British Film Festival

A quick Prezi on the films that i would include in a British Film Festival

British Film Festival on Prezi

British Films

British Film:
A British film, in my opinion, is a film with a classic British cast, a British director and usually a powerful British topic. A great example of a classic British film is Shane Meadow's film "This is England" and also Tom Hooper's "The Kings's Speech". Both have a large British cast and share the topic of British culture and history.
I don't really have a favourite British film, but there are several that i love which are just the classics like "The Full Monty" and "Brassed Of". I guess the reason that i love these films are due to their raw British content, of true events that have happened in our British History.
I wouldn't say that i specifically seek out any British film but if i have heard about a specific film or one has been recommend to me then i will most probably aim to watch it, other than that i just watch films that take my fancy.

Story boarding

Now that we have decided on a song for our 30 secound prelim we began story boarding the exact frames that we will be using. Here is a picture of our finished frames:

We will only be doing the first 30 seconds of the music video which is why there are only 7 different frames that we will be using.


There are several close up shots that we have used within the storyboards, making it easier for the audience to the singer actually singing.

Prelim research

We have looked at several different music video openings, in order to decided which one we feel is achievable to mimic.
Here are a couple we have found so far:

Kelly Clarkson - Since you been gone

We like this video and think it would be simple to replicate due to the basic setting and easy close up shots used. The different framing of the shots are also easy to replicate and add to the entertainment value of the overall music video.

Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

We think that we have settled with replicating this music video as it is a bit more entertaining than the above one and on top of this the variety of shots used are also easy to replicate. The costume and setting is also very simple, thus the music video again appeals to us in terms of ease of replicating it.

Variations of music videos

Cold Play - Paradise:

This video is in the style of a narrative, in that it tells a story throughout, that reflects the lyrics of the song and its general meaning. I really like the idea of including a costume within the video as it adds to the entertaining value of the overall music video, for the audience. The idea of a journey is also portrayed within this music video, showing a wide amount of different settings, one of which is a train in which the majority of the audience are able to relate

Vampire Weekend - A Punk:

This music video is a very different style to the previous one as it doesn't tell a story, but in fact includes the band actually playing the song. The video appears to be all in one continuous take, which is not what we as a group are aiming for but the way in which the actions within the video match the beat of the song perfectly is an appealing factor of this particular video. The use of constantly popping in and out of the shots also adds to the entertaining factors of the overall music video.

Kina Grannis - In your Arms:

Finally, this music video is again completely different from the other two, in both the shooting and styling of it. Firstly this video is not in fact a video but picture on picture, shot frame by frame on top of jelly beans. This would be extremely difficult to achieve but the overall effect of the video is amazing, in my opinion. Its unique and an original video, which took over two years to produce, using around 288,000 jelly beans being used and a total of 2,460 different frames.

Andrew Goodwin

This is a short prezi on the work and theories of Andrew Goodwin within the construction of music videos and how they effect their audiences:

Andrew Goodwin on Prezi

First Post

Here goes, the first post of A2 media.