Sixth Formers Turn Music Video Producers

March 2015

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Year 13 Media students from left: Peter H, Joe T, Craig R and Jack L.

In Film-based Media, Year 13s have produced a range of creative music videos using combinations of carefully edited bespoke and existing footage.

Music videos are a crucial promotional tool for the music industry; they raise the profile of the artist or band and generate a substantial additional revenue. However, the complexities of devising, planning and producing a music video are often underestimated.

In teams, students selected a music track of their choice and developed a concept to represent the song through moving image. Following a complex planning process, which involved sourcing and booking equipment, crew and locations, students then gathered footage which was painstakingly edited into a final product. As an example of the process, one of the teams gathered over 4 hours of footage to create their 3 minute video!