Summer Holidays Production Diary

Over the summer I have been continuing to research and watch music videos that may help give me inspiration and ideas for my own product. I have also decided upon the song I plan to use, which is 'Norgaard' by The Vaccines, thus in addition I have been analysing the lyrics and considering what visuals will go well with the music and lyrics. I saw the song performed live at Reading festival, and this further convinced me that it was a suitable exciting song to use. I also research ten iconic music video stills, both those that are popularly perceived as iconic and those I felt were iconic to me. I tried to use a variety of genres and artists; these will again help me to ensure my final product is as interesting and successful as possible. Furthermore, I have been looking for inspiration and considering suitable locations and participants for my video. Therefore, I have began to conduct a locations recce and will later conduct a screen test with some of those participating in my video to observe how well they are able to perform and how comfortable they feel in such a situation.

10 Iconic Music Video Stills

In order to gain better understanding of the music video industry and what makes a successful music video I researched some of the most iconic music videos of all time. I combined both those I felt personally to be iconic and origanal, and those that are universally percieved to be iconic. I chose ten music videos and took still which I believe to be particularly famous or effective from them.


Radiohead - No Surprises



Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime




Madonna - Vouge

Lady GaGa feat. Beyonce - Telephone

Madonna - Like A Prayer



Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

Ok Go - Here It Goes Again

Oasis - Wonderwall

Britney Spears - Baby One More Time

Micheal Jackson - Thriller