Friday 30 April 2010

Evanescence - Bring Me To Life






The idea that i had for my music video was to convey the emotion of the song with the audience, i wanted the emotion of the song and the story of the video to be obvious to the viewer but i decided to not have the person sing the song in the video, and just had the music in the background. My reason for doing this was that i wanted the story of the song to speak for itself and not be so obvious. And i wanted the emotion to be read from the expression and not from the  actual lyrics of the song. 
The location of my video was really important, i had this idea in my head of what i wanted, the location where i shot my music video fit it perfectly. I could not have wished for a better location to fit my video. On the day of shooting the video there was so much snow falling which i did not expect, i was worried that it would ruin the shots that i had planned and would not look right in the video. However, i feel that the snow goes along with the mood of the video and the emotion and sort of sets the scene of this dull and cold story. The house which i shot my video was in The little Hermitage which is in Meopham Kent, and the house was built in a Grade II Georgian manor house dating from 'the Age of Elegance' the 18th century. The feel i got from inside was very classy and elegant, the way the house was set up and stylized fit well with the shots that i had in mind.



24 comments:

  1. nice outdoors setting, stuck to a theme well.

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  2. your setting really suited the song, and i liked the effect of black and white

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  3. You included a variety of different shot distances which worked really well. The setting creates the story and suits the song choice. I like the black and white effects too!

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  4. I like this video becuase the black and white colour background works really well. It creates a good story to watch and I like the part when its outside in the snow it was good

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  5. The black and White theme really suited the song and the setting. The whole video was put really well together. The different shots were taken really well. A realy good video made.

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  6. The mise-en-scene was appropriate to the song, and choosing to use black and white effects worked really well! There was a good variety of shots too.

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  7. I really like where you have set your video, it really adds to the effect of the song, i also think it makes it more effective where you have added extreme close ups and slow motion.

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  8. I like the use of black and white, the scenary and colours all worked well together and went with the song very well.

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  9. The video is well set out with a good story, however i thought that some of the clips were a bit random, and perhaps didnt fit in aswell as other parts.

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  10. I like the fact that you have chosen to have it in black and white, and the scenery looks really good with it. Good story and good use of having lots of different shots.

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  11. I like how the video has been constructed and the fact that you have used black and white throughout, sets the mood for the song.

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  12. The black and white works well with the song, it gives off the right vibe. Good story, well done

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  13. The setting worked really well. There was good effects used, one that stood out for me was when the girl span around and then it was rewinded, it was really good.

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  14. I liked this music video, and really liked the song, however i feel that some of the camera shots were a bit too far away.

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  15. I do think that the video could have used some colour as well as the whole film being in black and white.

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  16. My only critisism would be that some of the shots are taken quite far away so you lose the effects in some places in the video. Apart from that, well done!

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  18. Really different and unique video it suits well with the thme of the song aswel, however some colour could have been used.

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  19. I think it's good that some of the lyrics work with the videos actions.

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  20. The black and white sets the mood for the video and works well with the song. i like that the rose is in colour, i like the use of refelctions in the video. You hve a good variation of camera shots.
    The only criticism i have is that i dont think it really makes sense, some parts she's putting make up on then she's out in the snow then inside again then in a graveyard.

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  21. Some actions work with words, good camera tranistions and shots, but more of a story needs to be told, i also did not get why she had to keep going in then out of the house.

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  22. i liked that the emotion of the song came across. the black and white worked well. the location was good.could have had less repeating scenes.

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  23. i still think the viedo is really good but some of the scenes repeat so maybe other scenes could have been used.

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  24. The video is good, and the storyline is easy to follow, however I noticed a bit of camera shake throughout the video that could have been improved.

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