Planning: Lighting and Colour

Lighting and colour is important to consider when creating a music video because you need to set a certain tone and atmosphere to suit the various elements in different genres of music. The type of lighting you use will define certain conventions of each genre. For example, Rock and Heavy metal music will use dark lighting and a lot of flashing lights, to create a mysterious feel and to also connote danger and fear. They will also use colours such as black, red and grey; these colours are quite depressing and dark which fit in with the genre. Our task was to both analyse the lighting and colour in a music video each...

Katie's Analysis: Drake - "Marvin's Room"

Lighting:

The lighting in this music video is low-key creating a darker atmosphere where it portrays his feelings. The narrative of this music video is negative as he is feeling lost and has just been through a break up. There is also a heavy use in top lighting as this is used to only focus on the main character and his emotions.

Colour:

The colours in this music video are mostly blacks, browns and dark oranges. The lamps play a huge role in creating the orangey colour of the room where it looks like the vibe is negative. The dark colours are also conventional to a Hip-Hop/Rap music video.

My Analysis: 

Rihanna - "Disturbia"

Lighting:

The lighting in this music video is also low-key which creates the dark and spooky atmosphere. The narrative matches the low-key lighting as there is a thriller vibe to this music video. There is also lamps which give a top-lighting effect suggesting the main focus again is the artist.

Colour

The colours used in this music video are also dark, consisting of blacks, greys, and greens. The lamps also give an orangey effect giving the room a darker atmosphere. The greys and greens also suggest the uneasy atmosphere.

To conclude i would say that my group is going to stay quite close to using low-key lighting, however we might use high-key lighting to contrast and create dramatic effects. We also want to stay quite close to the genre conventions and will do our best to do so.