Creative Journey - Entry 2

At this point in my creative journey I have finished my research into the subject. I have gained knowledge on what the industry procedure is for creating a music video and undertook the steps along the way.

Such as:

• Obtaining permission to use the song

To do this I had to contact the record company of the artist

who thankfully had a section of the website that allowed you

to contact them regarding the use of their music 

• Researching locations to shoot the video

I did this by using Google Maps to find initial locations

and then I went on to look at them in my own time

as they are all local to me.

• The way in which music video is regulated, and the debates surrounding it

I researched this through the BBFC website, reading 

their page on regulation as well as looking into

debates surrounding the subject in Newspapers

and online articles.

• The different types, and phases of music video

This was a task set to us in class. For this task

we looked at various music videos as well as

some of our choice. We identified the codes and 

conventions of particular music videos to put them

into one or more of the three designated categories

• Research into similar texts to help me understand the product

This research into similar texts was looking

into songs by Danny Worsnop and Asking Alexandria

in my spare time to help me get a rough idea 

of what the industry is producing as well as 

how they tell the narrative of the song.

Doing such things, inside the classroom and outside of it have allowed me to progress further as a media professional.