At this point in time we have everything in place in order for us to begin filming. We started off by doing research on other similar indie bands to get an idea of what theme and concepts will be included in our music video. After we had decided what type of video we wanted to make, the next step was to choose a band suitable. The band we chose are called "The Native" and the reason why we picked this band is because we liked one song in particular (Stupid Girl) and believed that this song was suitable for the video we want to make.
After deciding that this band was the one we wanted to film our music video with, we now had to contact them. Luckily, a good friend of ours actually knew one of the band members very well and was able to contact him to see if the band was willing to film with us. After we got the go ahead, we contacted the band via facebook to discuss video ideas and to make a shot list. After the shot list was made we could now move onto the next step.
Our second action we took to progress closer to filming, was writing out a rough shot list, making storyboards based on these shots and then doing a final draft of an improved, more detailed shot list with better storyboards. After this was completed, the next step was to string together the storyboards to create an animatic. An animatic is basically a breakdown of our storyboards condensed into video format, as this way it is easier for the examiner to view and mark our work.
After we had finished the animatics and storyboards our next step was to get together to write out a shooting schedule, discussing dates and times which were suitable so everybody in the group could attend.
Connor carson and bronagh walsh are two of our actors. the two performers are friends of chris' and have experience singing and acting and we are confident that they will be able to act and perform at the level required of them. They are willing to travel with us to the destinations we need to go to. We have chosen a boy and a girl to act for us because the song represents a girl who doesnt listen and keeps making the same mistakes over again and we want to show the contrast of how things can go good and then in an instant go back to her stupid ways, hence the name of the song "stupid girl".
We want to have the band performing live in an amateur venue such as a garage to show that the band are quite indie and have their own style and do their own thing. This is an amateur set which means that the props involved are going to be amateur or even a little messy. The props are a big part of the video because attention to detail and continuity.
On the 18th march we started to film the narrative story for our music video, we filmed in such locations such as lady dixon park and queens university belfast in the centre of town. We used stuarts full HD camera on his samsung smart. In lady dixon we were attempting to shoot and capture more scenic shots to use in between the storyline and the band playing to spice the video up a bit. We also went to queen's university belfast to film part of the narrative. While we were out we got a chance to get to know the actors better and had finally filmed with them, establishing a better working relationship.
We aim to have the filming done with the band by the end of march. We are planning to film in one of the band members garages as we want to give an original, authentic look to the film. by doing so, the story and the band playing will switch more smoothly as the video is all in amateur locations and no professional stages etc.
When filming the shots we decided that we would need to have plenty of shots to break up the narrative so it felt more like a music video and less like a short film. To do this we decided to go to lady dixon and get a lot of scenic shots, and we also plan to record the band playing live out of their garage to break up the narrative more.
We changed the idea of filming in a garage to filming in a room in the house that the band use to chill out. We decided to make this change as the lighting was better and more suitable in the room and also it was easier for the band to set up in this room which was better for time efficiency.
Now we have reached the editing process, things have begun to really start looking well. Stuart is doing the editing process through using final cut pro and we have all been helping arrange the order of the shots and also what effects need used. Stuart created the website and it was myself, ciaran and chris' role to add the content onto the page and to take the pictures that would be going onto the site. We also have Chris working on the album cover whilst myself and ciaran have been covering the research concerning indie music videos and how we can add effects and the same style to make the video appeal to the target audience we are aiming for.
Our next step is to get all the individual pieces of research each of us has done and put it onto the group blog. After this is done one will be able to see where we have got the ideas for our music video and who inspired us. We also hope to get feedback from an indie lover to find their opinion on the song, video, website and album covers.
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