Album Middle

Emily

Magazine Advert

Jeremy

Album Cover (Back)

Jeremy

Album Cover

Jeremy

Carry Me Music video

Technical Difficulties!

So when filming our music video we did encounter a few significant difficulties, this included things such as Batteries running out, and the green-screen light's not having a long enough cable however we managed to sort all of these issues.

Firstly the problem we first encountered was in which the greenscreen light's didnt have a long enough cable to get one light on each side, we searched around for a few extention lead's however we unable to find enough to help it reach to where it needed to be so we had to use both the light's on one side and thanks to our green-screen editing skills (Newly learnt by all of us) we managed to bring it all together and edit it perfectly!

The second 'disaster' we ecnountered was while filming outside of the school the camera lost all battery charge, this may have been because we rushed getting out of the school to film and didnt check the camera's charge, we tackled this issue by whenever we went out filming we turned the camera on to check how much battery would be left and if it would last the time we needed it to, in situations where the camera would be left at someone's house overnight we also used one of the charger's to ensure the battery would not go flat.

Jonny

Testing the raw footage!

To test our raw footage we use some green-screen work however, this clip isn't in our music video due to there being a more touched up and sharper clip which we used.
In the clip here we show a clip with the green curtain behind and then an edited section however due to us all being farely new to green-screen editing we all pitched in and worked together to learn to edit the green-screen work, which infact is fairly simple.
The main way in which we decided to test this footage would be to fully edit the part of the clip in which we would use for the countdown of 1-2-3-4, this worked fairly well however there were still some specles of green from the editing however the raw footage itself worked perfectly fine!
This is and example of how raw footage of a green screen can be turned into a solid background which works well.

Jonny

Font Analysis

Collision Imminant
We thought this font would not suit our genre as it is too much like a child's handwriting. We want something that stands out and represents our genre of rock correctly.

Collision Imminant  
This is a nice font but it is far too fancy for our genre. It looks slightly girly which is the complete opposite to what we want. It would stand out but it is not the right style.

Collision Imminant

This font type is better as it is bold and simple. However, it does not stand out enough as it is a bit boring. It could represent our genre in the sense that it is bold plain black but we do not like it enough.

Collision Imminant
This font is too cartoony and it is very unclear which is not good when you want something to stand out at you. Howver, it is quite cool and unique but it would not suit our genre particulaly well.

Collision Imminant
This font is probably the best, it is bold which stands out, but it is not too boring and can represent our genre reasonably well. It would stand out on the shelves.  

Emily

Magazine research

From research, I have found that Kerrang! would be a suitable magazine for my band to appear in. In this magazine many rock, punk rock, metal and alternative rock bands are advertised. They have featured bands such as Alien Ant Farm and Linkin Park.
NME would also be a suitable magazine to advertise my band, it has featured artists such as Blink 182 and The All American Rejects.
Another Magaine is Q magazine, they vary in who they advertise in their magzines from Emminem to Green Day if an Ad was published here many people would see the ad but they might not be our target audience.
But these are big magazines and if my band was to start off small making its way up smaller more idependant magazines would be more suitable:
Another suitable magazine is The big takeover magazine, which is an independantly produced rock magazine.

Jeremy

Drafts

Here are three short clips that we decided not to use:

1. This originally was going to be at the end of our music video. We look this out because we made changes to our story board. Originally the story was that the main character was leaving someone because of such reasons as drink and drugs and he lost them. we thought that this would be an effective way to end the story. But since then we changed the story so that he is cheating on a partner "there are some things i don't want you to know" referring to another partner. So we thought it best that this clip didn't serve a purpose in this new story.

2. The second is a clip of what originally in our story board was going to be the girl in the story lip syncing the words and singing along, but because we changed the story and decided to use two different girls to tell a different story, this bit became too confusing and thus did not use it. We also found that when we put it all together it looked 'weird' and did not look natural (see rough cut to see full clip).

3. The third and final clip we didn't use because it isn't very clear what is happening on screen  and we thought that it would look better if the movements were slower and more effective.

Jeremy

History Of Music Press

Emily

CD Cover Research

We looked at 4 different album covers:

Bowling For soup: Fishin' For Woos

The Offspring: Rise And Fall Rage and Grace

All American Rejects: Move Along

Green Day: American Idiot

Peer Assensment

Good points

• Lip syncing was good
• Good use of Green Screen
• Range of shot types
• Lots of different effects
• Good use of colours
• Good use of band instruments
• Good characters
• Good narrative

Improvements

• More transitions
• Acting not so good
• Maybe too many effects
• More variety of locations
• Framing needs to be sorted
• More lighting
• The band scene is a bit long

In conclusion, we have some good lip syncing and effects but we need to work on some more transitions and getting the framing so there are no doors to be seen!

Emily

Rough Cut

This is our music video in progress, dated 4th November. This isn't our final video, many things were changed  as you will see once the final music video is uploaded. There are many problems with this, for example from 0.54-0.59 the background of the green screen ins't very appropriate for my genre of music. And almost all the lip syncing in front of the white looks tacky apart from the extreme close up of the mouth. Another problem is that from 1.50-2.01, it is very repetitive and alwell as not having the correct mise-en-scene for my music genre/song. But this was helpful when filming the rest of the music video because we knew what we needed to film and what needed to be improved.

Jeremy

Label Research

Similar band that follow the same genre as my chosen band are bands such as Simple Plan, Bowling For Soup, Blink 182 and Sum 41.

Simple Plan signed to Atlantic/Lava Records (Universal)

Bowling For Soup signed to Jive (RCA Music Group). They now own an independent record Crappy Records

Blink 182 - Geffen Records (Universal)

Sum 41 - Def Jam (Universal)

I have come to the conclusion that Universal music group would be the best place to find a record deal for my band

JEREMY

RE8 Nine Frame Still Analysis

Stills from Greenday's song

1. Mise-en-scene- This is another close up image of the lead singer coming into the camera. You can clearly see the girls dancing in the background, this shows the song is face paced and able to have girl dancers in the background. Many punk/rock music video's do not have much dancing.

2. Music and visuals- From this shot the singer looks very angry and gives the viewer the impression that the lyrics are harsh and angry however, the song is very fast paced and the lyrics are not what they seem. The photo looks almost like something out of a horror movie as the surroundings are so dark and so is the singer.  

3. Conventions of genre- This long shot of all the band members, all dressed in black gives the idea of a gothic band and songs. Their stance indicates a male dominated group, with the lead singer appearing to be 'number one' and the other two equals. They also look quite intimidating which would probably not appeal to the younger generation. This is a typical rock band made up of young males.    

4.Lighting- This long shot shows the audience the location of the video. It seems like they are in some deserted warehouse. However, having the light coming through shows it is not a complete gothic video. It shows they can also have fun in their video's and not take it so seriously.

5. Artists image- This is a close up of the lead singer. You can immediatley see what genre this music video is due to the make up he his wearing. The black eyeliner gives it a gothic/emo feel. The black hair can also contribute to the gothic look. He seems to be fixated on the camera giving the song meaning. Throughout the song, the lead singer does not move around much giving a relaxed image. This can also suggest arragonce about him especially with the lyrics 'idiot'. 

6. Camerawork- This is a shot of part of the video with the main camera looking directly towards the singer but you can also see another screen just in front and to the right of the main one. This looks like it is the on screen camera which the editor looks through. It works well because it is unusual.

7. Type of music genre- In this shot it really lets you know the genre is punk/rock. A close up of the singer with his black eye make up on and with his hand gestures implying he is shooting himself in the neck. He is also looking up and pulling the face that somebody would pull in that situation.

8. Cinematography- This is a low angled shot looking up at the main singer playing his guitar and singing. The good thing about this shot is that you can also see the clothes he is wearing from the waist upwards. He is all in black with a red tie. This red tie could mean either danger, seductiveness or maybe because it is part of the American flag.  

9. Main character- In this final shot, it is another close up of the lead singer. However, this time he is looking down on the camera with a big wide eyed expression on his face. This once again highlights the scary and gothic like feel to the video. You can see the black make up he is wearing around his eyes very clearly as if he is showing them off just to let the public know about the genre.

Emily

P14 Storyboard and P15 Animatic

P3 Filmed Planning

P6 Location shots

Jonny

Location for stock Motion (house)