Planning and Improving

  

Here are the ideas that we had to improve upon our music video and how to change the beginning so that the meaning was clearer and to set dates to shoot by because of problems that would occur if we delayed. We also made a list of what we need to do and what shots we need to make our meaning clearer and to make the video more interesting.

This is the development of both our Album Cover and the Album Advertisement which we think are good starting points however there are parts that we would like to fix such as the shelves in the background as well as having all the band members on the album cover since our video is based upon the band themselves.

A video effect inspiration

In this tube chop is shows an effect that we would like to use showing going through a door and ending up somewhere else to really hammer in the fact that going through the doors transports them into another place. The effect will have a smaller wall between the places so that it can go with the faster paced editing of our piece. This piece of work inspired us with its affect and we thought that it would be really cool to use it in our music video.

Advertisment Artwork

Here is one of the ideas that we had for the advertisement that was a really dramatic rendition on later revision we decided that it would be best not to use this as it was more Rock than our chosen theme of Indie Rock.

Filming Schedule

Permissions

Here is the request for permissions from the Label company that Canterbury are signed to (Hassle records). As of yet there has been no reply to the E-mail but we are awaiting the day that it comes, in hopes that we one day, are permitted to use our sound track. we need to gain permissions for this soundtrack otherwise we will have our music video blocked on YouTube and have the possibility that the video or audio will be deleted due to copyright reasons.

Test Shots

These are the test shots of the face paint and UV lights that we planned on using. A problem that occurred is that the face paint looked blue instead of the grey that we wanted so we are aiming to fix that by adding blue and white grey face paint. The UV paints looks really effective at the moment and should hopefully stand out more when we add the UV lights on.

Here we have the test shots of our band members. These shots were to see what lenses would best be used for each shot out of the lenses available (50mm and an 18 - 70mm). For a focus pull down the instruments we would need the 18 - 70mm whereas for the close up of the singer we would need a 50mm so that his face and the microphone would both be in focus to a high quality. 

Shooting Schedule

Here is our shooting schedule for what shots we are going to do and when. We are going to use this to organise ourselves so that we get our shooting done by the draft dates.

Album Advertisement Idea

This is the Album advertisement idea that I did, when doing it I tried making it as artistic as possible to reflect upon the advertisements for Indie Rock. The photo was taken by me but i tried to edit it so that it looked painted/drawn as that is the pinnacle of artistic compared to that of a simple photograph. The deer itself was chosen as it is a natural creature and was standing alone, this resembles individuality and the separation from the mainstream media such as pop and R&B. I also chose to put the record company as Big Scary Monsters due to the fact that they produce Indie bands who express themselves through their music.

draft 3 animatic

CD cover Ideas

This is the CD cover ideas that I drew. For the first one I aimed to make it look like more of an artistic album as there is a rose in the middle of a black background and the spotlight is shining down on it and on the back it was a continuation but I made it look more like the rose was starting to grow.

Here are the CD covers that were designed by Demi, they are more artistic based due to the fact that they are full of colours and used splashed pain to create a really effective merging of colours.

animatic draft 2

Costume/props

Here are two of the instruments that we are going to be using for our band Performance part, one being for the drummer and the other for the singer. The fact that all of the people we have asked and chosen to be in our band actually play the instruments and are comfortable to perform whilst being filmed.

 One of the outfits for the others to show that they are the same, most will wear black as it gives of a dark and negative atmosphere/mood. Since all of our others will be wearing all black it also shows how they are the same and how there is nothing different about either of them.

This is our lead singers costume where it is more casual clothes so that it represents Indie rock, especially in the colour scheme and it is on of the ways that we want our band to look.

Locations

 

For one of our locations we are going to use a bedroom because we thought that this was the most likely place that a group of people would be hanging out and being in an isolated location also suggests that they are trying to hide from the ‘infection’ which makes them lose their individuality. The bedroom will be the starting point for our narrative as it will show that all the people are different compared to later when they will all become the same.

For another location we are going to use Sutton Life Centre as a location change as the main character teleports to another location every time that he goes through a door, this is to keep our music video abstract and it gives it more of a creative aspect.  

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Animatic draft 1

For our storyboard we created an animatic that showed our concept within its frames. The storyboard shows an individual who loses their individuality after coming into contact with the group who all look and dress the same. However we have incorporated a new idea that there is a mark that all the people who have turned have which identifies them as the same within the group of people so at the end of the video our individual protagonist becomes just another one of the group and to show this they all have their hands raised to show the mark. During the band sequence we also show them having the mark to bring a connection between the band and the narrative.

post 6 concept of video

initial ideas

Here are the initial ideas for our music video. We chose Canterbury - Lost in the Basement as it was an indie rock song and the tune was upbeat therefore easier to cut to compared to a slower paced song. From the Song we got a dark feel as it was about being lost in a basement and the lyrics kept on talking about a place that they loved and how there were creatures that ate faces. For a location we chose Morden Parks Bandstand as it is essentially like a stage and it can look really interesting if they are in a place that is different from a studio. For an editing point we thought that we could do a transition by zooming through an eye so that we could change location. The main idea for the video is of someones perspective of the world or the loss of a friend as then it would give a darker or more emotional feel to the video which would draw the audience in. Another idea we had was where the video slowly went from a bad feeling or vibe to a good one. The people we would like to be the band are Alex Kemp on vocals, Mike Perret on drums and Joe Wingfield on guitar.

image annotation

We would want our band to look something like this as indie rock can be quite casual but for the video itself the video should be brought back a bit from dark tones and placed into casual ones otherwise the video would become a cacophony of empathy which wouldn't be something we want, this is because Indie Rock is more about a journey of discovery about who you are.

For the band image we do want a more casual look as it will show that they are people and the indie genre is about emotional journeys and self discovery, as an example of this it would be death cab for cuties - soul meets body as it shows the path in which music guides us.