ConorDrury 7200 - Performance elements/shots

Because of our video being heavily narrative we decided to include elements of performance into our music video. For example we will use a variety of shots showing the main actor lip syncing to the track and playing guitar. Since the song is of the indie genre this would be a good way of sticking to the conventions of that genre. Having a mixture of both narrative and performance elements is also a strong way of creating a face for your artist, this has been done by similar styled artists to our artist, Jay Tyrer, such as Ed Sheeran, Tom Odell and Jake Bugg.

 

Because of our existing contact with our artist another option we could use is having a person paralleling the actual artist, rather than pretending to be the artist. This is something that has been specifically used by Ed Sheeran, primarily in his videos for "Lego House" and "Everything has Changed" in both of these songs we are shown a performer that has similar aesthetic qualities to Ed Sheeran but isn't him. 

 

We could use this technique by styling our main male similar to the actual artist to the song. This way our song could also be used by our actual artist rather than just as a school project.