Films and music video Inspiration (Josh)

Films and music video Inspiration;

After researching around my chosen genre (Pop Rock), I found a variety of real media texts that I could benefit from and take some inspiration from. One example that would be very beneficial is the music video for "Clocks" by Coldplay, as this is the song that we have chosen for our actual music video.

After reviewing the entire music video multiple times, my view was that there are a wide variety of performance shots that could be replicated within our music video from the band that we will be using for the video. From close-ups of the band members and instruments to wide angled shots of the whole band playing, these are only a couple of shots that could easily be duplicated from this video in particular but there are many other music videos that use similar shots that could also be replicated within our music video.

Effective shots that could potentially be duplicated; 
Close-up of lead singer- (0.38 secs)
Close-up of Guitar- (2.58 secs)
Over the shoulder shot of drummer- (3.46 secs)
Close-up of lead singer- (3.58 secs)

Another real media text that we could potentially take inspiration from is Craig David’s "7 Days", which was one of his first initial songs he released. within the video creates a narrative where one day keeps rewinding until he finally gets the outcome that he is looking for. After reviewing the music video, a number of times, my view is that I could easily be Incorporated within the meaning of "Clocks" in some way.

What have I learnt from this research?
After researching into a variety of real media texts, it has helped me gain inspiration from these different sources to use within my own music video that i will be creating. If I hadn't of done this research, it would of been a difficult task to come up with a completely original idea that could potentially have not worked well with our song.