Low-Fi Music Videos

Figrig invented by Mike Figgis, is designed as a cheaper version of a steady cam and it can be used really easy to track shots and move around with it, crain, crab.

Lighting:

• Use torches


• The sun


• Reflectors by using white sheets


• Cling foil

Mise-en-scene:

• Go out and find locations to film
• Green screen
• Layer different locations on top of them and then speed things up behind them

Slow motion - Create effect were performer is moving slowly but the lipsyncing is still on time. You will need a sped up back track for this.

One low budget music video that I analyzed was from an up and coming music group called 'The Unit'. In there video the main location that they used was in a studio in front a plain white background. Even though this seemed low budget, the way that they used and set them selves on the set looked good. When they done their solo's, the camera would have lots of close up shots of them standing in front of a white background. When they are as a group doing the chorus we see them all together in front of a green background. In some shots they also have still shots which cut in between each other.

Another technique that they used well when doing their video was putting their music video on top of the facebook background and this worked well because their song was called 'Facebook'. Also, they use simple effect like putting mist into the video and cuts which zoom in and zoom out. The transitions that they use to go from one shot to another differ as well by including fade outs or swirls and others.