Summer project: Music video research and preliminary exercise

Over the summer, you need to carry out crucial research and planning activities for Assignment 3: Music video.

This work will set you up perfectly to achieve a top grade in Assignment 3 - remember, it's worth the same as the first two assignments put together. Work through the following tasks before coming back in September:

Assignment 3: Music video research

1) Complete your music video research over the summer by choosing at least six interesting music videos and writing an analysis of each one (minimum 150 words per video). In total, you need at least 1,000 words of research but many people write more than this. 

You'll find more guidance and an example analysis on this blog post outlining the research task. Ms Fowler has also helpfully suggested potential videos to analyse for each key convention of music video if you're unsure what to choose.


Preliminary exercise: planning and filming

When you first come back in September we'll be completing a music video Preliminary Exercise. This is a brilliant opportunity for you to practice the skills of editing you'll need for creating your three minute music video.

Task: Create a 30-second music video to a song of your choice

1) Choose a song and print / copy and paste the lyrics into Word (must be clean version or radio edit - specified by exam board).

2) Come up with some ideas for potential videos linked to the song and lyrics. Remember, you can use narrative, performance or visual effects - the more creative the better.

3) Film 1-2 minutes of initial footage using your phone or your own camera. Important: you must be able to capture the video files from the device. Remember to film landscape too!

4) Bring the video files into school on a USB or memory card to edit in school in the first week back in September.


This is all due in the first lesson back: Thursday 7 September. Good luck!