Thursday, November 12, 2009
The editing continues...
After filming the video the footage was all uploaded onto Final Cut Pro. We cut the sequence into the different shot types and binned them. We then put markers on the timeline to help cut to the beat. We have worked on a rough cut of the video. Although we used markers we still had trouble trying to sync everything. The video contains montage seequenes of the light bulbs and these have taken a long time to get right. Finally we desaturated the cut in After effects and added a similar green/blue colour hue that was in their previous video.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Bands Of the same Label- Fouls, Subways, The Younge Knives
All these bands have simular things in common, all un manufactured, organic, genuine and raw, what you would expect from a british independant label. Transgressive Records Predominantly sighns indie bands, and those other bands as well as the ones I have talked about are simular in many ways to the Flashguns, particually their organic/indie/raw feel.
Editing developing the concept
We have decided to emphasize the band in an organic way because there is no real narrative, but by emphasizing the space and the lighting around the band we can still make the video look intreguing, as the band will look more like a raw, live preformance kind of band as opposed to a manufactured over produced and over manipulated commercial artist.
Editing Storyboard within FCP
We have been editing for two days now and it is proving to be quite slow and repetative work, but at the same time is is coming together well and once finished it will give us a good insight as to how our video might end up looking like. We are nearly done and we will be able to determine what shots work best and when they work well.
Storyboarding- SHooting
We have now finished filming the story board and have begun piecing it together on Final Cut Pro with our track.
Storyboarding
We have written down discriptions of the shots we are using and now we are drawing them in. We have thaught up as many interesting shot angles we can, and as soon as we have drawn them all otu we will shoot them.
Props
As our idea is just performence with no narrative and the only efect is lighting, out props list only consists of the essentuals like guitars, drumkit and lights. The band are bringing their own cloths and possibly instrements. The school will provide the cameras, most of the lighting and the rest of the lighting is being hired in.
Studio Layour plans
We have now devided on our theme of the extreme lighting so we have started to map out the lighting olan which is relitively complex, we have drawn the wide shot and are begginning to think about the performence layout
The Timeline
We have started to organize our timeline and mapping out all the important events/changes in the song. We are drawing it all out on a long piece of paper and this is helping us get familier with the song, we will soon know exactly what is happening and when it is happening throughout the tune.
The Band, Record Label and Target Audience
Bells at midnight by Flashguns. We chose this song for its clearly defined beat and structure which will make shot cuts easier to manipulate. The lead singer of the band is Jim's brother, so the band will be easier to work with and they allready have a semi established star image. They are sighned to an independant British record label called Transgressive.
Transgressive Records are an independent record label. Acts on the label include: The Foals, Mystery Jets and Graham Coxon. This independent label is the sort of label which would be likely to sign a band like Flashguns. We will be targeting the same target audience as these bands.
Transgressive are a label which sign small acts who might not necessarily get found without their help. This is from a mission statement made by Tim Dellow and Toby L the founders of Transgressive.
TARGET AUDIENCE
We are lucky to be using a band one of the group know. I used the bands Myspace in order to look at their contacts to see what age group would support, follow and buy the band’s songs and videos The main audience ranges from 13-30 but most are around 18-25. You need to be 18 or over to see a gig at a lot of the venues which the band play at. However there are some 15 and 16 plus concerts which the band play with an organization named All-Agis.
Distribution via the web has helped young fans to download the bands tracks. I Tunes has played a big part in this due to its ease to use. The flashguns has a lot of female fans because their songs are about personal emotional issues.
INSTITUTIONAL BACKGROUND
The bands name is Flashguns. Originating from London and Brighton have just finished their gap year which was spent playing gigs, various festivals, recording and picking up attention from various record labels, the likes of Columbia, Universal Studios, XL, Tramp Records and Geffen, however they remain unsigned. They are managed by September management.
They have just recently released a four track E.P. named 'Matching Parts, Similar Hearts', the main track 'I Dont Not Love You' received a lot of radio play with radio 1 DJ Steve Lamaque, Scott Mills, Huw Stevens and Nick Grimshaw. Previous to this E.P. they have released two singles named 'Locarno', and 'Time House Blues'.
They have been a band for around two years now, they formed at public school. The guitarist and the drummer had been playing in bands together for around three years. There influences include bands like The Smiths, The Cure, Weezer, Nirvana, The Killers, Biffy Clyro, Radiohead, Deftones and many more.
Their edgy, poppy sound attracts an audience from the ages of 12-40. They have previously toured with Jamie T, and are currently on the Bombay Bicycle Club tour, and have played the likes of Underage Festival and Reading Festival.
The three peice used to be a four peice, however their keyboardist left the band only recently due to family problems and his own personal problems. This has benefitted the band as he was always known to be the member holding them back. They have introduced a backing track into their live performance to replace him, and have also added extra vocal, keyboard and guitar lines. The use of the backing track has added a great deal to their live performance.
Transgressive Records are an independent record label. Acts on the label include: The Foals, Mystery Jets and Graham Coxon. This independent label is the sort of label which would be likely to sign a band like Flashguns. We will be targeting the same target audience as these bands.
Transgressive are a label which sign small acts who might not necessarily get found without their help. This is from a mission statement made by Tim Dellow and Toby L the founders of Transgressive.
TARGET AUDIENCE
We are lucky to be using a band one of the group know. I used the bands Myspace in order to look at their contacts to see what age group would support, follow and buy the band’s songs and videos The main audience ranges from 13-30 but most are around 18-25. You need to be 18 or over to see a gig at a lot of the venues which the band play at. However there are some 15 and 16 plus concerts which the band play with an organization named All-Agis.
Distribution via the web has helped young fans to download the bands tracks. I Tunes has played a big part in this due to its ease to use. The flashguns has a lot of female fans because their songs are about personal emotional issues.
INSTITUTIONAL BACKGROUND
The bands name is Flashguns. Originating from London and Brighton have just finished their gap year which was spent playing gigs, various festivals, recording and picking up attention from various record labels, the likes of Columbia, Universal Studios, XL, Tramp Records and Geffen, however they remain unsigned. They are managed by September management.
They have just recently released a four track E.P. named 'Matching Parts, Similar Hearts', the main track 'I Dont Not Love You' received a lot of radio play with radio 1 DJ Steve Lamaque, Scott Mills, Huw Stevens and Nick Grimshaw. Previous to this E.P. they have released two singles named 'Locarno', and 'Time House Blues'.
They have been a band for around two years now, they formed at public school. The guitarist and the drummer had been playing in bands together for around three years. There influences include bands like The Smiths, The Cure, Weezer, Nirvana, The Killers, Biffy Clyro, Radiohead, Deftones and many more.
Their edgy, poppy sound attracts an audience from the ages of 12-40. They have previously toured with Jamie T, and are currently on the Bombay Bicycle Club tour, and have played the likes of Underage Festival and Reading Festival.
The three peice used to be a four peice, however their keyboardist left the band only recently due to family problems and his own personal problems. This has benefitted the band as he was always known to be the member holding them back. They have introduced a backing track into their live performance to replace him, and have also added extra vocal, keyboard and guitar lines. The use of the backing track has added a great deal to their live performance.
The SOng
Bells at midnight by Flashguns. We chose this song for its clearly defined beat and structure which will make storyboarding easier and editing choices easier too.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Planning
After we had decided on our song and theme, we needed to develop our idea. We began by story boarding and working out lighting plans.
Here are some of the storyboards we used to get ideas for shots, angles etc and establish what our video might end up looking like. Because our video is only a performance based piece, it was essential for us to use as many interesting and exciting different shots to keep the audience interested.
We Filmed our story boards a JVC 1500E so that we could make a mock up of our actual music video and get an idea of what it would vaguely look like.
The most challenging task for us when developing and planning our idea was the lighting plan. We drew up a sketch of what the set would look like, and then before the day of the shoot we spent some time organizing and finalizing the set and how the lights were organized.
Here are some of the storyboards we used to get ideas for shots, angles etc and establish what our video might end up looking like. Because our video is only a performance based piece, it was essential for us to use as many interesting and exciting different shots to keep the audience interested.
We Filmed our story boards a JVC 1500E so that we could make a mock up of our actual music video and get an idea of what it would vaguely look like.
The most challenging task for us when developing and planning our idea was the lighting plan. We drew up a sketch of what the set would look like, and then before the day of the shoot we spent some time organizing and finalizing the set and how the lights were organized.
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