We have been asked to look at a one shot music video where the video and all of the shots in it, are filmed in one shot. One shot videos are taken in one long take and here is one I have found...
Greg Laswell (Take Everything).
I found this particular music video fascinating because not only is it taken in one shot, it is also in reverse.
This means that the Greg had to sing the song backwards, for example, whilst researching this song, I found out, the following is the chorus of the song...
“Hooo ooor mnayeem maurf gni thear vleh guess nada owoogh.”
I believe that Greg is a talented singer for having to sing the chorus backwards, and it also makes the music video effective because it is not like normal music videos; it is a challenge for the makers of it and also the singer. It was challenging for Greg to learn the song backwards and here is a quick and interesting fact I found out about the video..
The entire song took him about 3 days to record in the studio and it took him four days to learn it backwards.
This shows that learning the words backwards was harder than actually recording the song.
As well as learning the words of the song backwards I also believe the props and the making of the music video is fascinating.
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to see the making of the music video.
From looking at the behind the scenes video, it is clear that the lighting has been changed, and I think this makes the music video effective because it matches the surroundings. Also, Greg had to do all of his moves backwards because the other people and props were going in the right direction, and therefore when they were reversed, Greg had to be going in the opposite direction. This just adds to amount of work and effort that Greg had to put into the shoot, and shows that his hardwork paid off.
The atmosphere of the music video was intense because there was so many things going on at once. In a one shot music video it is hard to get everything done at a precise time and this is why the video worked so well. From the coloured bouncy balls to the putting on of the boots, there is a lot of action going on in between and it shows that a lot of preparing and planning of the music video has been done for it to be successful.
I would like to incorporate some of the ideas for this video into our music video, for example the pillow fight in the background would be a great idea to use because one of our song ideas (Rihanna -Cheers) is all about having fun, and I think this would be the perfect thing to do.
Overall, I believe that this particular music video is a perfect example of a one shot music video, because not only is it shot in one take, it is also reversed, which makes the music video even more impressive. :)
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