Use of mirrors

We strongly used reflections in our thriller production and found using reflections in production makes a strong visual images. Having looked at the music video, 'The Beat - Mirror in The Bathroom' I really liked the use of mirrors in the music video. When shooting the lead singers part in the music videos I decided to use a mirror and film behind Issy singer, filming her reflection. Although these shots are very static I think they are still make a strong visual impact. The use of Mirrors also appears in 'Madness - Our House', where there is a shot of one of the band members gelling over their hair and putting a hat on, influenced by this idea when constructed a similar shot of one of the band members looking in a mirror and doing his hair. This idea then developed further we began to think about showing someone getting ready, a ska fan putting on there braces etc, this would both establish the generic image of ska as well as appealing to the target audience. We used a shot of Issy get ready in a mirror, and put this at the beginning of the video.

Still from 'Madness - Our House'
















'The Beat - Mirror in The Bathroom'

Screen shot from our music video, lead singer singing into / looking at herself in a mirror.



The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Ska/punk

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get

I love this music video, it has a superb range of shots, excellent editing, a strong sense of movement and performance. The compostion is also excellent.

I like how the band members 'filter' in out of the white background onto the screen, the constrast of the white background and the black suits is really effective the combonation of black and white also is a generic image of ska.

Lighting

The lighting is supurb about half way though the music video, the lighting changes to make the members appear in shiloutte, this makes the band members dominate the mise-en-scene. Towarsds the end of the video different editing effects have been used, sepia, negative and a blue lighting filter.

Editing and shots

The pace of the cuts is fast, and reflects the beat of the music, this makes the video seem lively, energertic and fun. I think the combination of close up's and mid shots is superb, it makes it seems as if the band members are jumping around the screen, the composition also reflects this liveliness. The camera is constantly moving, moving with the bands members, close up's of feet, hands and performance. In the last third of the music video the pace of the video becomes really fast, and different filters have been used, negative, sepia, and a blue filter, the camera is moving around constantly, the sense of movement and preformance is explosive. The composition of the music video is amazing, there is an abundance of the use of the rule of thirds. There is slow motion, depth of field, a large variety of camera angles. All of the band members have a similar amount of shots 'dedicated' to them, there are lots of close ups used of the band memebers faces, whereas in some music videos the lead singer in singled out from the rest of the band. This makes the band seem united, with all members being as important than one another, the audience is engaged with all members of the band. I think as a ska band this is important because they tend to be large bands. I think this video is very playful with its use of camera angles and editing, the variety makes the video exciting, energetic, and 'stand out'.

Rule of thirds, draws the audiences eye to the preformer.

Use of C.U / E.C.U. Close of of mouth and hand on mircophone intensfies and reflects the sense of performance, the C.U brings the audience into the performace/ action.