Tips for making a better music video from No Film School

we have watched a video in the lesson from No Film School which took us through tips to improve our range of shots, lighting and the things we need to make our grade improve. We watched 2 clips of creative shots from 13 reasons why and stranger things to see examples of what they do to make it impressive.

• Control of camera
• the way in which panning, tilting, focus pull and zooming and how they are used to create meaning. 
• Length of shot duration - in a music video, it is fine to play around with the same shot. Featuring it once in slow motion and again as a quick cut. 
• Repetition of shots is acceptable in a music video as long as the lit is different. If a music video is slow paced, it is fine to have a shot that goes on for 10 seconds as long as there is variety in the camera movement (pan, tilt and track).
• Lighting is key for creating meaning. As we see in stranger things, a dark subject matter e.g. Sci Fi, when lit in a certain way, can set a mood or a tone. Slow panning and tilting, slow pace and dark colours. 
• To show movement of a character walking/running, it is best to film them going from left to right. Jump cuts can also be used frequently. 

I just watched this video on the No school film website and it taught me tips on how to improve the colour saturation when editing my music video. It instructed me that reducing the saturation in the shot whilst editing makes it look more professional and natural. Sometimes the shot that is supposed to be natural looks artificial and saturating the colour like done in this video enhances the quality so it looks better and can be a small difference in yours to others.  We can use this in our video when filming from a viewpoint as we can enhance the look of the skyscrapers by making the colours look natural.