Research of Music Video 1: Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait

The opening shot for this music video starts with a location shot of a side of a road on looking some rocks then text fades onto the screen which uses alliteration. The text shows the genre used as it is old fashioned and unique which suits the chosen genre. The editing used in the scene is a fade from a plain song

The image above is an excellent one as it has the band playing to the right of frame  with the lights focusing on them and to the left it has spare equipment and instruments which is in the dark as it pulls focus from the band playing. I think this image is very good as it makes it more personal as it shows the messiness and clutter of what its like behind stage. You can see the costume worn by the band and this clearly represents the genre they are as one of the band members is playing a double bass which represents an county genre, which they are, but also a vintage twist as they are wearing suit vests and shirts. 

This image to the left is good as it shows the video is as if its from the bands point of view as it shows the audience, which makes it more personal, but it also shows a shot the band in action which does draw focus on the on band as they are centre frame in a row. The costumes used are perfect for the genre as they give the impression of a county/vintage style as the lead singer is wearing a waist coat. The lead singer is more important in this image as he stands out from the rest as his costume is more significant than the rest as he is wearing a waist coat and is centre frame. The props used by the band are perfect for the genre as the use of the double bass and the banjo represents the county/vintage style.

This image on the left is of the presumably lead singer as his costume is more significant than the rest. He is centre frame in this image which represents the dominance of being the lead as no other band member is in the shot. His costume is good as it represents the genre of county/vintage style with the waist coat and the props used as well, like the acoustic guitar which represents the county genre.

This image to the left is good as the shot is an action shot of the lead singer in centre frame with some studio lights in the background which would draw focus on him and nothing else. This image is also good as it shows the passion the band member has for the music they play, this is shown by the facial expression he has.

This image to the right is a great image as shows the representation of the genre perfectly as it has the county and vintage look with the worn look on the double bass. As well as the worn look giving that old county feel, it also shows the passion they have as the double bass has been used so much that its worn down which is perfect. The instrument represents vintage as it has that old fashioned look to the instrument as well as the use of the double bass which isn't really used in modern music, which breaks conventions. You can clearly see the use on this instrument as its only the left side that is worn and the comparison of looks between the left and right side is greatly different. Overall this image is perfect as its got such fine detail which has a massive impact on representations of genre.

The image to left is good as its a left of frame action shot of a band member laughing, with to the right it shows the audience. Which represents that the video is personal as it shows that the band love what they do and have fun. This image is very good as it can be easily replicated, as I wouldn't be able to get a shot of the full audience which is in the video but this image only has a couple of the audience in it.

Before this image is shown a brief montage of images is made which leads to this. This is a location image which introduces the band and the song in their trademark font which then fades with the beginning of the song. The location of this shot is an urban location which gives the impression that the video will be a location video with a range of shots but the next seen shows that the video is actually a studio shot of a live performance of the band. My video could be filmed in a similar location to this. The editing used in this scene is a fade of the band and title of the song then another fade of the text then a cut to a studio shot.

The shot type in this image is a canted shot which shows the audience and the band when playing. This is a great angle as it shows the audience and that represents what the genre of the band is by looking at the audience. This is a studio shot which is possible for my video.



This shot is a wide angle shot, and is used to show the sheer size of the audience of the band and the image is also an action shot of the band. The whole video is an action shot as its a live performance. Although this shot is good, I cannot use it in my video as it is a wide shot of the audience and I wouldn't be able to get that size audience in any of my shots.



How this has influenced my creativity

This music video by Mumford & Sons has greatly influenced my creativity and planning as the use of fine details. For example; the look of the props can add a massive impact when representing the chosen genre as well as the studio shots. This has also influenced my creativity as the range of shots used like showing a part of the audience instead of all as it would be difficult to replicate it.