Planning cinematography - Miss Georgiou

The cinematography used in a music video is essential as it allows the audience to connect with the artist. Different camera shots create different effects within a music video, this helps portray the atmosphere to the audience make them feel a certain type of way. I will be discussing the different camera shots that I will be including in my music video and what effect I hope they will have. 

The first shot that we will be including in our music video is a close up. This shot will be taken on both the females face and our artists face. This is a conventional shot in music videos as it allows the audience to fully see the emotion in the characters face, this helps them connect with the artist more and therefore feel more connected with the music video. We will be using this shot to show the unhappy emotion on the girls face making the audience sympathise with her. We will also use it when the artist is performing on stage; here a close up will allow the target audience engage with the artist. Using a close up on the artist also enables the audience to gain full visibility on their idol, this is something that will satisfy them. 

The next shot that we will be using within our music video is a high angle shot. This shot will be used when we are showing the female character and will show her sitting on the floor begging for money. Using a high angle shot here will make the female character look more vulnerable as she looks weaker because the audience are looking down on her. This will help the audience connect with the female character as they will sympathise for her as she looks like she needs help. Furthermore it will help us portray the female character to the audience as we want to make her seem vulnerable. 

Another shot that we will be including in our music video is a long shot. We will be using a long shot when we see the artist performing on the decks to the rest of the crowd. We hope that this will make the audience feel although they are in the crowd as the camera will be positioned where the crowd would be standing. This will make it easier for the audience to relate to the music video as they will feel although they are at the actual performance. Furthermore this shot will allow the audience to see the artist performing which is something that will satisfy them.

We will also be using a tracking shot in our music video, this shot will mostly be used on the male character as we follow him on his daily commute to work. Through using this shot the audience will feel although they are going along on the journey with the character, this will help them relate with him. Furthermore using a tracking shot will help give the audience an insight on the characters life and they will be able to see how fed up he is of having a boring life.

The final shot we will use in our music video is a point of view shot from the female characters point of view. This shot will show the male character cross paths with the female character and put money in her hat however as the male character walks past he doesn't look back. This portrays many things to the audience that relate to the narrative we have created. The point of view shot we will use will also show that the girl is below him as she is positioned on the floor looking up at him.

To summarise, I believe that we have carefully selected a variety of different camera shots that we will use in our music video. The shots we have chosen will help depict our characters to the audience and also help our audience relate with the artist. I also believe that the camera shots we have chosen will fit in well in our music video as they are conventional to the genre, this will make our music video more conventional overall, which is something that will appeal to an audience.