Zuha Imman A2 blog

  This is the mood board we plan of following in our Music video, a contradictory series of happy moments juxtaposed with sad moments, unlocking audience's emotions and empathy for the main lead Haya.

Main Lead: Haya,  FLASHBACK(FB)  _Starting chorus_Haya sitting in the dark room with every change of beat there is a change of lightening, a montage. We plan to use dark lights like blue, red, and green. _First shot_She has her head down on her knees slowly looks up and feels the hollowness of the house -FB 1_ Two young teenage friends laughing at a cafe one drops her drink over another they laughed harder after the drink drops _second shot_ again the orbiting shot of Haya in an unfurnished room, she looks up with red tears in her eyes -third shot- frames shift of transitioning, she is celebrating her  bday alone FB2_two friends sitting in the blanket together showing each other something on the phone _ fourth shot_ Haya sitting alone in the same blanket switches on the phone and watches the old chats and their pictures together. FB3- zoom in to the picture both of the friends sitting and talking together. ......OTHER SCENE ARE YET TO BE DECIDED

 This was a 360-degree rotating shot that we planned to use in our music video it gives us a more artistic touch and with the use of proper types of equipment like a gimble etc. a more stabilized shot can be shot. The establishing shot  of Ribs we are planning to be is like this one on our music video

  She is the main lead of our song Ribs, the protagonist, and the artist. She is a cousin of Aiman who has great expressions and can act greatly in our emotional music video. 

 

 This is the first performance video I shot and completely edited and directed it myself. I chose Lana del ray's Radio as the girl who volunteered to shoot it with me matched her aesthetic so well. I planned a few movement shots and a series of close-ups, dollying in, zoom outs, etc I shot an amazing small performance clip. While editing this video on cap cut I used multiple filters and explored its amazing effects. These practices are making me more and more skilled for my final music video.

  Lyrics The drink you spilt all over me "Lover's Spit" left on repeat My mom and dad let me stay home It drives you crazy getting old We can talk it so good We can make it so divine We can talk it good How you wish it would be all the time The drink you spilt all over me "Lover's Spit" left on repeat My mom and dad let me stay home It drives you crazy getting old The drink you spilt all over me "Lover's Spit" left on repeat My mom and dad let me stay home It drives you crazy getting old This dream isn't feeling sweet We're reeling through the midnight streets And I've never felt more alone It feels so scary getting old We can talk it so good We can make it so divine We can talk it good How you wish it would be all the time This dream isn't feeling sweet, we're reeling through the midnight streets And I've never felt more alone, feels so scary getting old This dream isn't feeling sweet, we're reeling through the ...

 Ribs is the kind of song reflecting ray of emotions between two bestfriends separated by the circumstances of growing age. We are planning to have a montage type of music video, where the memories of the bestfriends are condensed  in flashbacks the main lead thinks about. There were two ideas  that we were planning to execute one was the idea of two friends separated because of one moved out of college. Now that music video had difficult mis en scene to create like showing dorms, college and planes etc. For students like us it would not be practical to shoot such scenes The second idea these friends separated by distance and one of them is sad and misses the another one at every corner of her. It is more like a performance video than a narrative based video. We are more inclined to the second idea as it would have enough margin for  the performance , the creativity factor can be looked  more onto in this plan.

 Me and Aiman shortlisted  3 songs for our music : CRADELS  by Sub-Urban: Our idea for cradles revolved around a depressed guy with the melancholic effect of sadness juxtaposed with the pleasant piano beat. It would be most probably an artistic video where a pinch of narrative would revolve around the protagonist who is a kleptomaniac and in the entire music video tries to fight his urge to steal and when he fails in this internal war against himself he falls into deep dungeons of guilt.   RIBS  by Lorde: Our idea for this music video would be about two best friends, where the protagonist leaves her hometown for college or due to some useless fight they depart. The protagonist misses her and feels how important she is in her life. The whole music video will revolve around the flashbacks, transitioning between the past and present creating an emotional appeal to the audience. The protagonist would also be shown doing a performance over the song as she is the arti...

  Here are some strategies artists consider for promoting for their music video: Utilize Social Media: Share teaser clips, behind-the-scenes footage, and promotional images on platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok. Create a YouTube Channel: Establish a dedicated YouTube channel for their music. Optimize the video title, description, and tags to improve search visibility. Collaborate with Influencers: Identify influencers or bloggers in their genre and reach out to them to see if they'd be interested in sharing the artist's music videos with their audience. they even consider collaborations with other musicians or content creators to cross-promote each other's work. Email Marketing: They sometimes build an email list of fans and music industry contacts. Send out newsletters with updates, exclusive content, and links to their music video. Website and Blog Outreach: Reach out to music blogs, websites, and online magazines that cover their genre. Submit mus...