techniques used in music videos LO2 task 4

Techniques of music videos – define the meaning and give examples from music videos

Cutting to the beat

Cutting to the beat involves music and a music video. When you watch a music video, you can notice the scene cuts to another scene on a certain lyric. When you watch the video, you can actually take the lyrics and break It in to pieces/scenes where the music cuts to another shot.

Effects

Any sort of sound effect or special effects used in the music video.

Miming and lip syncing

is a technical term for matching lip movements with pre-recorded sung or spoken vocals that the listeners hear through speakers, either through PA system speakers in a "live" performance or television or cinema speakers in the case of a lip-synced TV show or film performance.

Mime is simply meaning the artist is using a special technique.

Playback and lip sync

a term that refers to when (during a performance) a musical group plays a prerecorded track and lip-synchs on stage

The new rock group used playback instead of actually singing/performing the song on stage.

 

 

Multi-mage

Multi-mage is a technique where multiple videos are on one screen. This generally shows more than one thing going on and the editing is critical with this technique.

Camera movements

Just like in any other form of video media, there will always be certain camera movements that are used for different reasons; an establishing shot will generally set the scene at the beginning; a long shot will normally set out the location of a closer scene, so the audience have a better understanding of the atmosphere;

Camera angles

Just like movements, camera angles make a huge impact on the meaning and style of the music video. Wherever a camera is placed can show the power of the artist/characters. Or sometimes it can show an exact location from where we should be seeing it. By choosing different angles, the viewers have a different view of the action, which makes it more interesting and everybody will have their own way of watching it.

 

 

Chorma key

Chroma Key effects are when music videos are shot in front of a green screen. This means that a block colour is put behind the artist and is replaced by another picture/video. Sometimes the quality doesn't always look as good if the background is of a specific location but they are sometimes used for upbeat dance songs.

Now add this to your blogger with music videos for each category mentioned above.