Problems I Have Dealt With

I had edited and exported a one minute draft of my music video, however the exported file format was an mov file. I tried to upload this to YouTube and didn't realise that the upload had failed until I had left the editing suite for the Christmas break.

I tried to re-upload the file, however it failed again, saying that the file format was not supported by YouTube. I then tried to convert the file, by putting it onto my home editing software, Sony Movie Studio Platinum 13.0. This also didn't support mov files.

I then tried downloading a converting software to change the file into mp4, which is supported by both Studio Platinum 13.0 and YouTube.

Inspirations

There are many music videos which inspire me with narrative, codes and conventions. The theme of "The Draw" by Bastille is being held by things you have no control over. Other music videos also follow this theme such as "This Is Gospel" by Panic! At The Disco. This video follows a man as he is brought to hospital, slowly dying; the narrative follows his perspective of things. The mise-en-scene that it uses to portray this includes ropes and a contrasting black and white background. The man is held in the darkness by ropes and unknown "doctor" beings. The video ends with the ropes breaking free and the man running into the light, symbolising death. I quite like the idea of ropes and them holding someone back from where they need to be, and therefore I will try to include this in my music video.

In my music video, I would like to include point of view shots. This is to clearly show that through the eyes of the protagonist, the world is in a dark, twisted state, but to everyone else it is normal. 

Screen Ratio

All video media texts have a chosen screen ratio. This ratio is chosen for a reason, for it to be lanscape or portait, professional or amateur. Historically, the ratio chosen was usually 4:3, however recently films and therefore televisions have become wider. It is predicted that the future of television lies with the ratio 16:9, as this gives a far more professional finish to the product.

"During the 1950s there was a wholesale change within the film industry to use widescreen images, brought about by reductions in the number of people going to see films at cinemas. Only recently, TVs that conform to the same 16:9 aspect ratio that film producers use have started to be manufactured. These have become extremely popular and have come down in price since their initial launch. More and more broadcasters are switching the aspect ratio of their television programmes from the traditional 4:3 aspect ratio to a 16:9 widescreen format. The revitalization of the European television industry has been largely attributed to the introduction of digital widescreen offerings.

"Devices with a standard 4:3 aspect ratio are incapable of outputting High Definition content. In this respect, standard format televisions are inferior to widescreen televisions, and there are many other benefits to using widescreen devices which are covered in more detail below. Standard 4:3 television screens are gradually being phased out, as are standard definition analog television broadcasts. Within consumer electronics shops non-widescreen televisions are becoming increasingly rare."

- http://www.bambooav.com/widescreen-169-and-standard-43-formats.html

With this all in mind, I will choose the ratio 16:9 for my product because it will produce professional, high definition content that is in the same format as cinematic films.