Peformance Elements

The performance element of our music video is the most important aspect because it features so heavily within our video. We wanted something to go in contrast with the narrative element of Keir's storyline helping it stand out. To achieve this we used the studio facilities within college to record Ethan performing the entire song. The studio equipment meant we could film once from three separate cameras, using the controls to flick between cameras in time to the beat. The other members of our group stood on the cameras making sure they were in focus and properly zoomed on Ethan. We decided to have one camera zoomed on the guitar, one zoomed on Ethan's face and the other as a wide shot showing the whole of Ethan against the black backdrop. We filmed the entire song several times so we had a good variety of shots to work with when editing later in the suite. The first take was of Ethan playing guitar and singing, we used this because it fits very well with the more mellow intro and outro. The next version was of Ethan singing with the guitar on his back. This was effective because it captures the anger and passion of Plan B's voice and looked great on screen during the fast paced parts of the song. The final version we shot was of Ethan's shadow singing and playing guitar. This provided us with extra variety and fitted perfectly with the outro when the drums had dropped out. When putting the music video together we used all three versions of the performance to give our video that extra layer, it looked great when we cut between performance and narrative quickly on the beat, with Ethan flashing up in time to the drums. We also decided to put the performance into black and white during post production, this improved our music video as viewers can clearly distinguish between the performance and narrative making it stand out and leaving an impression on the viewers. We are all pleased with how our performance element was done and how it turned out in our final version of the music video. We feel it looks crisp and clear agabinst the blurry haze of the narrative.