Organisation

After many different messages on the Social Media Site 'Facebook' with my cousins in a group chat we have finally arranged a date for the filming of m music video for 7 Years. I feel as though I am now organised to film and also by getting this date I will now get all the props needed to film and hire a camera off one of my teachers. After talking to my cousins (Who will play the happy family) in video I have been suggested a film called 'Moms List filmed in the location where I want go so I will look into the film to get some different shot ideas and location to make my film look professional.

Organisation

This is the final storyboard (Include picture) which I have created. Hopefully, From this storyboard it includes the type of basic shot which I want to achieve also the timings of each shot and because I am not filming in my hometown I need to hope that I get the exact timings of each shot perfectly otherwise I will have to take all the actors back down to the film place and this will not be ideal as I want to start the editing.

Drafting and Planning

I have created a storyboard with a second by second breakdown on how the actual final piece is going to look. As we can see here I am using a variety of different shots and angles to get the best out of my music video. From the original we can see that he has gone for a much different narrative than mine but the shots which are used are similar to mine. I have changed the storyline from the original because I wanted to do something unique and hopefully show a different side to the song. I have researched different A2 music videos to this song and ones similar but none of them really have that close of a connection. Overall, my storyboard is going to help me when it comes to actual filming of my moving image project as it will help my remember how I waned the final piece to look.

Drafting and Planning

 This is what I have created so that I can easily keep track of what I have done and what I need to do. This is basically my checklist for my whole entire video.
As you can see I am noting down:

• Cast
• Location
• Costume
•  Props

In my lesson tomorrow I am going to add to this checklist so that when I am get down to filming I have everything I need. I need to be this organised for my video because of the location. If I miss a certain shot or something goes wrong while filming I will not get the opportunely to do it again this is because of the high demands for the cameras which we are using and also of the long journey if would be to much to make my actors make that long journey again

Organisation

As my previous blogs show I am going to Clevedon to film my footage for my music video. I wanted to ensure that I am as organised as possible when shooting because I only have the camera for a limited amount of time. I have sent an email out to all the actors in which I wanted my music video to feature and also I am going to sort out their costumes very soon. I have been looking into the weather down there so that I can easily portray the things I want to. I have been looking into shooting on Sunday 4th and Monday 5th of December but I might have to rearrange that depending on other people shooting scheduled but also whether I feel prepared enough in myself because I only get one chance to film so it has to be good.

Drafting and Planning

This is an example of me using my social media account Twitter of a way of getting feedback and maybe even ideas from some of my peers. I have received positive feedback from this tweet including:
"Great Idea Paddy, Think they will work really nicely together,"
 I really hope that I can make the 2 work together. To achieve this I will use a wide variety of shots and angles and hope that it looks professional. I will use social media accounts like Twitter and Facebook to try to get feedback and ideas for the final piece.

Organisation

I am going to use the song 7 Years by Lucas Graham for my music video with the story line. As shown in previous blogs (Previous Blog ) I was hoping to use the song Jamie T Emily's Heart but then after we did a pitch to my peers we realized that it wasn't appropriate. Therefore I have  used the same story but with a different song. As you can see I am going to start the story in a different way. As the song states throughout "Once I was 7 years old" I am going to add another characters. I am going to use a 60/70 year old man to start off the video. He will be shown looking back at a photo of his childhood and it will take him back. The end shot will then be him with a tear in his eye and emotional about the 'story from his childhood' which he has just relived. I believe the end result will be successful. As you can see from this A2 video of the same song I have been heavily influenced by they are completely different.

Drafting and Planning

As previously explained in my blogs, I was seriously considering on having the song 'MGMT -KIDS' as the backing track for my project. After some feedback from peers and my teacher. I have now decide to change the song. I have gone for something a bit more gentle. This song is '7 Years' by Lucas Graham. Originally, I was hoping to use the song Jamie T Emily's Heart and then was told that the lyrics and the story line in which I had created didn't match therefore as I liked the story line I looked for new songs and because I really enjoyed the storyboard in which I had created therefore I have found a song which I believe which match the story very well. I am going to ask people on the social media account 'Twitter' what they think of the story line and will post a photo of it along with the song which I have decided to put together I will post the result to my blog in the near future.

Drafting and Planing

MGMT RECORD LABELS 

MGMT are signed to 5 record labels which are:

Sony Music Entertainment

Sony Records

RED Distribution 

Colombian Records

Cantora Records




Sony Music Entertainment 

Some artists who are also signed for Sony Music Entertainment are
Beyonce
Robbie Williams
Kesha
Jimi Hendrix

I will do some research based on these artists and their songs. Hopefully, It will allow me to take inspiration from their videos to help me find out the perfect type of video to fit this genre.
Some of this videos I am going to look at it the next weeks are:

Research Into Similar Products

From my previous blog post we can clearly see that I have had to change my song idea. I looked into MGMT 'Kids' and found out that a similar artist to them is Tame Impala. An example of a Tame Impala Song is called 'Feels Like We Only Go Backwards.'  As you can hear it has a very mellow vibe and I like the general gist of the song. Although it would not fit with my music video. I think that the MGMT song 'Kids' will work well. Although, this is an animated video I like the idea and I might try to incorporate some animation into mine. I hope that I stick with the idea I created and incorporate new ideas as well as the old ones.

Organisation

MGMT 

As I have to change my song this is the band I have looked into. This is some initial research on the band. 

They are an indie rock 2 piece who members are Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWygarden. They originated Connecticut, USA.   

They were formed in 2002-Present, 

Some Band who were associated with MGMT are Beck, Flaming Lips and Tame Impala. They have 73,032,251 views on YouTube on the song 'Kids.'

They have an official website called http://whoismgmt.tumblr.com/visualize

Research and Planning

This is a new song I am thinking of doing. It is called Kids. I think that due to the comments I received last lesson this song will fit more with the story line I have created. As you can see from the lyrics, if you look back to my previous blog post  my story line links to these lyrics. These lyrics clearly link to a child and therefore would link to the storyline. This also fits the indie genre in which I was thinking of doing. As I have already got a clear idea of my storyline I can hopefully incorparte the song into the story.






You were a child

Crawling on your knees toward him
Making momma so proud
But your voice is too loud
We like to watch you laughing
Picking insects off of plants
No time to think of consequences

Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanting to be haunted

Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanting to be haunted

The water is warm
But it's sending me shivers
A baby is born
Crying out for attention
Memories fade
Like looking through a fogged mirror

Drafting and Planning

After doing my presentation I received a variety of feedback regarding my song and my video idea. Overall I got some very good comments concerning my story line. They thought that the idea was unique and that it could work and that the editing would be hard but achievable. Then we start to talk about the song. I showed everyone which song I was considering which was Jamie T Emily's Heart. They like the pace and tone of the song but the Lyrics do not match. My story line is about a young child who has lost his parents whereas the song love and a girl. Therefore I am beginning to think of new song ideas which I will be posting about later. I am going to be sticking with the Indie genre and with having a song related to children.

Research and Planning

As mentioned in my presentation I am including a various amount of characters when filming my video. I will need 7 in total which are:

• Artist- Young Individual Male between 17-24
• Child (Star) - Young Boy 7-11
• Child's Father- Middle Aged Male in his 30s
• Child Mother- Middle Aged Female in her 30s
• Happy Child- Young female -9-14
• Happy Child's Mother- Mid 40s
• Happy Child's Fathers Mid to Late 40s

I will use a lot of my family for casting and hopefully ensuring that they suit the style which I want to portray. Although they don't have to be indie themselves they have to try to portray that within the video  

Drafting and Planning

These are some examples of Indie Digipaks. I am hoping to create my digipak based on these covers.As you can see most of them are plain colored and have similar features. I prefer the idea of having a image of something that is related to the album rather than the star. I will also use darker colours like black and white following the indie pop conventions for indie covers. I will use a picture because it links more closer to the stereotypical indie digipaks and can relate t the video and double page spread.