Photographic Music Videos? - DPChallenge Forums

04/27/2007 08:15:03 PM · #1

I've been meaning to post this for a while now. When I first saw this on TV it struck more as a photography shoot than an mtv music video. You can pretty much pause it at any given time and have a quality photograph. There are definitely some undeniable similarities to portrait photography (lighting and DOF)and even commercial (solid white background). And at times it's almost as if someone from DPC was directing it...hmmm.

Anyway I was wondering if anyone else has had the same experience when viewing a music vid or has found one that is just visually pleasing. Could be a good learning experience to transfer ideas from one medium to another. Thanks!

btw, it's also a nice song, also a tad emotional.
Photographic Music Video-How to save a life

Message edited by author 2007-04-27 20:15:49.

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04/28/2007 01:08:47 AM · #2

I can almost hear the crickets...C'mon! Nobody?

robgs57

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04/28/2007 01:39:47 AM · #3

You are absolutly right about getting inspired by well done music videos,also well done movies they all have great effects with light and camera angles.

04/28/2007 02:15:43 AM · #4

Originally posted by robgs57:

You are absolutly right about getting inspired by well done music videos,also well done movies they all have great effects with light and camera angles.

Yes, I thought that was especially true in Schindle's List. I always think about the scene in that movie where the little girl in the red coat walks through a city being taken over by Nazis. In a movie where everything was in black and white, selective color really had an emotional impact in the same way that it can have in photography.

The girl in red-Warning: Graphic

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04/28/2007 03:04:52 AM · #5

Have you seen Planet Earth on the Discovery channel, the photography would blow your mind,

boysetsfire

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04/28/2007 03:07:21 AM · #6

Originally posted by alans_world:

Have you seen Planet Earth on the Discovery channel, the photography would blow your mind,

that reminds me i lent the dvd to a friend, i must get it back.
the behind the scenes look at the photography on the dvd is amazing, anyone that has not seen this, do so.

smardaz

04/28/2007 03:39:58 AM · #7

ok well here is a self serving link, but i sometimes make my own pictures into videos...its a hobby that i love

The Ocean

Other times songs inspire me to make a video about them

Tiananmen Square

Message edited by author 2007-04-28 03:42:57.

04/28/2007 05:38:21 AM · #8

Originally posted by alans_world:

Have you seen Planet Earth on the Discovery channel, the photography would blow your mind,

Yeah, I pretty much drooled throughout all of the shows...it really was amazing.