In the first meeting we listened to the song and then came up with some ideas. In the lyrics they have talk about pacing, steps, etc so we thought it was imperative to have at least a couple of shot of shoes.
We then went through locations and were would be a good place to film, we came up with a couple of ideas on was of a church in Norwich called St George's Church, i found out about it from Gray who I met at the Music Video Festival at Norwich. The church is filled with a load of random item which we felt could really relate to the song. After the festival I went down there and talked the woman who owns it she said for use filming it during the day rime but if we wanted to film during the night time it would cost £150-£200. Which was a little expensive, so if were going to do it we would do it during the day time.
The second location Jos came up with, who recently joined the group. He came up with the idea of filming at West Raynham R.A.F shelter. Were he had taken photos for his photography.
We felt that these locations would be great for filming And The Winner Is...(ATWI) music video. The areas we felt would be great to film at because they are interesting and unique which would keep the audience captured. This something that we would need as just a performance based music video can get a little dull. The Artic Monkey's music video for I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor is an example of this. The video is a stage performance and after a while the music and interesting shots cant stop the dullness of the music video. This is why we decided that we need an interesting location and was on of our highest priorities.
The first statement in Godwin's theory is music videos demonstrate genre characteristics. A characteristic for a rock band it to have a stage perfomance. ATWI are a mixture of rock and punk so having the music video based in a staged environment is exactly what they need to fit in with this characteristic. It will also show that the band is just about the music not selling themselves as sex symbols like Kings Of Leon.
Meeting-1 from Richard Harrison on Vimeo.
Thursday, 15 July 2010
And The Winner Is... - Here Again Lyrics
Time is calling and I am waiting,
No sense of anticipation, Its underwhelming(Its underwhelming),
The clocks been brewing up a storm,
For so long now I don't care what its for,
And I'm still wearing the same old shoes,
Tracing my steps, pacing the same old rooms,
And I'm still staying in all night,
Chasing the same old ghosts i'll never find,
Cause i've been behind the glass,
Watching every scene stand up tall, then don't fall fast,
Reflections seem so simple, when you can't ask,
A matter of hope that can never last,
And I'm still wearing the same old shoes,
Tracing my steps, pacing the same old rooms,
And I'm still staying in all night,
Chasing the same old ghosts i'll never find,
Step after step,
I'm here again,
Cause I can pretend that I'm Happy when...
Contacts
On the 10th July, I (Richard) went to cambridge to see a Director of Photography to help me and to explain what I exactly had to do in the Music Video. When I got to the location of meeting he had also brought along a Director to help explain the feilds of being a DP.
From the meeting I found out that the DP goes through all the three stages of making the film Pre, Post and filming production. The DP is the person who makes sure every thing is fine with the lighting, camera movement, location, storyboard, and the coustumes. He/She also make sure that the film is going exatly how the director wants it to look, however if the director wants to try somthing new the DP has to decided if it fits in with the rest of the film.
The director also gave me a few pointers on the directing part and how to make shot look and how to make the actor really get into there roles.
The area that benfited me during the meeting was talking to the DP and director on shots. We spoke about what makes them intresting. This was the mainly the idea of using depth of field, and lining up the band in a way to make it intriguing. The examples they gave of this were of arranging them so the lead singer is closer to the camera and the rest of the band is in the distance and out of focus. Like the example on the left. This discussion would benfit me in the production stages as this helped me to think of creating shots that will keep the audience gripped.
From the meeting I found out that the DP goes through all the three stages of making the film Pre, Post and filming production. The DP is the person who makes sure every thing is fine with the lighting, camera movement, location, storyboard, and the coustumes. He/She also make sure that the film is going exatly how the director wants it to look, however if the director wants to try somthing new the DP has to decided if it fits in with the rest of the film.
The director also gave me a few pointers on the directing part and how to make shot look and how to make the actor really get into there roles.
The area that benfited me during the meeting was talking to the DP and director on shots. We spoke about what makes them intresting. This was the mainly the idea of using depth of field, and lining up the band in a way to make it intriguing. The examples they gave of this were of arranging them so the lead singer is closer to the camera and the rest of the band is in the distance and out of focus. Like the example on the left. This discussion would benfit me in the production stages as this helped me to think of creating shots that will keep the audience gripped.Friday, 9 July 2010
30 seconds to mars
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Lyrics to Kings and Queens
Oh--->
Into the night
Desperate and broken
The sound of a fight
Father has spoken
Oh->
We were the Kings and Queens of promise
We were the victims of ourselves
Maybe the children of a lesser God
Between Heaven and Hell
Heaven and Hell
Into your eyes
Hopeless and taken
We stole our new lives
Through blindness
In defense of our dreams
In defense of our dreams
We were the Kings and Queens of promise
We were the victims of ourselves
Maybe the Children of a lesser God
Between Heaven and Hell
Heaven and Hell
The age of man is over
A darkness comes at dawn
These lessons that we learned here
Have only just begun
We were the Kings and Queens of promise
We were the victims of ourselves
Maybe the Children of a Lesser God
Between Heaven and Hell
We are the Kings
We are the Queens
We are the Kings
We are the Queens
Tuesday, 6 July 2010
Music Video Festival
On the 30th June Kenny Tanner, Harry White and Me went down to the music video festival for some pointers on how to make a good music video and what not to do. The internet website said that it started at 2:30pm but it actually started at 1:40. However the disappointment didn't last for long, as they arranged for us to have the presentation on our own, which turned out to be really helpful.
BBC Norfolk Introducing Music Video Festival 2010 from BBC Norfolk Introducing on Vimeo.
BBC Norfolk Introducing Music Video Festival 2010 from BBC Norfolk Introducing on Vimeo.
Monday, 5 July 2010
The Band That Won!
And The Winner Is...
For my A2 level media I have to find, film and make a digipack for a unsigned band. Kim Brenchley , my team mate and me have spoken to the bass guitarists of a band called And The Winner Is... and they are allowing us to make a video for one of their songs that they are currently writing.
For my A2 level media I have to find, film and make a digipack for a unsigned band. Kim Brenchley , my team mate and me have spoken to the bass guitarists of a band called And The Winner Is... and they are allowing us to make a video for one of their songs that they are currently writing.