Don't Go Breaking My Heart Music Video

"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" is a famous duet by Elton John and Kiki Dee. It has been said that this song is one of the most cheapest music videos ever produced.

For our task, we had to recreate the opening of the song "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" and create our own music video to it, with people miming the lyrics of Elton and Kiki. We had quite a bit of footage, for we had to use over 10 different shots in the music video to keep our audience entertained and focused. We had to use whole takes of two members, Danny and Matas, in our group singing this song, and because we had to use over 10 different shots, we had to take over 10 different whole takes. We decided on a few different shots, such as side angles, low angles and close ups, for we thought that they might dramatise the video and make it more entertaining for the audience. We thought it would be best if Danny and Matas were singing out loud, for it would seem more authentic, and would make it easier to lip-sync. Also, for the video, we used a microphone and stand, to make the video more professional and genuine.

Each member in our group had to edit our footage individually to view different perspectives and skills of editing. I had to import all of my footage onto the editing software, Premier Pro, and then layer the footage on the timeline. I also had to import the original Don't Go Breaking My Heart audio onto the timeline. I then had to sync up my footage with the audio, so that the lip-syncing matched with the audio, to create the impression that it was actually Danny and Matas singing. I then looked through all the footage I had imported and I had to edit the footage so that there would be all different angles and shots in the music video which would make the music video more interesting for the audience. In doing so, I had to make sure that the different clips matched up so there was no continuity slips.

I think that what went well in my video was the lip-syncing matched the audio, so it had the impression that Danny and Matas were singing, the different shots and angles created an entertaining atmosphere which would allow the audience to enjoy the video. Also, I made sure that there was continuity throughout my video so it created a professional look.
However, there could be some improvements to my video. More sophisticated and professional shots could have been used, such as a rolling shot. We did try a rolling shot with the tripod on a dolly, but I thought the shot was unsatisfactory, so I did not use it in my video. Also, if we had a larger area to film the video, we could have used a wider range of shots, so next time I think it would be an improvement if we filmed in a larger space.