So Rohan said that location can be anything. He even told us that some of his music video were shot in his living, and all he used was a good light and some black curtains to hide away his home. It’s very comforting again to know that anyone can make anything with the lowest of budgets. Why it reminds me again of how simple Panic! at the Disco’s GIRLS/GIRLS/BOYS allowed me to dream about working with a naked Brendon Urie and nothing else.

Setting can be anything, but for our music video we have our hearts set on the Royal Botanic Gardens. Now at first it seemed like we had to jump through a lot of hoops just to get a filming permit, but after some heckling and very nicely worded pleas, we got the permit and can safely confirm that we are shooting this Sunday the 24th at our beautiful gardens in the city. It’s the best location we could have for our story, with gorgeous scenery to compliment our gorgeous cast.

Now inspired by our wonderful location I am happy to exposure to certain locations in music videos and my very thorough opinion on some of them.

1. Only U – VIXX

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8LCqaYKluQ

This music video completely took advantage of the location they were in. During their world tour concert, VIXX shot their “ONLY U” MV in Sweden. It shows the boys walking through some lovely streets, and highlighting the architecture and scenery of the country. It’s almost like a homage to the city, and really showcases the beauty in places that don’t need to be manufactured.

2. TAKE MY CHANCE – DOLL$BOX

This music video gets props for its location use because it’s hilarious when you understand it’s usual context. The underground stage setting is a staple in Japan, and usually houses a lot of old and often questionable men enjoying a live show from cute JPOP girl group’s. I recognised the stereotype instantly, and was pleasantly surprised, just like many others by their sudden change in tone for song. It is an excellent use of using location and it’s assumed knowledge and making a video more complex and interesting. It’s also gotten me to think of whether there is a hidden message condemning this underground JPOP shows, but for now I’ll just let you recover from this metal af clip.

3. Elastic Heart – Sia

My final music video is about the minimalism of location. It’s possibly just for aesthetic and practical purposes, but the setting for Sia’s “Elastic Heart” lets the audience take a step away from the where to focus more on the what. That sentence made more sense in my head, but what I’m trying to say is that with such very little going on in the background, the audience is able to solely focus on the action and performance in the video. I could care less where they actually are, I’m more intrigued by the cage and the reasons behind how they got in the cage. If there were to be colour and props lying about in frame, my attention would be divided between the dancers and the random things lying around. Sure maybe giving props and indication of a clear location may have been able to develop the story of what’s being told through movement, but I believe that there is definitely an art to having less.

So that’s it for now. I’m slightly growing tired after posting so many posts in a row. Hopefully the next few weeks I can spread them out and maybe provide a bit more insight on things.