99 Dollar Music videos.

What is 99 dollar music videos? 

99dollarmusicvideos.com is an institution mainly used on YouTube, which helps many new upcoming artists and different film makers create and promote their original music videos. Their work however must be controlled and created under 99 dollars. The official site of 99 dollar music videos has unfortunately been taken of the internet and has now instead used YouTube and their main source of music videos. There is also a channel which shows the making of the video so the audience are able to see how it was done. The channel points out that there needs to be at the most, 24 hours of footage. Also the editing process needs to be 24 hours too. This is beneficial to the artist as it is a good way for them to get familiar with time consuming tasks and many other skills and aspects that needs to be taken into consideration when creating a music video for example, cutting to the beat. 

What is their ethos? 

The ethos for 99 dollarmusicvideos are for the artist create a $99 video in the space of 24 hours and also to be editing in another 24 hours. Also the artist is able to express their own creativity in their music video. The whole point of this institution would be to bring the artist and the film producer together to create 

What types, labels and genres of music appear on their website? 

There are many different genres that air on the channel, however it mainly consists of indie, soul and rock. Artists that use this website to promote themselves are independent and unsigned. The channel is also allowing many upcoming artists around the world to produce new music videos to globalize their chosen genre and their music. Being an unknown independent artist has its benefits as they are able to be as creative as possible with no boundaries.  

How does 99dollarmusicvideos.com encourage audience participation?

The channel encourages the audience by giving them hope as they tell them that they don't need much money to create a music video. On their YouTube channel they have a wide range of different music videos, this inspires any new upcoming artists to make a music video based on their own creativity.

Is it possible to make a professional quality music video for $99?

It is possible to make a really good, professional music video as long as you are creative and have the correct equipment. Without these there is no hope to make a decent music video let alone a professional quality one. There are many examples of music videos on the YouTube channel which have been successfully done with a great idea and good camera skills. Here is an example of a well done music video which stuck to the ethos of the 99dollarmusicvideo. It has a wide range of different camera shots and angles, it also inhibits some special effects which hold the unique and creative side to the video. The video itself does take time to understand but still is engaging to the audience as they try to understand it more. They include the effect of stop motion at 0:58 which is surprising in a good way as they were able to pull it off and still stay within the ethos. The stop motion is something i would take into consideration as it looks really good and professional. It is something that i would try and include when creating my own production.