Planning cinematography- Miss Georgiou

Introduction- Why is cinematography essential within a music video?

Cinematography is essential within a music video as it is what the audience see in a music video, the shots used capture the narrative, concept or performance elements in a music video and this is what makes a music video enjoyable for an audience. Without cinematography music videos wouldn't be watchable for the audience. To keep the audience engaged in a music video it is important to use a range of different shots that show the music video in different ways, this also helps to tell the story that the music video might have.

Handheld reverse close up shot-

This shot will be used to show the face of our main character in the music video through different stages of the narrative, this will give the audience a clear understanding of what the character is feeling as they will be able to see what his facial expressions and body language are. This shot isn't conventional to our genre, but we feel that the shot would be useful in our music video as it makes it clear to the audience what the main character is feeling. This could also relate to the genre as it would show the effects on the character of the use of drugs, which is a convention of the phsycedelic rock genre. This shot helps represent the artist as personal to the fans as it is him close up, which will look like to the fans as if he is performing to them personally.

Ark shot-

This shot will show the audience a different view of our character, and will keep them engaged in the music video as it is different to a typical mid shot of the character, this shot is a moving shot in front of the character as he walks. This shot isn't conventional to the phsycedelic rock genre but builds the relationship between the audience and the character, as they can see what he looks like, and what his body language is. This shot will help fit the conventions of the genre by showing the artist performing in a different way, this shot isn't popular in the genre but can still be conventional as it is used to show the artist performing.

Tracking shot-

A tracking shot follows or tracks the character as he is moving, in our video it will show him walking from a distance, the use of this distance was planned as it is in relation to the narrative of our music video and the lyric relate also as they are about a break up in relationship and how he feels upset about the breakup. This shot is more conventional in our genre, it is used in videos to follow the main character as he walks or runs, this is effective at engaging the audience as it is fast paced.

Panning shot-

This shot will be used more than once in our music video as it is effective at setting the scene of the narrative, it can be used to show the surround area, this will help the audience understand the narrative better as they know where the narrative is taking place. This camera shot is common in music videos and used in some phsycedelic rock music videos, although mostly in the videos that are narrative based rather than concept based.

High angle- 
This shot will be used in our music video with the added effect of a time lapse, this will show our main character appearing to stand still while people are moving at a fast pace around him, this will engage the audience as they will be aware that the character isn't behaving like normal people around him, this implies to them that there is something wrong with him, in our music video it is that he has broken up from his relationship. This shot isn't conventional for the phsycedelic rock genre as it is focusing on a narrative which phsycedelic rock genre music videos do not do often. The time lapse using the high angle will relate to the lyics as they are sad and about a break up, this time lapse will show the artist standing still in a busy place for what looks like a long time, this shot will be powerful as it could mean different things to any audience.

Summary- 

Our target audience can build a relationship with our artist through the camera shot we have selected as they have been chosen to keep them engaged in the narrative and show the feeling of the artist during the music video. The shots we have selected show how the artist is feeling at each stage and it is clear to the audience especially with the use of the time lapse which will defiantly show the audience that something is wrong with our artist.