Individual Ideas and Pre Production

Music Styles

The genre of this video is hip-hop/rap. In the music video we see clips of the singer rapping and continuous short clips where she is flipping her hair, walking and releasing smoke, or painting a wall a black, in which towards the end she paints on top of to show another song release called "ignorant art."
The purpose of this video is to show that Iggy Azalea is a slightly seductive artist with an edgy attitude, we see this due to her clothing and fashion, (studded jackets and gold) as well as her make up which is simple but includes bright lipstick colours (a "hipster" trend.) We also see her holding a barking dog, which makes her look as though she should feared. Many female rappers highlight this sort of attitude in their music videos-in the case of male rappers, stereotypically they may surround themselves with money, cars and girls in their Music videos. We see a lot of medium shots and some over head shots, wide shots, and camera panning left/right with slowed down footage, another technique which is used in hip-hop/rap videos to give an overall more laidback yet stylish effect. Artificial lighting is used to make Iggy look more perfected and to show that the attention is on her.


KPOP




The genre of this song is Korean pop or KPOP if abbreviated. In this song, PSY is singing about how his style is more clean-cut  and up to date-he is a more fashionable man by referring to "Gangnam" which is similar to London's Oxford Street. We see him dressed in suits and bow ties, making him look smart to fit the modern image he is portraying for the girl he likes. As it is a more playful and comical song, we see an appearance from a Korean comedian half way throughout-and the dance choreography itself is rather unique. In many KPOP songs choreography is vital to creating a successful video, which made Gangnam Style famous in Korea for a little while.

The music video for this song has caused the huge success it reached, making it completely substantial. This has been proven through its international success, as it has become a hit worldwide despite being sung in Korean. There are many wide shots and mid shots, as well as some close up shots which allow us to see PSY's facial expressions. We get to see the choreography well due to some crane shots and due to the structure of the shots overall, and additionally the camera zooms in and out to strengthen the lively atmosphere fabricated. Not only in Gangnam style but the case with many KPOP videos is that the lighting tends to be extremely artificial, creating a more perfected and chiselled look on the singers. This is the youthful perception of beauty which Koreans admire, and we see another star called "Hyuna" who represents this in Gangnam Style. Without good lighting, Kpop videos will not do well as the presentation of their idols is essential to creating the right image for fans.

How to set up a 'Browser Bin'.

Creating and Naming Bins

The first step in organizing your project is to create new bins to store your source clips, audio, and sequences. Generally, you organize a project by grouping similar elements together into specific bins. You will create three bins—one each for music, clips, and sequences.

In Final Cut Express, there are often several ways to perform the same task or access the same function. For example, you can create a bin in three different ways. You can choose a menu option, use a keyboard shortcut, or Ctrl-click to select an option from a shortcut menu. You will create a bin using each approach. For this exercise, make sure your Browser is set to View as List rather than as icons, although you can also create and name bins in other views as well.

1. Click in the Browser window to make it active.
2. Choose File > New > Bin.
   
   

   
   
   A new bin appears in the Browser with a default bin name and number.
   
   

   
   
3. Since the bin name is already highlighted within the text box, just type the wordMusic.
4. Press Return or Tab to accept the name. If you need to correct it, click in the text area of the name itself, not the bin icon, to select the name again.
   If you want to change a bin name but it is not highlighted, click once to select the bin and once again to highlight the name.
5. To create the second new bin, press Cmd-B.
6. Type Clips in the name area.
7. To create the third bin, Ctrl-click on a blank gray area under the Name column in the Browser window and choose New Bin from the shortcut menu.
   
   

   
   
8. Type Sequences in the bin name area.
9. To delete Bin 1, the empty bin that was already in the project, click it once to select it and press Delete

Scratch Disk

First i opened Final Cut Pro.

Then i clicked on 'Final Cut Pro' at the top and then clicked on 'System Setting'.

When system setting opened i then clicked on 'SET'.

then i had to choose the folder where i want all my work to be saved then click 'Choose'.

Then i repeated the same process for 'Waveform Cache', 'Thumbnail Cache' and 'Autosave vault'.

When i was done i clicked 'OK'.

and thats done.

Purpose of Music Video

In Camera Editing.

Shot List

Scenario: Someone waiting to go into an X-Factor audition

1. Wide shot of location (3sec.)
2. Close up of the singer's hands (2sec.)
3. Close up of the face (2 sec.)
4. O.S of the presenter walking towards him.
5. Two shot of the presenter and singer as the presenter sits down.
6. Shot-reverse-shot (close-ups) with the presenter standing up (eye-line matching as the singer is still sitting down.
7. Two shot of the presenter talking to the singer (saying "good luck")
8. Long shot of the singer walking away into his audition.