The two screen shots show the editing process, the overall clip was quite long and most of it was unusable so we trimmed it down to around ten seconds and included different shots of the pub and the streets outside.
Sunday, 23 February 2014
Editing
Robbie captured some footage from a night out in Burnley and some surrounding areas. We would use this footage for the introduction of the video to show the sort of night out the character had. This clip showed a fight beginning outside a pub. Robbie filmed it in his car so we had to trim off the wing mirror that was in shot and then we centralized the fight so that it was the most eye catching part of the scene.
The two screen shots show the editing process, the overall clip was quite long and most of it was unusable so we trimmed it down to around ten seconds and included different shots of the pub and the streets outside.
The two screen shots show the editing process, the overall clip was quite long and most of it was unusable so we trimmed it down to around ten seconds and included different shots of the pub and the streets outside.
The Band
Like most of the bands we have researched we will have a four man band. The band will consist of Robbie on drums, Cameron on Bass, Andrew on Drums and myself as lead singer.
Drums
We borrowed the drums from the music section of our college,
we chose Andrew to play them as he is an experienced drummer so he would look the most convincing when we filming the video. Andrew fits into the band as he has a Liam Gallagher styled hair cut giving him the generic look of someone who is in an indie band.
Lead Guitar and Bass Guitar
Both Cameron and Robbie can play both guitars, however Robbie has played in a band and picked up the song quicker so we decided to go with him as lead guitarist. Cameron is not quite as skilled as Robbie so we decided to go with him on the bass instead. Robbie owned both guitars so these were quite easy to acquire. Both have the look of standard working class young men which is the audience that we are aiming our band at so they will find it relatable.
Lead Singer
I would be taking on the role of lead singer as we chose to lip
sink the song and I had some experience of this when taking
part in a previous media task. I also already knew the words
to song a lot more than the rest of the group. We were able to
borrow the microphone and stand from the music department
so there was no trouble there.
Overall this gives the band a stereotypical look for its genre, taking inspiration from when Oasis and The Arctic Monkeys first broke onto the popular scene our band looks like a group of everyday 'lads' that could be from anywhere. This makes the group easy to relate to for the target audience of young males aged 18-30.
Like most of the bands we have researched we will have a four man band. The band will consist of Robbie on drums, Cameron on Bass, Andrew on Drums and myself as lead singer.
Drums
We borrowed the drums from the music section of our college,we chose Andrew to play them as he is an experienced drummer so he would look the most convincing when we filming the video. Andrew fits into the band as he has a Liam Gallagher styled hair cut giving him the generic look of someone who is in an indie band.Lead Guitar and Bass GuitarBoth Cameron and Robbie can play both guitars, however Robbie has played in a band and picked up the song quicker so we decided to go with him as lead guitarist. Cameron is not quite as skilled as Robbie so we decided to go with him on the bass instead. Robbie owned both guitars so these were quite easy to acquire. Both have the look of standard working class young men which is the audience that we are aiming our band at so they will find it relatable.Lead Singer
I would be taking on the role of lead singer as we chose to lipsink the song and I had some experience of this when taking
part in a previous media task. I also already knew the wordsto song a lot more than the rest of the group. We were able to
borrow the microphone and stand from the music department
so there was no trouble there.
Overall this gives the band a stereotypical look for its genre, taking inspiration from when Oasis and The Arctic Monkeys first broke onto the popular scene our band looks like a group of everyday 'lads' that could be from anywhere. This makes the group easy to relate to for the target audience of young males aged 18-30.
Song lyrics
Last night these two bouncers
And one of em's alright
The other one's the scary one
His way or no way, totalitarian
He's got no time for you
Looking or breathing
How he don't want you to
So step out the queue
He makes examples of you
And there's nowt you can say
Behind they go through to the bit where you pay
And you realize then that it's finally the time
To walk back past ten thousand eyes in the line
And you can swap jumpers and make another move
Instilled in your brain you've got something to prove
To all the smirking faces and the boys in black
Why can't they be pleasant?
Why can't they have a laugh?
He's got his hand in your chest
He wants to give you a duff
Well secretly I think they want it all to kick off
They want, arms flying everywhere and
Bottles as well it's just
Something to talk about
A story to tell, yeah
Well I'm so glad they turned us all away we'll put it down to fate
I said a thousand million things that I could never say this morning
Got too deep, but how deep is too deep?
This town's a different town today
This town's a different town to what it was last night
You couldn't have done that on a Sunday
And that girl's a different girl today
Said that girl's a different girl to her you kissed last night
You couldn't have done that on a Sunday
(Of course not!)
Well I'm so glad they turned us all away. We'll put it down to fate.
I thought a thousand million things that I could never think this morning
Got too deep, but how deep is too deep?
Last night what we talked about
It made so much sense
But now the haze has ascended
It don't make no sense anymore
Said last night what we talked about
it made so much sense
But now the haze has ascended
it don't make no sense anymore
And one of em's alright
The other one's the scary one
His way or no way, totalitarian
He's got no time for you
Looking or breathing
How he don't want you to
So step out the queue
He makes examples of you
And there's nowt you can say
Behind they go through to the bit where you pay
And you realize then that it's finally the time
To walk back past ten thousand eyes in the line
And you can swap jumpers and make another move
Instilled in your brain you've got something to prove
To all the smirking faces and the boys in black
Why can't they be pleasant?
Why can't they have a laugh?
He's got his hand in your chest
He wants to give you a duff
Well secretly I think they want it all to kick off
They want, arms flying everywhere and
Bottles as well it's just
Something to talk about
A story to tell, yeah
Well I'm so glad they turned us all away we'll put it down to fate
I said a thousand million things that I could never say this morning
Got too deep, but how deep is too deep?
This town's a different town today
This town's a different town to what it was last night
You couldn't have done that on a Sunday
And that girl's a different girl today
Said that girl's a different girl to her you kissed last night
You couldn't have done that on a Sunday
(Of course not!)
Well I'm so glad they turned us all away. We'll put it down to fate.
I thought a thousand million things that I could never think this morning
Got too deep, but how deep is too deep?
Last night what we talked about
It made so much sense
But now the haze has ascended
It don't make no sense anymore
Said last night what we talked about
it made so much sense
But now the haze has ascended
it don't make no sense anymore
Thursday, 16 January 2014
Draft animatic
Draft Animatic
Here is the first draft of our animatic, it is unfinished and we will need to add more images for the final cut. You can start to see what the concept is and also the type of band shots we will be using. Our second draft will be completed later.
Here is the first draft of our animatic, it is unfinished and we will need to add more images for the final cut. You can start to see what the concept is and also the type of band shots we will be using. Our second draft will be completed later.
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Album cover analysis
Oasis's debut album Definitely Maybe breaks most of the conventions of your stereotypical album cover as no one is looking at the camera as well as no one being the main focus, apart from maybe Liam as he is in the center. We see that Noel has an acoustic guitar which tells us that they are a guitar band but that is the only connotations we can draw from the cover.The font is quite simplistic and easy to read and the classic Oasis logo is also featured so it is recognizable giving the band a brand. The lighting is very naturalistic as this sticks to the simplistic style of the album. There is also a photo of former Man City player Rodney Marsh, this ties in with Oasis's down to earth Manchester roots.
(What's The Story) Morning Glory? is again quite an abstract album cover from Oasis. They use very bold simple text this time to make it stand out and again have their Oasis logo as to keep with the brand. The lighting is again naturalistic and shows two men (DJ Sean Rowley and producer Owen Morris) walking down Berwick Street in London. This street was chosen because there was a lot of record stores there at the time. The men are dressed in the same style as Liam and Noel Gallagher keeping to the indie conventions and are also shot out of focus.
Arctic Monkeys's humbug album cover shows all the band in shot. Much like Oasis's definitely maybe none of the members are the main focus, and drummer Matt Helders is taking a lot more of the focus than lead singer Alex Turner. The lighting is quite dark and an image of one of the band members is repeated in the mirror. The photo image itself is faded over itself so we can see Matt Helders twice as well. The font is quite simplistic and not in the center of the frame at all, going against most album cover conventions. Also the title Humbug is not even featured on the cover which is quite strange for an album.
Again Arctic Monkeys album cover Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not does not feature the album title. Like Oasis's two covers it shows a logo that became a brand. Strangely this cover shows no members of the band at all. This is very different to most conventions as this was the Arctic Monkeys debut album and you would think that they would have wanted to get their image out to the public. The photo has been edited to black and white and is quite a dark image as the central character smoking seems to be quite down, which you would think would not be a good advertisement for the band.
Blur: The Best Of shows each member of the band in a profile shot that has been edited to look like a cartoon. It is very bright and colourful so it catches the eye. There is no text on the cover at all so it features no band or album name. This album stands out a lot more than the rest, it also breaks the dark bleak look of most of the other indie bands styled album covers. In my personal opinion I think this cover is a lot more successful than the rest because it is the most eye catching and I think I will take the most inspiration from this when designing my own album cover.
Arctic Monkeys's humbug album cover shows all the band in shot. Much like Oasis's definitely maybe none of the members are the main focus, and drummer Matt Helders is taking a lot more of the focus than lead singer Alex Turner. The lighting is quite dark and an image of one of the band members is repeated in the mirror. The photo image itself is faded over itself so we can see Matt Helders twice as well. The font is quite simplistic and not in the center of the frame at all, going against most album cover conventions. Also the title Humbug is not even featured on the cover which is quite strange for an album.
Again Arctic Monkeys album cover Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not does not feature the album title. Like Oasis's two covers it shows a logo that became a brand. Strangely this cover shows no members of the band at all. This is very different to most conventions as this was the Arctic Monkeys debut album and you would think that they would have wanted to get their image out to the public. The photo has been edited to black and white and is quite a dark image as the central character smoking seems to be quite down, which you would think would not be a good advertisement for the band.
Blur: The Best Of shows each member of the band in a profile shot that has been edited to look like a cartoon. It is very bright and colourful so it catches the eye. There is no text on the cover at all so it features no band or album name. This album stands out a lot more than the rest, it also breaks the dark bleak look of most of the other indie bands styled album covers. In my personal opinion I think this cover is a lot more successful than the rest because it is the most eye catching and I think I will take the most inspiration from this when designing my own album cover.
Wednesday, 2 October 2013
The Pitch
1- We would use the track 'Ritz to Rubble' by the Arctic Monkeys as this fits in with our genre and does not have an original video. There would be two narratives the first would be our band singing the song in a black and white edit using different colour's to make the instruments stand out. We would also close up on the individual members of the band and get shots from different angles of them playing. The second narrative would be the lead singer walking home from a rough night out with a black eye and a ripped up shirt, this would go with the song as it is all about the day after a night out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTSaUYSyvqI&safe=active
2- Our second pitch would be a parody video of the Wizard of Oz. We would cover the Arctic Monkeys old yellow bricks in costumes from the film (Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion). It would be a humorous video shot on green screen using clips from the film as the background.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLaeOrDmWQ4&safe=active
3- The third pitch would be a 'Bitter sweet symphony' style video where we would have the lead singer lip sinking Oasis's 'Acquiesce' as he walked through the busy streets of the town centre. We would use rewind and fast forward edits on the video to give the effect of time passing and going slower we would also use different colour tints on the lens to make the viewer feel different emotions as they are watching.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09zBftEqBN0&safe=active
1- We would use the track 'Ritz to Rubble' by the Arctic Monkeys as this fits in with our genre and does not have an original video. There would be two narratives the first would be our band singing the song in a black and white edit using different colour's to make the instruments stand out. We would also close up on the individual members of the band and get shots from different angles of them playing. The second narrative would be the lead singer walking home from a rough night out with a black eye and a ripped up shirt, this would go with the song as it is all about the day after a night out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTSaUYSyvqI&safe=active
2- Our second pitch would be a parody video of the Wizard of Oz. We would cover the Arctic Monkeys old yellow bricks in costumes from the film (Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion). It would be a humorous video shot on green screen using clips from the film as the background.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLaeOrDmWQ4&safe=active
3- The third pitch would be a 'Bitter sweet symphony' style video where we would have the lead singer lip sinking Oasis's 'Acquiesce' as he walked through the busy streets of the town centre. We would use rewind and fast forward edits on the video to give the effect of time passing and going slower we would also use different colour tints on the lens to make the viewer feel different emotions as they are watching.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09zBftEqBN0&safe=active
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