One Shot Videos.

The Lazy Song music video was directed by Bruno Mars and Cameron Duddy, some of the lyrics are illustrated in the choreography. The location of the bedroom works with the lyrics of the song and it is almost as if Bruno is performing this for a web cam as he moves closer to the camera, lip-syncing the lyrics.



Cosmo Jarvis directed and performed in his own video of Gay Pirates. It is an illustration music video with the story of the lyrics acted out on stage. Having the music video set on a stage creates an interesting mix between illustration and performance.  




This is a very simple one shot video but is quite effective. It's simple Duffy being driven away from Warwick Avenue tube station while singing and crying. The effect is quite strong as it connects to the sad, final-farewell mood of the lyrics.



Feist's 1234 video is set in a warehouse that is brightly coloured which links to the upbeat mood of the song. The colour also comes across in the outfits of the dancers. The choreography of this music video reflects the changes in tempo and introduction of instruments and beat. Throughout the video Feist stands out as she is always centre shot and is wearing a sequin jumpsuit and gold shoes which contrasts to the other dancers' outfits.The audience's attention is kept because the camera pans around and zooms in changing the shots and keeping the movement of the video going.

Although we like the effect of these one shot music videos we think it will be quite hard to achieve with the story that we are going to represent in our video. In London we wouldn't be able to control the crowds of people or the traffic which means it would take quite a few takes which might take days to achieve. Also, it might be hard to cut in the countryside aspect of the story. If we were to do two one shot takes - one in the country, one in the city - we would have to use post-production to incorporate both into our video, for example split screens, which wouldn't be as effective because there would be too much to look at all at one time.