Sunday 23 September 2012

The History of Music Video's - The 70's

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
This music video is performance based yet still has an artistic quality. It starts with a mid-shot of the four band members with a spotlight so you can only see their faces. There is also a smoke machine used to create an eerie effect and the camera zooms in slowly. A close-up of the lead singer is placed over this image as if faded in to each other, this technique is repeated alot throughout the video. As the song changes so does the scene and the camera zooms out from a close-up on the piano keys to include two members of the band. The lead singer is still the main focus of most shots. As the song changes again there is a kaleidoscope effect which adds drama to the video. The video then reverts to the typical scene of the whole band playing on stage.


I like the zooms in from the band to an instrument and the reverse I believe that tey would be effective shots in our music video.
 


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