fake it video
I need your help making the most cliché music video ever. Send in videos of you performing or lip-synching to my song -- the cheesier and amateur-looking the better!
get the song
Download it [right click, save as..]. Grab the lyrics.
the assignment
1. Choose one or more music video clichés. (What's a music video cliché?)
2. Video yourself singing along to Fake It [mp3], including at least one or more music video clichés. Do the entire song or just a part, anything's fine.
3. Upload your video to Youtube with the tag "bradsucksfakeit".
music video clichés
There's a great list over at Videoville of some music video clichés. It's basically anything overused or tacky or dated you've seen in a music video. Here are some of my favorites:
- Ballcap backwards, sideways -- never straight
- Band at the beach, emoting
- Band in power plant / warehouse
- Bling
- Candles
- Clocks spinning
- Driving while rapping
- Girls -- always hos, never achievers
- Money, counting
- Office workers, boring and lifeless
- Old people acting "hip"
- Parents who are uncool
- Rain
- Smoke machines
- Spontaneous dancing
- Wind
Of course, feel free to come up with your own.
Deadline
The deadline for submissions is September 15th ASAP. The video will then be edited together from those submitted and if yours is used, you'll be credited!
Other stuff
Questions? Videos in other formats? Something else? Email me at brad@bradsucks.net