Character creating.

For our music video, we plan to create characters who will follow our artist round, breaking stuff as they hunt for him. These characters will be played by me, Josh and Connor.
We watched video 1 for inspiration for the the characters pursuing our artist. The rooftop chase scene in the matrix was interesting to watch, mainly for the camera shots they used such as the point of view shot used at 0:23-0:26. Their use of slow motion is also very good, using it at different point in the video to keep the chase interesting. I would like to see this replicated for our music video. If we are to film these characters running around the school, then we need to find clever ways of keeping it interesting so we keep the attention of our audience. Moments of tension as seen in the end of the video where both her and the truck go for the phone booth, can also be replicated e.g. We could have the three figures searching for the artist separately around the school, at the end they can all find him at the same time, they all pause for a few second to build tension, then all three run towards him at the same time to try and get to him first.

We watched video 2 for inspiration for our characters. The sense of danger created by the Nazguls is perfect and we want to replicate that sense of unease and danger. For example, the Nazguls look straight at the camera as they hunt for Frodo. This puts the audience in Frodo's position because as it looks at Frodo, it feels like he's looking at us too. It makes us feel uneasy and a little bit scared. So for our video, we plan to reenact actions such as looking straight at the camera with the masks we're wearing, to place the audience in our artists Dean's shoes. I will also try to see if we have a smoke machine ready to use, as I thought the clip where they enter the room and have misty fog behind them was brilliant, it added to the dark atmosphere that the characters give. We could use the smoke for when they enter rooms if we are able to find and use a smoke machine.