Pitch 2

The Second pitch we presented to our teacher was to film our video in a car park, we realised after speaking to Mrs Mc Cluckie that this was not a smart idea. First being we would need permission to film in the premises, then if we need artificial light we would have no plugs to use , unless we had a generator which we don't .So we thought of places to film where it was one location and had all the requirements we needed.

Requirements:

- Relates the the band.

- Has a source of power.

- Easy to light

-Good for filming purposes (where people don't interfere)

Ideas

VIDEOS WE LIKE

The videos below are bands we like and videos showing what we want to achieve with out music video.

To see this video click here

This video is Artic Monkeys "i bet you look good on the dance floor " .The thing what i like about this video is the mood the band portray , which is very laid back , they perform the song well . Another thing i like is the use of camera shots , we see lots of close ups on the band and instruments to emphasise the sounds being created.I think the use of the lighting is effective using spotlights on the band and different colour lighting for the background to highlight each other.

This video is Bloc party,I enjoyed watching this video because i felt the video flowed making it enjoyable to watch.This was achieved with quick cuts to match the music.The filming the video in black and white is effective because they have added in effects (see below) .

This effect is effective because it centers the band members and by using colour highlights them .

Click here to see The Killers Mr Brightside

Locations

The second location idea a underground car park.We liked this idea because it was very remote an thought it be good setting to film in .

The car park would be a good setting because you can use the spotlights and it would be remote at certain times

making it easy to film .

Locations

At this current point our group are deciding locations to film at. This is important because a location will set the mood,genre and image to the band.

The first location idea was to use an actual recording studio to film in. I searched on the internet for affordable premises to rent out and came across resident studios .I chose this location because the band could perform the track as if they're recording it.The premises would have state or the art equipment to use and provide the bands image. The recording studio is where all the bands hard work and time going into , so i thought use this location to reflect this and let them perform their song.

Music Genre

The genre we class the Song as is Indie Rock , we categorized the music to this style because we researched into different bands and spotted that "License to dance by John Youseman" sounds similar to Kaiser chiefs which are an indie rock band.Both bands use similar instruments to create their music and therefore,they have a similar outcome to the sound of their music.

To see the similarities in Kaiser Chiefs and our song "click on this link"

Planning

Research

To help Sarah and I pick a song, we used our Ipods and music libraries on our computers to find music we was interested in.We also used other peoples itunes to find the right song.This was a good idea because we would listen to a wider range of music.Another way for us to find music was going on Youtube to listen to songs we might not have found.After listening to all the songs Sarah and I would select our favorite songs ,which we believed had most meaning to the lyrics .You can see the songs choices what we came up with in the "song choices" post.