Music video: essential elements checklist
Essential!
- At least three different shooting locations, including an interior and an exterior
- Must be between three minutes to three and a half minutes in length
- Wide range of camera shots, angles and movement to interpret the music and lyrics of the song
- Shots of the artist or band to establish a clear identity/image
- Performance footage (rehearsal and/or live and/or lip synched)
- Representations of at least one social group
- Clear structure with an element of narrative (remember, 'narrative' takes many forms...)
- A range of appropriate editing techniques including variation of pace
- Graphics depicting the original name of artist or band and title of the track (NOT the actual name of the artist, but the artist you created!)*
Desirable!
- Intertextuality!
- Generic hybridity!
- Complex representations
- Challenges stereotypes!
- Looks and feels like a major label music video!
*There are a few exceptions to this. Please talk to your teacher if you have any questions!
