when he is dancing, and also have him with a girl dancing for him. My idea would be typical hip pop, however this is my first idea and i have room to develop on it to create a music video which is new and original. My inspiration came from the music video by Justin Bieber as the edits and the performance made the song stand out to the audience more.

I would like to work with Ella as we worked together last year so we know each others strengths and weaknesses so we work well together and Ella works hard making the task easier and more enjoyable.

However my hopes are that the music video turns out like the way i want it to and can edit it to have fast cut. I also hope that the audience can relate to the artist in terms of age and appeal to the music video, hopefully the performance inspires them and they enjoy it. Hopefully the partner i pick will have roughly the same idea.

My fears of this project is that i create a music video which is very similar to all the other music videos which means the audience lose interest. I also fear that i wont be able to get a person to be my artist who can perform in front of the camera and be a good performer. Also the editing will be hard as i want it to be very fast and match the beat and i have to use final cut which is a new a software even though we used it a little bit last year to make our mash up videos.