99 dollar music videos

99 dollar music videos

99 dollar Music Videos showcases music videos from today’s best independent bands and up-and-coming filmmakers, all made with a budget of under $99. Including filming, special effects and all other resources needed to make a decent music video. However when doing this the artists or band must complete their filming and editing processes within 24 hours.

There ethos:

The aim 99 dollar music videos have set themselves is to help an artist or band create a music video that is presentable to the general public. By doing this they hope that a record label will see the video and hopefully offer them a contract. Within the sum of 99 dollars they offer everything from recording and sound equipment to software’s to help you edit the video to the best of its ability but also make it look brilliant.
This is also a general boost for the public, not many people with talent are able to create a high tech music video, that could possibly make them noticed by a record dealer.

Looking at the 99 dollar Tumblr page and there YouTube page the genres really vary from country to everyday R&B, the quality of the videos we can see that the effort that is applied is very great and there something that you would expect to see on a music channel.

Looking back to their YouTube page, there are videos on how a certain music video is made, from these videos we can see that the relationship between the artists and the company is very strong, looking at this video the editors work very closely with the artist to create the best possible video.

see "1:10" for my example.

On their YouTube page 99 dollars have created a challenge where people can make a music video whilst trying to meet the requirements with a budget under 99 dollars. By doing this they make the audience be part of them.

Looking at this video as an example we can see that the video is very visually appealing with the special effects so in my opinion I think the videos they create are up to a professional standard and would make the artist be recognized.

looking on Unsigned.com I had found an artist and band that I would like to use for my music video, so I sent an email to ask for permission to use there song in my music video for educational purposes. the image below shows the email I sent to them.