BIG PROBLEM!

HUGE problem!!!...

Our first day of filming: We go out and realise that the song we chose just wasn't going to work! We planned well, so that wasn't the problem, but our ideas were too "big" for the time, budget and equipment we had, and so we were hit with directors block!

Luckily whilst we sat on location in a state of panic about what we were going to do "Sheila" by Jamie. T came on the radio. We all began to sing along and thought about the video we could make for the song. Perhaps it was fate, perhaps not, either way we decided this was the right song for us and got to planning our new video right away!

Planning

Now we have decided on the song we are going to use we have began planning our video.
As you already know we have decided upon "Here in your Arms" by "Hello Goodbye" because we thought it had a good story to the song and would be easy to lip sync.
We started to plan by writing the lyrics out, so we could plan the story around the lyrics. We think this video needs to be light hearted and cheesy. The story for the video will be about a geeky boy who dreams about being with he girl he could never get.

Our Song!

We have chosen our song. We have decided to use "Here in Your Arms" by Hellogoodbye.

You can view the original video for this song below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-KQ1tp_qOQ

& the lyrics for the song can be seen here:

http://www.metrolyrics.com/here-in-your-arms-lyrics-hellogoodbye.html

Developing Ideas

So far me and my group have discussed options for our music video. We have made a thought shower to show what we have discussed. This includes subjects such as genres, artists related to those genres and songs. Through our planning we know we want to use a song that really tells a story, so we can create that story through film.

• Tana
• Leone
• April

Research

Me and my group have been watching alot of music videos, both professional and amateur to help to give us an idea on what road we want to go down with our music video. We thought it would be a good idea to watch some amateur videos from other sixth form students so we could get a realistic idea on what we'd be able to create.

Listed below are some professional videos we watched:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DLo54YDNek - "If You Got the Money" - Jamie. T

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N64QMKEbJQg - "Fluorescent Adolescent" - Arctic Monkeys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA15L6cHPvQ - When the Sun Goes Down - Arctic Monkeys

The three above videos are of an indie/alternative genre. This genre of music often has music videos which are very socially realistic and gritty approach to them. There is usually an easy to follow story to them. Also the videos have a really simple look to them, they have minimal props and simple real locations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wws7mnMewPw - "Psychosocial Heavy" - Slipknot

This genre of music is heavy metal. The videos for this genre tends to be alot of the bad performing the song in various locations, also the feel of the video is generally quite dark .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M11SvDtPBhA - "Party in the USA" - Miley Cyrus

This video is Pop/R'n'B. These videos are all quite glamorous and look expensive, often shots are done in studios and sound stages. Alot of these videos are set in clubs and parties. They all look very glossy and feature alot of extras so alot of people would be needed to create a video of this genre.

We will take all of the above into consideration when deciding on our song to create a music video for, thinking about what will be realistically possible for us to create with equipment and such that we have.

A2 Coursework!

So, we have been given our A2 Project! My group (myself, Leone Tracey & Tana Haye) and I are extremely excited about creating a music video, we think it will be a very good learning experience for us. After talks with each other about what we wanted to do we started to do some research in what songs we could use. We discussed genres, and artists of that genre. We then began to narrow it down to genres of music we actually liked as we thought it best to stick to something we liked because of fans of that genre, we know what sort of look and feel is expected.

We are looking for a song that:

• would be easy to lip sync to
• is easy to develop a storyline to
• wont need an extravagant video
• is modern but fairly old so we are not tempted to copy the original video
• doesn't already have a video that is iconic, such as "Thriller" by Michael Jackson for example.

As instructed through the brief we have chosen 2 out of the 3 options to complete our promotional package. We have chosen a magazine advert and front cover. This is because we feel this will be easier to do individually yet still keep a consistent look to.

Brief

A promotion package for the release of an album to include a music promo video together with two of the following three options:
A website homepage for the band.
A cover.
A magazine advert.

2. Summary of planning process so far including thought shower.

3. At least ONE piece of research.