The Looking Glass

After Beyonce released her newest music video at the Superbowl in America, a class discussion was inevitable. I had seen the music video before the class (how could I not, she’s Beyonce) and I had recognised a few references to… Continue Reading →

Last Tuesday in class we watched the works of Goldfrapp, a series of music videos titled after individuals, collectively known as ‘Tales of Us’. While we watched them we payed special attention to the use of colour, the first one… Continue Reading →

Thursday the 11th was our final rough/fine/whatever you want to call it screening of our work before its due, and it was great to get peoples feedback on the work. It’s obviously still not done and there are areas that… Continue Reading →

After all the filming done and finished, I’m happy with the footage we were able to get and the lessons I learnt along the way. It wasn’t perfect, from my experience with other projects it never turns out exactly how… Continue Reading →

Second shoot in as many days for our ‘Mollusc’ music video and I’m very happy with the progress we’ve made. Our first studio session involved several shots of the band with projections over their faces while they sang along to… Continue Reading →

This weeks reading on Vernallis piece ‘Telling and Not Telling’ explored and explained ways in which different music videos have been constructed using narrative and non narrative conventions. Her analysis of several music videos constructions explored the different ways narrative… Continue Reading →

Watching Anton Corbijn’s work during class has made me think over all the music videos I’ve seen in my life and wonder at what has made them so effective. Two that spring to mind are Hozier’s ‘Take Me To Church’… Continue Reading →