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Website layout  my website will include a home page featuring a large background picture of something within nature whether that being trees, the sky or a field - I want to include color in these pictures to make them stand out   About my about section will include an about me page, with an overview of what my artist does and the genre  music  my music page will include an album cover which will be another picture taken from shooting the video. gallery i will make a gallery page where i will compile a variety of photos relating to the theme i want to portray

Band name ideas -smoke and mirrors -Nebula -oblivion -lynx -field day -alexis smith -muse -alexa phillips -haley george -reign -

Website ideas I want to incorporate nature into my video, making one of my locations a field. Due to its significance in the video, I think it would be important to link my website design to the locations featured. However, if I do choose to use a photo like this I would incorporate color. Either using a filter or smoke bombs This design is more simple, with the use of monochromatic colors to reflect the image the band is trying to portray. This could be a possibility for a website design as it isn't too bold and confusing allowing me to add more written detail and focus on a bolder font instead.

Collage This mood board of pictures shows different potential settings that I may want to film at for my video. settings such as city landscapes with footage of buildings and streets in the background and also the use of bright neon lights and cars to make the video more fun and interesting to watch and film.

Treatment Song: Devil eyes by Hippie Sabotage duration: 5:15 - shorten down to 3 mins Target audience: Teens/ young adults - age ranges of 15- 20 location: variety of locations, including: fields buildings streets video outline: the video begins in a field with people walking camera pans into the building where 3 people are standing, before the beat drops close up and then pan out during beat drop ( smoke bombs go off). the camera cuts to cars on the street. overall I want my music video to be creative and interesting with lots of different settings and things happening in the video.

Conventions

VMA winning music videos Feel so close- Calvin Harris (2014) As well as depicting Harris watching and sitting with a girl, the music video also shows various groups of youths dancing. It also features the rancher cowboy and his horse. Leading up to the beat drop they have cut together quick shots of different people before slowing it down during the beat drop. this intensifies the build-up to the beat drop. How deep is your love- Calvin Harris & Disciples (2016) Directed by Emil Nava the music video features popular model Gigi Hadid, the music video filmed in California is set at a party, with shots cutting to close-ups of Gigi's face lit up with different colors.

History of dance music videos What is dance music? refers to any kind of music that is created specifically for people to dance to. Origin The genre as we know it today has roots in the late 19th and early 20th century.  In the 1950s, rock and roll became the popular  dance music . The late 1960s saw the rise of soul and R&B  music . The rise of disco in the early 1970s led to  dance music  becoming popular with the public. By the late 1970s,  electronic dance music  was developing. All of the music videos within the last 10 years have a noticeable presence of bright colors and complicated and wacky narratives.  Cooler than me- Mike Posner ( 2010)           Many music videos released in 2010 carried a similar setting most typically a house party, However, when Posner dons a pair of sunglasses the party comes to life. Directed by Jason Beattie this popular music video has accumulated a total of...