Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Initial Research into other bands

The Smiths, How Soon is Now.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U5HpeA_WSo

The Video is a mainly performance piece. We all like the lighting used and the emphasis on performance.



T4

The TV channel T4 have a live lounge where band play live sets for their audience to watch as a live act. The stage set up and the concept behind the live lounge is very similar to how jim would like to portray Flashguns in our video. I agree.

Here is an example of the stage set up and the live lounge.

Here is the URL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGc6UEZHUUg

BATTLES

Here is a video by the band Battles. This video has given us confidence in our idea to rely almost completely on a striking use of lites. The idea of using a performance based video without a narrative sequence will highligth their live performances.