So far, I think we've done very well in terms of planning. We've been connecting ourselves with a lot of the key elements of a rock video and doing our best to try and recreate it.
Personally I think that my strengths have been more to the creative side of the project. I've been coming up with a lot of ideas for when we film the live performance part of our piece and I'm actually pretty excited to get on with it! Over the course I've been learning about what really makes a rock video, as well as how to organise a team into an efficient, media-passing machine!
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Extra footage
Will Here.
My band is playing a gig on sunday for halloween. Depending on how appropriate the crowd is we may film it for a while for some crowd footage which may prove useful during our final piece.
My band is playing a gig on sunday for halloween. Depending on how appropriate the crowd is we may film it for a while for some crowd footage which may prove useful during our final piece.
No luck with the live performance so far
Due to reasons out of our control we were unable to film in the drama studio during the school term and as such weren't able to film there or in the hall during half term either.
We tried contacting various village halls (Ugley, Newport, Clavering) and were met with similar disappointment, as all three claim to be fully booked during the half term.
Obviously this isn't good. And so we might end up having to get our filming done very quickly as soon as term starts, as we feel we are prepared to do this.
We tried contacting various village halls (Ugley, Newport, Clavering) and were met with similar disappointment, as all three claim to be fully booked during the half term.
Obviously this isn't good. And so we might end up having to get our filming done very quickly as soon as term starts, as we feel we are prepared to do this.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Modern rock videos
Over the course of the half term I've been looking at a lot of bands of similar genre (IE in the rock/alternative section)
So I've been looking at their videos too. Here are a few I pulled up.
NOTE: For some reason, Embedding the videos didn't want to work, so I've had to put links on instead :(
Miss May I - Relentless Chaos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3m3pM3Z-8Q&feature=grec_index
So the song is mainly the band's performance, mixed with the vocalist's performance in the jail cell.
When considering the lyrics, the narrative doesn't appear to be directly related to the song at all, but of course the band must have some good reason for doing it how they did.
The next video is:
Bring me the horizon - The Sadness will never end
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TNckXgfYhA&ob=av2e
This video is much more narrative-based, with the boy going into the woods.
The main theme of the video seems to be the phrase "I won't give up on you". Which could be related to the boy's mysterious relationship with the girl. Overall the narrative seems to work quite well, mixing the innocence of children with the harsh reality of the song's lyrics.
The final song is:
36 Crazyfists - Bloodwork
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLVsdIE832c
This is a much more light hearted video, the cartoony, comic book style of the video contrasts with the more serious sounding music. Only very late into the video do we see some kind of connection between the video and the song when the singer says "And I'll swallow these capsules" as some magice capsules appear in his hand.
So I've been looking at their videos too. Here are a few I pulled up.
NOTE: For some reason, Embedding the videos didn't want to work, so I've had to put links on instead :(
Miss May I - Relentless Chaos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3m3pM3Z-8Q&feature=grec_index
So the song is mainly the band's performance, mixed with the vocalist's performance in the jail cell.
When considering the lyrics, the narrative doesn't appear to be directly related to the song at all, but of course the band must have some good reason for doing it how they did.
The next video is:
Bring me the horizon - The Sadness will never end
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TNckXgfYhA&ob=av2e
This video is much more narrative-based, with the boy going into the woods.
The main theme of the video seems to be the phrase "I won't give up on you". Which could be related to the boy's mysterious relationship with the girl. Overall the narrative seems to work quite well, mixing the innocence of children with the harsh reality of the song's lyrics.
The final song is:
36 Crazyfists - Bloodwork
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLVsdIE832c
This is a much more light hearted video, the cartoony, comic book style of the video contrasts with the more serious sounding music. Only very late into the video do we see some kind of connection between the video and the song when the singer says "And I'll swallow these capsules" as some magice capsules appear in his hand.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Audience feedback about the song
a while ago i asked a group of people aged between roughly 15 to 30 years old that fitted what would be our target audience aswell as a few that didnt via facebook if they could listen to our song on myspace an give some feedback.
as we had our mind pretty set from the beginning which song we were going to use this was a good way to see what people thought of it.
from the people that responded most of them liked the song an thought it had a good layout but the bass and vocals seemed a little drowned however andy has said he has a better quality version of this.
a few people also said that they felt the band seemed to be more for a specific fanbase and if they were to be signed and make it big they would need to make it a bit more mainstream and commercialise themselves more.
this was very helpful as its always good to know what people think and what needs improving.
i will do the same for the storyboard when its uploaded ill send it to a few people to see what they think.
as we had our mind pretty set from the beginning which song we were going to use this was a good way to see what people thought of it.
from the people that responded most of them liked the song an thought it had a good layout but the bass and vocals seemed a little drowned however andy has said he has a better quality version of this.
a few people also said that they felt the band seemed to be more for a specific fanbase and if they were to be signed and make it big they would need to make it a bit more mainstream and commercialise themselves more.
this was very helpful as its always good to know what people think and what needs improving.
i will do the same for the storyboard when its uploaded ill send it to a few people to see what they think.
Filming
We may have to film when we go back to school on monday.
we will co-ordinate our frees lunch and afterschools to get the live performance filmed asap as we will be playing catch up if we havent got all our footage by the end of half term.
we need to ask if its possible to use the drama studio or the school hall to film.
this is the one major problem we have and should have sorted out weeks ago.
we werent very organised at the end of term an didnt set definate dates times and location and trying to organise now is proving difficult. however if we all agree to give up as much free time a possible i think we can get back on track very quickly.
we will co-ordinate our frees lunch and afterschools to get the live performance filmed asap as we will be playing catch up if we havent got all our footage by the end of half term.
we need to ask if its possible to use the drama studio or the school hall to film.
this is the one major problem we have and should have sorted out weeks ago.
we werent very organised at the end of term an didnt set definate dates times and location and trying to organise now is proving difficult. however if we all agree to give up as much free time a possible i think we can get back on track very quickly.
Weather forecast
ive added a side bar that shows the weather forecast for the next few days if its worked (Y)
i created it by going on design and clicking on html/javascript an pasting the embed code.
this can also help us as its a quick link to bbc weather so we can see what the weathers doing and can co-ordinate filming.
i created it by going on design and clicking on html/javascript an pasting the embed code.
this can also help us as its a quick link to bbc weather so we can see what the weathers doing and can co-ordinate filming.
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