Making Music Videos Conference

Yesterday we visited the BFI to attend a conference on Making Music Videos. This conference was lead by OCRs chief examiner Pete Fraser, who guided the students first through the history of music videos, dating right back to Colour Box in the 1930s to modern day with Miley Cyrus and Wrecking Ball. He then showed some student music videos, which were brilliant and won the competition which he hosts. At lunch he provided us students with a task to create a pitch to a song which we had been played (Autophilia- The Bluetones) and then once we returned we had to pitch it to a real music video editor and director Jake Wynne. To finish off the day Jake told us some stories about how he came to be such an accomplished editor and director and his ambitions to become a film director in the future. This was followed by a Q and A session where we could ask Jake about his advice and thoughts about his career. This day was very helpful as it helped me to think of more exciting ideas for my coursework as well as seeing some amazing representations about what I could create from the other candidate videos.

Here is a link to Pete's Media Blog: www.petesmediablog.blogspot.co.uk
Here is a link to Jake's Youtube Channel:www.youtube.com/user/JakeSWynne/featured