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What shall I call my singer and rap artist?

To decide this, I made a poll that went onto the side of my blog. This poll held ten names, five for the singer and five for the rap artist. Then I emailed people asking them to respond to this poll and the responses I got were generally even. For the singer, I got three names all with the same amount of votes giving me the option to choose one; therefore I have chosen 'Elias Klein'. For the rap artist there was only one winner with four votes out of the seven. This means my rapper will be called 'Tye X'. I am very happy with these names and I believe them to sound like names you would hear on the radio or you would see on an album cover.

Organising actors and dancers:

When organising the dancer of my music video, I showed her the music video and where she will start dancing and how I would like her to dance. Through this conversation there were many questions interchanged such as 'Do you want me to dance to how the lyrics are sung?' and 'What style of clothing do you want me to wear?'. This eagerness gives me the confidence that I have found myself a trustworthy and hardworking dancer who has lots of enthusiasm and will hopefully produced professional scenes for the music video. When organising my singer, I showed him the lyrics of the song and the location of where we will be filming and he instantly said he will be the singer. The only questions asked was if he had to act or if he just had to stand and sing, and with my response of 'you have to make it all look natural and as if you are putting every emotion you have into it' he seemed very excited and looked enthusiastic about filming the music video. Overall, when organ...

Storyboard for my music video:

The song I am deciding to do is 'Written in the Stars' by Tinie Tempah ft. Eric Turner. I have chosen this song as it is upbeat and exciting which from the survey I produced, it was people are looking for in a song/music video. During the rapping scenes I will have a dancer dancing on a stage with three or four cameras set up, getting the dance from different shots. This will make my video tell a story and also make it unique from other music videos which I feel to be an important factor. Furthermore it will keep the music video interesting which again, what people asked for when they watch a music video. During the chorus/singing scenes I will have the singer, lip-synching to the lyrics in a scenic area. I have chosen a location like this as it gives the singer lots of area to move and convey his emotions to the audience. It also gives diversity to the video which again makes it unique and interesting. Finally, the last few seconds of the song ...

Questionnaire results for what people find impotant in a music video:

I composed an 8 survey which asked people what they look for in a music video. These were the results: Q1: Does the music video need to be exciting? 87.50% of the people who answered this question said yes. This tells me that the video needs to be exciting for people to even bother to watch it. This leaves me with many possibilities about what I can do to make the video exciting and entertaining. Q2: Does the music video need to tell a story? This question was very split, with 44.44% of the people saying yes and 55.56% of the people saying no. This overall shows me people don't need a story as long as they understand what is going on, but it also shows me that some people do need a story for it to entertain them. This leaves me with a few options where I can either go with a story or without, or I can incorporate a story into a music video, whilst still trying to make sure the people who said no are enjoying the music video. Q3: How important is the location of the filming of ...