Very true, Mark, that's part of the process. I love coming up with an idea, though. Well, I guess, I love and hate it. It's very exciting because you can see something taking shape in your mind, and that can change at any point, but it's also very frustrating at first because you keep thinking of the stupidest ideas, or worse yet, nothing at all, until you have that AHA! moment. Usually the first few times I listen to a song I picture everything literally, which is in my opinion a horrible way to do a music video, unless it's Weird Al and your music video is White and Nerdy, then it's hilarious. But in general you want to ignore the literal interpretation of lyrics, lest you come up with something unoriginal, derivative, and ultimately nothing that adds to the song itself.
I would say that alone is a pretty good indicator of a good versus mediocre video. Good videos always have really interesting interpretations of the song that you hadn't thought of before, or that are just wacky and out there but somehow work visually with the music. At least, that's my opinion...
I would say that alone is a pretty good indicator of a good versus mediocre video. Good videos always have really interesting interpretations of the song that you hadn't thought of before, or that are just wacky and out there but somehow work visually with the music. At least, that's my opinion...
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