I really like this video of Ben Howard for his album teaser 'Every Kingdom'.
The underwater shots work really well and the freedom associated with the water emphasises the cool and relaxed vibes of the indie genre of music.
Another video I have recently found that I would like to recreate is, from Rizzle Kicks, in their cover of Foster The People - Call It What You Want
The use of split screen here is very effective, I like the way it has been used with different actors from a close up to a medium shot. The different perspectives I believe is very effective, as it allows the audience to feel they are at two different places, they are able to see the difference between the clear lip-syncing and still see there full body.
I believe this would be very effective on my stage location, as it will provide an interesting shape of the figure in a long shot, compared to the lip syncing into the microphone.
I also like the way that the split screen is also effective with the same actor in different locations. This encourages fluency within the music video between the two different locations.
It is also a very effective way of using depth of field, as the focus is on the two shots of the actors.
I have decided to experiment with this effect, Using the Cannon 7D camera, I have filmed within the studio some footage that I can apply the split screen effect too.
I then imported the footage into After Effects, and using the mask tool was able to split the screen, and edit the split so that no overlaying elbows disrupted it.
Here is my first attempt at using split screen;
After using After Effects and split screen, I believe this could be very effective within my music video. I will try and recreate this with the same background, as well as with two separate backgrounds as that may be even more effective.
But I know understand the importance of not overlapping the line with any body parts, and therefore when filming will pay extra attention to this.
