These videos were definitely not as good as the others and the main reason for this is because of the planning and the preparation which went in to them. It was quite clear that these videos had not had the same amount of management as the other 'good' videos because the the songs weren't as good, the filming wasn't as good, it was quite clear that less time was spent on them and also there wasn't as many changes to the mise en scene in both. This has a massive impact because as there wasn't much change the song felt the same where as the music video is supposed to capture every tale of the song in a unique way and this wasn't done because it wasn't planned to be like that. These videos just generally need more maintenance and time so that they can represent the mood of the songs better and engage the audiences a bit more.
Here are two videos that A2 students have produced which I think are good music videos. Through doing the research and looking into all the different aspects of their videos I have learnt a lot about what I could potentially use in my own video and what works well with certain genres of music. The reason why I think both of these videos are good is because of the editing and the camera angles. The editing in both videos made them flow fast and they made sure that the editing linked in with the lyrics and beat to the song so everything was in sync with each other. The camera angles used also linked in with the songs and they used appropriate angles for each scene. Some scenes were hand held camera shots, some were low angle and some were tracking/panning. There were a lot more types of angles used between the two videos but these ones were the ones which stood out for me and the ones that gave the video something extra when watching it.
OVERALL
Overall I think that the best genre to do music videos for is the indie style like Jamie T because if it gets too rocky and starts edging into the screamo, gothic genre then that will be hard to make a music video for as the codes and conventions would be totally different. The indie genre allows the versatility because there can be instruments in it, it can be a narrative video, (such as the Black Keys - Tighten Up) or it can not have any characters or people in it and it can be a more collage, artistic based lyric video. As there is that versatility it means that a lot of different techniques will be suited to the video and as this is the case indie music is the best genre to do a music video.