Beyonce 'Sweet Dreams'

Here is a rough storyboard using her music video. We can see many lip syncs and close ups but also wide shots to show what is known as her curvaceous body and wicked dance moves. She is represented as a strong woman with powerful dance moves and a sexy body. She has a powerful voice to go with her look.

This video was directed by Adria Petty.

Research into Moving Image

Catatonia
Here are two pictures that show the sets for music videos. As you can see on the right there are: cameras. lights, backdrops, props and many crew to use these things. These are all the codes and conventions of a music video.

Here is one of the band members on the set.

We can see the light shining on her to connote

serenity and an angelic feel.

Bow storyboard:

Here are two shots of one of bow wow's music videos. Here we can see that one shot focuses on the main artist in a mid-shot and then in the shot after it becomes wide and we can see the male artist highlighted in front of the moon.

Jeremiah 'Birthday Sex'

This shot is a mid-wide shot. The main artist we can see is in the middle as the main attention and the girl is seen as being seductive being close to him. The colours used are very neutral and delicate to fit the soft, sensitive mood. This is the mise-en-scene of this shot. As the song is clearly about sex it has to give that sensual and seductive mood to it. It is an r&b genre so it had quite a soft and loving feel so the song.

Hype Williams

Using HYPE as his graffiti tag, Hype Williams has shot over 200 videos with amazing artists from Busta Rhymes to Usher. This Director has collaborated with the biggest stars all over the world. It was in 1993 where Hype launched his own company, 'Big Dog Films' which unleashed imaginative and visually provocative videos. By working with Brandy, Boys II Men and more, his work has been appreciated on MTV, BET and The Box. 

He has had 9 fabulous awards from Best Director to Best Music Video. His Best Director Award in 2006 for Kanye West's 'Gold Digger' was the second most downloaded song in 2005; it was also on the charts for two weeks running at number one. 

Here is one of Hype's top videos, Busta Rhymes 'Woo Ha'