As scheduled, today, we met up at Mile End Skate Park at 12pm. We filmed a variety of shots of Mustafa from different angles and distances.. We were fortunate to find artists painting graffiti so we decided to film them (with consent) to use to cut to within the video. We also filmed a couple of skaters who were happy to participate. Tyrone handled the camera.
on the 12th of October Tyrone (me) and Mustafa had a meeting to discuss all things about our music video. In this meeting we discussed Dates of filming, Actors, camera person, editor and producer. The date of filming we decided would be some time during the half term from the 25th to the 29th of October, Mustafa will check what time and days his available ans he may have to work. Actors Miss Pollard and Mustafa to ask friendlies if they will be willing to take part in the music video as they would fit the song perfectly. The camera person would be Tyrone (me) as i have experience in operating the camera from last year. The editor would be Mustafa but I (Tyrone) will assist as we both edited bits of our video last year. And the producer will be reshma as she has good organisational skills.
Today we began storyboarding. We had some good ideas:
The song begins with a beat which continues solely for about 14 seconds. We figured to fill this gap, we could introduce the character. His feet still first, followed by tapping in sequence with the beat of the music. This also compliments the song lyrics, as the main theme of the song is about nerves. Foot tapping is usually the associated action of a nervous individual. We also made final decisions on the locations which will be used. A white room (a portakabin within the sixth form which we require permission to use) and park location (images on earlier posts by Mustafa). We may add locations after consultation with Tyrone. Props needed was also a topic of discussion, we carried out some research on clothing and have decided on colours and items we will purchase (checked plimsolls, t-shirt) to enable the character to fit into the stereotype. There was some discussion about using a drum kit within the white room but we have not yet gained permission to use them.
After playing this audio track to the other A2 Media Class, these are the types of videos they pictured the song would suit: They imagined the main actor style as a relatively funky guy - dressed in skinny jeans, tucked into his boots (perhaps military style). He is white with lenghthy hair, with a scruffy or 'dirty' appearance. He has a serious look about him. In regard to location, they visualised the following: -Street corners -Dancing girls in a completely white room -They also envisioned that the actor is singing to an audience on stage. -Some imagined the song being released from a band playing in a room.
The other class also said that there should be different types of shots such as a camera tied to a bike and the actor lip syncing, and the artist standing on a bridge while the cars go by behind them. They said the video should look arty, should have quick cuts and should have an abstract narrative. As a group, we had already imagined the main character as the other class have described: scruffy, funky, stubbly etc but as a group we have elaborated more on this characters description by discussing age, colour of clothing and more. These varied opinions from the others have inspired us and provided guidance. Yet we do not completely agree with all their suggestions such as those about dancing girls. Our group discussions revealed that we all pictured the video consisting of one character from end to finish and if there was to be more characters involved, it would not be dancing girls. Being a slow paced song, it would not suit dance performances like fast dance songs or R&B songs would (their typical iconography consists of girls, often dancing).
As a result of this feedback, we decided to discard the following locations: band on a rooftop, or singer taking a walk down the canal.
This is what we imagine our artists will be wearing, the look where going for is typical of what you would see people wearing when you take a trip to Brick lane. The look that were going for, for our artists is minimal and indie. The outfit consists of chinos, printed T-Shirts, beads and plimsoles. This is typicalt of what you would expect an artists from this genre to wear. On our first shoot in the skate park Mustafa did not wear the outfit which he was told to wear, for the rest of the shooting period he will be expected to wear stuff similar to what you see here
The band below is similar to our artist they are called the aberdeen, as you can see they are wearing black skinny jeans. There image is simple and minimal its also similar to what we want to do with band in a room . They are most likely to shop in places like top shop and river island.
Example - This song is the same genre as our song. It has all the typical iconography which music videos of that genre do. Such as a drum and base beat and a very out there video.The idea of the video is similar to idea of the music video which we would like to make. We want our music video to have a frame within and frame and stop motion editing. Which would be alot of editing.
I would like to use stop motion or a similar idea in our music video as it really suits the tone and rhythm of Brad Sucks - Making me nervous. The choppy beat and little narrative is very easy to do and doesn't take away from the amazing editing. I really doubt we can have an edit as smooth as this by editing with iMovie09 we will probably have to find the laptop with final cut pro installed because i think imovie09 only goes up to 20 fps (frames per second)
My Favourite has to be Her Morning Elegance / Oren Lavie:
On the 10th october i will be going location scouting to my local parks and central areas of london for a prime location(s) to shoot our music video, ill post the pictures on the 10th on the blog, wish me luck !
I imagine the artist to be young in this mid twenties, quite modern looking, wearing fashionable clothing i.e: skinny jeans bright funky t shirts i imagine him looking like Yannis Philippakis from Foals:
The name of our artist is Brad Sucks, this is our artist first single, and the first song on his album. His bid 20's,
His songs are quite electronic "synthesised" so i thought he would be quite artsy, like yannis with the bubbles. So yes i think we could dress some one up like that and it could be quite a easy build. The way the person would act and carry him self would also be alot like Foals (Probably because they are of the same genre)
Indie Video Analysis of FOALS:
This music video is of the band Foals and the song is called Balloons. The music video is quite funky, crazy, hectic. The iconography is clear: a band in a room with a twist - they have chosen to film a hawk flying up and down this yellow wallpapered room. It is a typical convention for indie bands like the Foals to behave in a wierd way. The dress sense of this band is inspiring to us - skinny cut jeans & colourful shirts. In addition they are all shown holding instruments such as: Guitars, drums and bass guitars which we will take into account when thinking about the props we will use. Camera shots: Indie bands such as Foals and the Maccabees tend to have close ups of their face and instruments within their music video. The editing style used appeals to us as it we intend to use a similar style. The cuts from instrument to instrument follow the pace of the song. Although our song is slower, we have decided to go with this style of editing.
Wordle is a great website that really helps show the words that are repeated in the song, Words that are repeated for a reason. The words that really stand out in this image are: TIME, MAKING, BABY and SUNSHINE. The word that stands out the most to me is "TIME" in our music video we could incorporate this (TIme running out?), a type of editing which we would use is time laps this is where you keep the camera in the same place and the object moves, you need fast forward it to make it seem like time passes. The songs narrative seems to be a person that is living a stressed life "one step at a time don't be living on the line". The acting style which were going to use is serious, and static, in the music video there will be no reaction to nothing.
Theses are the lyrics to our song, which Mustafa our actor has to learn to be able to lip sync.
Here we go!
One step at a time don't be living on the line I don't need a friend i got morbid on the mind Sunshine in my brain making everyone complain Radio in the heart don't be being so strange I think i'm losing it baby where you been Everybody says that you're moving again I don't wanna be right baby every single night I could tell you a thing about taking your time It's making me nervous yeah
One step at a time don't be living on the line I don't need a friend i got morbid on the mind Sunshine in my brain making everyone complain Radio in the heart don't be being so strange I think i'm losing it baby where you been Everybody says that you're moving again I don't wanna be right baby every single night I could tell you a thing about taking your time It's making me nervous yeah
I think i'm losing it baby where you been Everybody says that you're moving again I don't wanna be right baby every single night I could tell you a thing about taking your time It's making me nervous yeah
Tuesday 5 October 2010
I thought of the idea of stop motion for our music video almost as soon as i heard the song. The beat and style of the song definitely suited the cool style we might be going for. Luckily me and Tyrone did some music video research and found that similar mainstream bands and artists like Example and Coldplay used or tried to use it. After i watched Coldplays -Strawberry Swing music video i found that i defiantly wanted to incorporated this similar style in our music video. And this video was shot with a pretty old camera sorry about the quality, im sure when we actually shoot it with a Tripod and not my shaky hands it will turn out GREAT ! :)
