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Here is my full finished music video.
 The brief that I was given by my client was to make a music video for the song; “I can’t believe that your in love with me” by Billie Holiday.  In the brief I was given the freedom of making it a narrative, performance based or a concept.  And I went with a concept with nature due to the circumstances.  The brief said that the video must be as long as the song and I must take on specific job roles which both I have done.  The video mustn’t use any copyrighted © material unless I have given its source.  

Did i meet the deadlines?

At the start of the project I stuck to all my deadlines but it all changed when the 3rd wave hit and I hid my head under the sand for a few weeks.  Afterwards though after confronting this, a new deadline was made and I managed to get it done in the time of that one but the tasks afterwards where not made to the deadline because of this set back.

In the making of the video I found non copyrighted footage of nature that I could export to my video which I sooner decided not to use and instead find my own footage.  All footage that is in the video was made and distributed by me.

Technical Settings.

In Media people expect music videos to be at the highest standard The video was exported to be the highest quality at 1080p with a frame rate of 30 but unfortunately blogger couldn’t handle the size so I have used a lower quality op 780p for blogger.

How I tried to meet the brief.

When creating the video I made sure that I would meet all aspects of the brief to please the client.  

This came from going out to make the footage, editing the video and directing it.  While making my video i did my best to ensure all the aspects of the brief where met and to do so i was constantly rereading the brief so i knew that i hadn't breeched any of it.

Setbacks

Of course though there where setbacks and it did not go all well to plan and I hope the client realises this,  due to the 3rd wave of COVID after Christmas it all went to hell and for a while I was without actors and people to help but at the end it was all sorted with the help of a great friend Hattie Kelly.  Who went out of her comfort zone to do this when no one else did and for that I am very grateful.   The music video is still a shadow of what it could’ve been but all is well as it is the best I could do out of the situation honestly.

How I adapted to ensure COVID guidelines

COVID 19 absolutely ruined my ideas of making a music video before but after some time when things settled down I made my music video with some clear guidelines to tackle the spread of the disease.  Here are the guidelines.  The cameraman (me) must wear a face-mask at all times and must stay at least 2 metres away from the actor.  When there isn’t any filming going on the actors must wear a mask as well and stay 2 metres away.  When filming the cameraman will film 2 metres away or more.  These are the guidelines we used and it worked well 

Length of video.

The length of my music video was Two minutes and fifty seconds long and the video is the same length of the song except for a tiny bit at the end when the video fades to black of course. 

Did the visuals represent theme of the song?

When editing the video I made sure that the visuals represented the themes of the song.  What i did to do that was that i changed the image on the time of the beat to add a clean transition.  I also kept half of the visuals in black and white to add greater effect but also to show the age of the song.

Did my video conform to the conventions of the genre?

After making and seeing the entire video I can confidently say that my video did conform with the conventions of the genre.  Most jazz videos don't have a storyline and even though it wasn't intentional to not have one it defiantly conforms with the genre.  Another way my video conformed with the genre was that half of my video was in black and white. I took inspiration from many musicians to do this as it is popular in jazz music videos.  So that is a way that it conforms well with the genre.

How did my video create a positive image of the artist and genre?

My video was a video with a lot of visual nature in it and this is to show the purity of nature and how wonderful it is by showing lovely places in the Ilkley Countryside.  This will overall show Billie Holiday and the genre of jazz in a positive way.