Music Video Genres - Spanish/Latino

Inspirational videos for a spanish/latin theme (if we decided to focus on 'Takin' it over')I looked at two Ricky Martin videos:

'She Bangs'


Although this video is too sexual, i loved the fast paced editing and the great use of close-ups when everyone is dancing particularly in the first verse and chorus - for example the blonde girl shaking her hair, or the low angle shots of girls' bums and legs. Also, at the end when everyone is dancing behind him - i think we could definitely recreate an atmosphere like this at mercado if we got people dancing and shaking their hips! There is a very lively latino feel throughout, and the dancing style would be a great inspiration.

'Livin la vida loca'


This video - again - is too sexual, but the group dancing is fantastic and some of the moves would really fit with the spanish theme we were looking for. I particularly liked the low angles when the girls are dancing, where we can see their sexy heels and fast-moving dancing feet. The colours are all very orangey and gold which creates a great atmosphere. I was in Mocado last night and it's absolutely beautiful and the lighting is very orange and has pink fairy lights everywhere so we could create a similar atmosphere. I also loved the trumpets in this video, it'd be great if we incorporated some instruments as it would make the 'night out' look much more live and exciting. I also thought the extremely fast-paced, flashing, editing at the end would be a great effect for our video as it would allow us to repeat shots to almost 'sum-up' the party, and would make the video look much more professional and againg just more lively and fun.