99dollarmusicvideos.com is a website which allows people to create their own videos withing the price range of $99 and upload them to show people their own creations. They are an inipendant music network dedicated to merging low-fi, cutting edge videos with the best of todays music scene.
- What is their ethos?
99dollarmusicvideos aim to upload each week music videos, with songs written by inipendant artists, joined together with a film maker, to create a contemporary music video that people will enjoy, all for under 99 dollars. They don't just have music videos on the website, they also show the shows on how the video was created, giving others ideas.
- What types, labels and genres appear on their website?
There is a variety of different genres of music, ranging from pop rock, to normal rock to electric, there isn't much hip hop or soul so the main genres would be rock sorts and all the labels are independant, most unknown. There are different types of videos, from the typical live performance, confused world music videos like "strange machines" by Redding Hunter,
and the animated ones like "Dollar Billz" by Keelay.
- What is the relationship between the film makers and the music acts?
Using "Dollar Bills" as my example, the video was designed and edited by Ben Ross, and the video was exactly 99 dollars, which was used to pay for the illegal copy of Flash 8 in order to animate it. Ben Ross and Keelay both had equal input in the video, which is good as there was a good result aswell and most comments were possitive.
If you own anything, like cameras or editing equiptment and you can use it freely without having to pay for anything, then that doesn't go towards the 99 dollars. However, if you have to pay for anything during the making of the video, whether it is for a new shirt or any of the equiptment used in the video, then it does count and using the 99 dollars.
- How does 99dollarmusicvideos.com encourage audience participation?
On the website, there are comments pages and a question and answer page for people to ask questions about the videos, the website or even making the videos.
- Is it possible to make a proffesional quality music video for $99?
I believe it is. From this video, "Balls" by King Bee.. they have created effects which are effective and they work, although it is unusual, the video lookes like it was worth more than 99 dollars when in face it only cost 80. I feel this is a prime example of a good proffesional looking music video as even though there are no lyrics and it is all set in one location, the effects are great and it doesn't look tacky or the price it was made for.
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