Creative Camera and Editing Techniques and their Influences on our Music Video

 28 Creative Cuts From Stranger Things from Rishi Kaneria on Vimeo.

1. Explain what you liked and why?- I liked when the camera panned upwards after focusing on the main subject as this created more suspense.
- The eye-line match of the cutlery with the loud sound of the knives and forks clashing creates false tension.
- The camera work of when the camera zooms out from the initial focus builds up tension and suspense in the audiences mind.
- When the camera follows the child's eyes it suggests he is confused and connotes that emotion to the watcher.- The editing of two scenes coming together, one being scary and then contrasted by a warm and peaceful scene is effective in changing emotion in the audience. This was done effectively by using a sound bridge from one scene of a scar sound which is used in the next scene for 'rolling out a bed blanket' which isn't scary, therefore contrasted very effectively.

2. How will it/can influence your music video?

- These editing and camera techniques will help to diversify our music video as it will become less predictable and create a more versatile range of emotions in the audience. This is because the different techniques of editing and camera angles keep the audience in check and excited for the conclusion of the video and will therefore watch till the end.

3. Explain how you can integrate any of the creative ideas into your music videos?

- These ideas can be integrated into a music video, for example one idea we had was that when the the child was in the supermarket the scene dissolved into a psychology lab with tests being done on a person. This is a clever idea of a narrative as it highlights two separate parts of one persons life.

4. Explain how these ideas will help you be creative with your music video?

-Watching the various clips of different camera and editing techniques has made me to begin thinking outside the box to become more creative and understand that its the editing and camera work that enables your audience to connect with the music video rather than solely the narrative itself.