Professional practice: Formulating Ideas for my Shots

I have been looking at some different styles to shoot our video. I have been looking at several styles of music video and discussing this with my clients to meet his needs for the video.

Here is a previous video which was made for my client. We liked the style of this, but thought it could be a lot sharper. The image quality could be better and although I wasn't too keen, my client liked the idea of a plain white backdrop. I agree that it definitely focuses on the artists more and doesn't distract the viewers eyes from anything else. Once we have booked our studio space and have looked at our options, we will decide what will be the most suitable backdrop.

This is a still shot from Jessie J's video for the song 'Wild'. The use of a plain white background is really effective within the video, although we also see a studio setting which surrounds the white space, also with cameras and equipment in shot.

Another advantage of using a plain white backdrop is that graphics and effects can be added in easily and are much clearer than if the are over any other image. This is something that we would like to think about, especially if we are going to shoot a medley of different tracks which may need astons. Here is an example of a white backdrop shoot with graphics that have been overlaid in edit.