Choices for Music Video

As I have decided to change my original ideas for my music video, I have had to look into different ideas for my new one.

Locations
For the locations of these photo shoots I am going to use a variety of different places. Such as a plain black, white and cream background, a forest/field, a brick wall and many others. As the theme of this song is travelling to find the other person, the more variety of locations I can use the better.

Actors

I have chosen Jamie Power as my first actor; I have chosen him as I feel he will be creative with the role, and will try to perform it to the best of his ability's. He has brown hair with blue eyes; he is taller than Tayla which is good because he can be the more dominate role. I also feel as he does drama he can act dramatically and creatively towards the role and experiment with different ways to play it.

For my second actor I will be using Tayla Roostan; I have chosen her because she has dark brown hair with brown eyes. She suits the role well as she is very enthusiastic and will put a lot of effort into this. Her and Jamie are both loud and creative, so they will work well together and will also have fun doing it as well.

Clothing
For clothing I would be putting both my models in a variety of clothes, for some shots I'd like them both in dark clothes and for others bright vibrant clothes like red. For Jamie jeans, t-shirts, work trousers, shirts and jumpers. For Tayla I'd like her in a bright coloured dress, and dark coloured clothes, for example trousers and a shirt.

Camera Angles
As for camera angles I will use a variety of different shots to capture my actors; for example I will use long shot to capture their whole bodies, mid shot, close ups and much more to make sure I capture their facial expressions and body movements.

Ideas

This is the video of the song I have now chosen to use. As it already has a video, I have to be careful not to copy any of the shots. However I will also be using the idea of travelling to the other person; but in my own different style.

I have many different ideas for different shots I can use throughout the video, but these are some of them.

• Single shots of both models in front of a white background - midshot, faceshots from the front left and right, and shots of just their lips singing the words.
• A shot of both models separately singing the whole song- long shot and mid shot.
• Both models walking through different areas, to 'get to each other' - for example walking through a field of long grass or walking down the road, etc.
• At the beginning of the song the words ''you'' and ''do'' are said repeatedly but louder and with more enthusiasm I'm going to use an effect on premire pro to add fireworks in the background of Jamie signing those words.
• I might edit the travelling shots into black and white.

Lyrics

These are the lyrics to the new song I have chosen 'Meet Me Halfway' by Black Eyed Peas.

 

Ooh, I can't go any further than this
Ooh, I want you so badly, it's my biggest wish

Cool, I spend my time just thinkin', thinkin', thinkin' 'bout you
Every single day, yes I'm really missin', missin' you
And all those things we used to, used to, used to do
Hey girl, what's up? It used to, used to be just me and you

I spend my time just thinkin', thinkin', thinkin' 'bout you
Every single day, yes I'm really missin', missin' you
And all those things we used to, used to, used to do
Hey girl, what's up? Yo? What's up? What's up? What's up?

Can you meet me halfway, right at the borderline?
That's where I'm gonna wait for you
I'll be lookin' out night and day
Took my heart to the limit, and this is where I stay

Ooh, ooh, I can't go any further than this
Ooh, ooh, I want you so bad, it's my only wish

Girl, I travel 'round the world and even sail the seven seas
Across the universe, I go to other galaxies
Just tell me where to go, just tell me where you wanna meet
I navigate myself, myself to take me where you be

'Cause girl I want, I, I, I want you right now
I travel uptown, town, I travel downtown
Wanna to have you around, 'round like every single day
I love you alway-way, I'll meet you halfway

Can you meet me halfway, right at the borderline?
That's where I'm gonna wait for you
I'll be lookin' out night and day
Took my heart to the limit, and this is where I stay

Ooh, ooh, I can't go any further than this
Ooh, ooh, I want you so bad, it's my only wish
Ooh, ooh, I can't go any further than this
Ooh, ooh, I want you so bad, it's my only wish

Let's walk the bridge to the other side, just you and I
(Just you and I)
I will fly, fly the skies for you and I
(For you and I)

I will try until I die for you and I
For you and I, for, for, for you and I
For, for, for you and I, for, for you and I
(For you and I)

Can you meet me halfway?
Can you meet me halfway?
Can you meet me halfway?
Can you meet me halfway?

Meet me halfway, right at the borderline
That's where I'm gonna wait for you
I'll be lookin' out night and day
Took my heart to the limit, and this is where I stay

Ooh, ooh, I can't go any further than this
Ooh, ooh, I want you so bad, it's my only wish
Ooh, ooh, I can't go any further than this
Ooh, ooh, I want you so bad, it's my only wish

Final Change of Mind

Whilst editing and creating my final video I have been struggling to put across and think of a storyline that would work with the shoots I had for the video. I also discovered I had to re-shoot my model for singing scenes to add throughout the video to fit it all together. However my model is currently struggling to find any free time in between her new job that would fit with my timetable.
So I have decided to make a new video and shoot with new models. I have chosen 'Meet Me Halfway' by Black Eyed Peas; as I can still use all my scenery and travelling shots I had from when I went on Holiday and filmed. This will work because I can show my two new models; Jamie and Tayla, travelling towards each other from different places to 'meet halfway'.
I feel by re-filming and starting a new video, I will able to show more of my talents and skills towards editing and creating a video, and this will help me create a better video. As with the last video it wasn't showing my true potential in creating videos.