Intro to music video

After we finally submitted our commercial, we had yet another project to begin working on. This project was called: the music video project. For this we have to pick an already-created song and make the music video for it. We do not have do change the song at all, we just have to create a story behind the song and act it out. We wanted to choose a creative song, one we could choose the story for. We had a very difficult time doing this because most songs already have a story that they are telling. Eventually, we asked our teachers if we could use a song that had to lyrics, just a cool beat. They approved this idea which made us able to choose a good song we could create our own story for. This led to finding the song: Sunset Loved.

The song we chose is called Sunset Lover by Petit Biscuit. The song is not extremely popular, and neither is the artist, however developing a concept for the song was rather easy. The song doesn't have words, making it more instrumental, but has a type of beat that can be used to create a good story. Due to the fact that the song is so instrumental is has a strong beat that can portray a sad situation or something really happy. My team and I decided to go with a beachy concept of teens having fun during the summer, driving around, enjoying their time and watching the sunset go by. 

This song would fall into a mix of EDM music but mostly Tropical house or vapor wave. To set up the feeling and theme we want for our music video we want to make sure that we accomplish six things.

For the vapor wave genre:

 1st- The costumes, are very retro, modern and a somewhat neo-noir style.

2nd- The lighting, very bright positive colors like what would be in a sunset, also giving a mellow tone.

3rd - The Acting, is a calm non hyper-feeling.

4th- The Makeup, there is minimal makeup done in this genre. It doesn't focus on the looks of the actors.

5th- The props, skate boards, bikes, and other things that you would normal use and see as calming

6th- The scenery, is a beach-like late afternoon early night.