Cast List

Cast List

Band Performance Scene:

Jordan Mudd - Drummer

Rob Pipes - Guitar

Jack Coates - Bass

 Joe Bryant - Singer

Narrative Actors:

Jack Bell - Protagonist

Keira Coleman - Antagonist
Niall Foot - Extra
Sean Bryant - Extra 
Marie Bryant - Extra 

Audience Research Video

Audience Research Continued...

Having done some audience research with a poll on my blog I have found some interesting results. Mainly people of younger ages took my poll (13-24) as they had the highest results. Rock music came out on top of the poll for what type of music do you like and also more females than males voted which could show you that females enjoy rock music more than males. With the what do you like about music videos question it was quite a mixed bag. However it is a good story line that people seem to enjoy the most with a band performance coming in at a close second which could mean that people like a mix of the two which is something that I am looking to do with my music video. Two narratives, one of a band performance and another of a story line matching the lyrics of the song.

Audience Research

Props and Costume List

Genre Moodboard - Rock

This group of pictures shows the type of costume that could be used by the band in the video, on the CD cover or in the music magazine. Also with these all been from photo shoots except for one it gives me and idea of the kind of mise en scene I could use for the CD cover and music magazine.Some of these photos have props used in them such as spray paint cans or beer bottles which gives me some ideas of what props I could have depending on the location and mise en scene of the photos.

Genre/Form Conventions

Lyric Timings & Analysis

Concept Ideas

Concept One

Kids In Glass Houses – Black CloudPeople avoid this man because he feels like an outsider, when people do try to interact with him there are consequences and not good ones although he cannot help it. In the middle he finds himself in a crowded area and there are mass consequences causing him to go crazy. However towards the end of the video he finds a girl who he is fine around and comfortable and there is no consequences and they live happily ever after, or do they…With a possible performance scene throughout. 

Concept Two

For a protagonist is the only being on earth; the video follows what he does on a daily basis. He is constantly reminded of his past everywhere he goes so for example finds an area and then a flashback to a good time in his life that happened at that moment. Also as this is happening we are seeing another protagonist of a women who thinks she’s the only being on earth and is constantly looking back on her past and is constantly reminded of it just like the man. At the end the two narratives meet and boy meets girl. 

Concept Three

Performance narrative and montage of the band hanging out. For example we have taken inspiration from this video.

Save Your Breath – Stay Young

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

Edits And Cinematography 

For concept one and two, the use of black and white would work through the start and middle of the videos as they are dark, isolated concepts but when it gets to the end and the problems are resolved it could go back to colour. For example Lady Gaga uses this switching between colour and black and white in her video for “Applause.”

Also for concepts one and two, slow mo could be used when the characters are reacting to their problems. More specifically in the middle 8 of the song.

For the performance section of the videos, flashing lights could be used to create a sense of verisimilitude of a live performance. There would be a lot of close ups used on the band and tilt ups to focus on the instruments and then on the band member.