Short Film And Music Video Inspiration

To help me decide whether I would do a short film or a music video, I gathered some inspiration for both, and considered which one looks more fun to do. I also looked to see which one appears to have fewer restrictions on creativity. As well as this however I also had to consider which of the two would be more achievable with my abilities and resources. From watching several music videos, I noticed a considerable number of them used special effects and animation. Furthermore a considerable number of the music videos incorporated several settings, often settings that were heavily distanced apart. This would be largely unachievable for me to do, and so if I were to choose to do a music video I would have to find some way of making it more simplistic, and effective.

Short Films:

These short films, I found through Kermode and Mayo's Well Done U competition. They were either Winners of the competition or included in the shortlist of potential winners. This meaning as well as me liking them, they were also critically acclaimed, indicating they are most likely a good source of inspiration. I particularly liked these short films because of their simplicity, they consisted of no human characters and no dialogue, but were simply driven by one thing and supported by music and sound effects. Equally, they were both simple, yet well thought out ideas which allowed them to have interesting and enjoyable narratives.     

Music Videos:

While I am currently leaning more towards the prospect of doing a short film, I still considered the possibility of doing a music video and so looked for some inspiration from existing music videos. I looked at the music video of Everlong by The Foo Fighters, which I did like as it was very entertaining and almost quite comedic, although it appeared as more of a short film and seemed very detached from the song. I also looked at Nirvana's Heart Shaped Box which is a very unusual music video but still quite interesting, and it stuck to the more conventional music video style of having a combination of shots of the band playing, and shots depicting the narrative. Another difficulty with a music video is I am unable to find a single song that I could come up with a way of depicting a narrative.