Mallory knox - Shout at the Moon

The lighting is very effective in this video. This is something we will try and do because it can be very eye-catching and appealing to the audience. The light also resembles a moon which links to lyrics and song title of "shout at the moon".

There is close-ups of the singer. This is a common theme thorughout my research of music videos. The close-ups are common because the singer can easily relate to audience and this is achieved through close-ups.

There are lots of shots of the band playing with each member of the band being present throughout the music video. We will certianly have individual shot of each member playing during the live performance in the studio.

The performance is typically energetic from the singer. Again this can make the audience relate to the singer but also improves his star image persona.

I very much like the editing style in some places. From 2.31 seconds onwards, there are lots of fast cuts to match the fast paced music.

Overall this video inspired me because of the effecitively lighting they use which is visible throughout the video.

The Strokes - Reptilia

Camera frames and shots 

My influential music video is Reptilia by The Strokes. The intial reason I chose this was because it matched our genre, Garage Rock. However, it was most influential because of the chosen camera frames and the chosen shots. There are a whole lot of close-ups of the instruments and band members. The close-ups are very creative and stylish such as the shot of the drummer's shoe. From this we decided to input close-ups of instruments we are playing in the music video because we thought it would add style to our video. We will vary our shots because, like in this video, we will be playing in a studio therefore I think we will need different camera frames and different camera shots to vary it up because the audience don't want the same camera shots when it cuts back to us playing in the studio as our music video is going to be more than 3 minutes long. In the music video, there are close-ups of the whole band but mainly on the singer and especially when he sings. Close-ups of the band is a pretty common convention but still signinficant because close-ups is way for the audience to identify with the band.  From watching this video,  we will use close-ups of the band members faces to identify with our audience and shots of the instruments to vary our shots and close-ups of the insturments e.g. the guitar neck to add style.

Mallory Knox - Wake Up

Performance 

There is a basis for a very high energetic performance from all the band because of the song is very fast-paced. The guitarists are 'head-banging' to match the beat of the music. Throughout the video the whole band are moving about and being very energetic. This is conventional for rock music videos especially when this song is fast-paced and hard-hitting. Our performance will be energetic because one of the components our video is about having fun therefore being energetic is significant of our video. The lead singer performance is ever present in this video. Close-up shots of the singer show his emotions. He seems very angry when singing and you can tell that by his facial expressions. There is also one bit when he slams the microphone stand on the floor and this is established by the camera frame used; a long shot. Slamming the mircophone stand emphaises the singers energetic and believable performance. It is essential for the leader singer to have a good performance because this is one of the ways the audience can try and understand the narrative and themes of the music video because the audience can have a connection with the singer. We want our lead singer to show certain emotions such as being energetic and care-free so that the audience can relate and also the audience can understand that the our music video is about having fun.