The most famous music videos.

As research for my music video, I searched the most famous/greatest music videos of all time. I used NME's 100 greatest music videos as I found this to be the most informative and reliable. I watched some of the top videos, in order to understand what they director did, in order to become a famous and create a good music video. The top 5 music video's were:

1. Johnny Cash - Hurt
2. Radiohead - Just
3. Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
4. Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
5. Bjork - All is Full of Love.

Here's what I found worked well and was most common within the music videos:

• Visuals matching the lyrics
• Good lighting
• No complicated/over the top special effects or editing
• Has a narrative to the music video
• Close ups

I feel that from watching the top 5 music videos, the list above is what I found to be most common in all of the music videos, and what I found to be the most effective. There's multiple ways in which the effects listed above can be achieved. 
 

In order to achieve good lighting and gain the effects we want, which includes dark shadows and half of the face covered in darkness, we need to do plenty of practice shots. We need to have a lamp and hold the camera in multiple positions such as from a side view and close up, to see what effect we can gain from these angles. 

In order for our music video to have a narrative, we need to story board in detail and ensure we stick as close as we can to the storyboard and plan.

I believe that if my group and I accomplish all or at least some of these things in our music video, it will be a successful video.