Today we were set the task of creating our own music video using any song we preferred and with images sourced online.
I chose the song Children of The Revolution by T-Rex.
My approach was quite literal: my concept was to use the original music video by T-Rex and overlay footage of the 2011 London riots and other assortments of teenager-related antics like clubbing and silly stunts: pretty reckless stuff really.
I used video effects and transitions that were in Final Cut Pro. A lot of them were quite similar to that of the Top of The Pops era of music videos: wipes, fades and fancy styles.
I played around with the colour of some of the videos to mimic the exaggerated colour palette you often find in 70's music videos like purples and magenta.
I found a kaleidoscope style that I used for the shot of the burning building and a video effect called Super 8mm that gave the videos a more retro and older look to them.
I feel it could have been better, at times there were just sections of the music video that had nothing to them apart from the original T-Rex video, it felt a little naked in areas.
Something I realised afterwards was that I chose a rather tricky song to make a video for as 1970's music videos tended to just be the artist playing 'live' on Top of The Pops; meaning that there wasn't really a story to tell or build up to.
Aesthetically the video looks and, I think, successfully creates the vibe of the 70's and the whole era's style as well as making a statement in the literal sense of the song's title.
Overall I would give it a 6/7 out of 10.
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