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Revised digipack design

We originally made the digipack using the only picture we could find of the band. We then based the rest of the digipack around that one picture. Since the film shoot we took a bunch of photos of the band to use for the digipack, intending to revise the pack to fit the video a little better, instead of having some seemingly random people who aren't in the band or video whatsoever. Funnily enough after this we had to base THAT new picture on the stuff we had based off of the original picture. here's a before / after comparison:

Research into our track

Although this post is fairly late it's still worth writing about. The choice for our track stemmed from our inspirations and general music taste. As a group, the four of us have wildly varying music tastes. Elliot being into rock, Becky being into metal and Eddie being into pop made for an interesting contrast. To compromise we decided we would go for something particularly catchy rather than go for genre. We figured this because a lot of people might only be watching the video once, therefore we want the song to stick in people's head, if the song is catchy then they will be reminded of the video.

To start looking for unsigned artists we looked on www.unsigned .com. Which hosts a number of unsigned artists showing their work. We started looking on the rock page and getting a few ideas for songs. The rock genre sprang to mind almost immediately due to the fact that we (I) have all the instruments to make a rock band out of whatever cast we may choose.

Early ideas for artists were:
Sons of Kal-El - A local band that have just released their first unsigned record that we have contact with. However at the time of conception the album was so early in deelopment there was no useable music in it.
http://www.sonsofkal-el.com/

Albion - Another local band with a number of good songs to use, however due to uncomfortability between members of the media goup and the band we decided against using them

Chasing Mercury - A rock group inspired by sounds of the 40's while it sounds like an odd combination it makes for some very catchy rhtyhms in a modern spin. We decided against them due to them being too heavy. If we were to have chosen them we would have used the track: 'Midnight at The Ball'.

In the end we chose the band Scar. Once we heard their first track labelled 'Fences' we knew that this is the band we wanted to use, we just didn't know which track. We finally settled on 'As long as you know' as soon as we heard it we were reminded of Carly Rae Jepson's 'Call me Maybe' which was possibly the catchiest song of 2012 so we figured that would have to be a good thing. It also felt very reminiscent of Blink-182 which was a good sign.

The track was doubly good in that it had serious lyrical tones while being a very uplifting piece. This meant we could use it in either a serious or comical way in the video, giving us a huge array of options to work with. The level of versatility combined with the general easyness of the track to work with made it a clear choice for us to go with.

Revised story boards

Here are the two new scens we have had to add to the story board to accomodate for the change in casting. I left the romcom scene as it was because the scene is identical just with a character swap.

 

 

Nerd scene 3:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Female character scene:

 

 

 

 

 

As is shown this scene replaces storyboards 70 - 75 this is becuse that was one of the camp mans scenes that no longer works in any context so it was cut.

Casting problems and solution

The problem:

After writing up the original story boards we deliberated over the cast of for the video. We decided we only needed two external people to help us in the video by being actors because we didn't have enough men to play all the male roles. This ended up with Becky and Elliott liasing with Luke Doyle and Kurt Storey. While both had agreed to help us from the start we encountered a problem very close to shooting in that Kurt changed his mind and pulled out of the project. This left us down a person that we really needed in the video. Panicking a little we all started branching out and asking anyone who could look the part of  punk. Alex Mccormick was our next choice, alongside Joel Senior. However both of them had to decline even closer to the video shot, leaving us completely without the part casted.

The Solution:

Since we had run out of time and options and had been let down by a number of people our only choice left was to change the actual video to accomodate the loss. As such we removed the camp male character and replaced him with a woman and built a comedic scene around this hurriedly. Becky, whilst being fantastic at media, didn't want to be in the video whatsoever so it was very brave of her to agree to do it. In return we built the joke scene around her to retain her dignity, she didn't want to be portrayed as a lesbian or in a negative light of any kind, so we agreed to build the scene in those rules and we drew up a newer story board for this scene to accomodate these factors. The largest problem caused by this change meant we had lost potential footage in that the camp man had at least two scenes that could have lasted up to 20 seconds each. This hugely hindered the amount of footage we could have put into the final result. To account for this we wrote up a new scene for the nerd and story boarded that out. We also gave one of the camp mans scenes to the punk because the joke could carry over without losing comedic value, albeit changing the tone of the scene slightly.
Altogether we hope these quick revisions won't affect filming too much and that we will still ahve enough footage for everything.

Props

For the video we rely on props quite a lot to get the gags across to the audience, as a result we ended up using quite a few of them.

Band members:

The band used typical band equipment:

 - Drums
 - Microphone
 - Stand
 - Bass
 - Guitar

We opted to not use amps or speakers for a couple of reasons. For a start i was the onlyperson driving, therefore the speakers would have required another trip back home to pick them up which would have cost me another £15 ish in petrol money. We also felt that the amps and speakers wouldnt even get enough screen time nor were they relevent enough to warrant bringing them.

 

 

 

Narrative: 

For the narrative we needed quite a few more props. This was obviously because the gags were more situational and varied a lot more than what you would find in the band shots:

 

Spaghetti:

We need a bowl of spaghetti to recreate the Lady and The tramp scene. We will simply cook the spaghetti at my house, where the scene will be shot, if needed we will buy some prior.

 

 

 

Calculator:

This will be a large part of the nerd gag. This is what the female character will write 'boobies' in calculator numbers to aggravate the nerd who is trying to work hard on....something.

We hope to get a calculator with a large screen to make it easier to film.

 

Vase:

We need something for one of the couple to throw to make them look angry and in the middle of a fight, we figured a vase would look good because people expect it to smash and expect them to cost a lot. This should show how mad he is that he doesnt care about either of these things.

 

 

Games console: 

For the nerd's second gag we want a  games console to show how he losing to the girl, despite his nerdy stigma. since the scene is fairly short we want something that is unmistakenly and instantly recognizeable as a games console for this we will an Atari 2600 since the controllers for it are the iconic symbol of video gaming.

 

 

 

Romcom dvds:

For the punk's second gag we want the joke to be based on him not actually being punky. we will have him cry at the end of a film while the girl is bored and then he'll hold up a second dvd with the look of hoping to watch it



 

 

 

 

 

 

Locations to be used

Conception and needs:

From our story boards we evaluated what sets would need to be used, so we got together and formed a list of what we would need, this includes:

 - A spacious white room
 - An outdoors area with table and chairs
 - A large area, enough for two people to throw objects at one another
 - A room with a couch and Tv
 - A room with  large table
 - A room with a door we have access to both sides of
 - A confined black room
 - A bedroom

Our main problem lay in finding a spacious white room. We wanted the white room to represent the middle ground, the dream sequences take up most of the video so we wanted to make it clear when the audience wasn't viewing one. The video also has a theme of singling the band members out, which will be done in the smll black room. By showing the two in contrast we would show all the band members in shots with white while the single members in shots with black, creating a stark contrast. We simply couldn't find a white room spacious enough to accomodate a full band setup.

Tolethorpe hall: Band shots

After analyzing our ideas thoroughly, thinking about costume and imagery we wanted to use a plain white room for band shots, we didn't have a good idea of what place would provide us with this in a well lit environment, Eddie however suggested we book to use Tolethorpe hall, since she used to be a part of the drama groups that run there. Thankfully we were allowed use the grounds for filming for a day; Thursday the 14th of November from 9 am - 4pm. After scouting the venue we decided to use the orangery, a wide open room with a lot of large windows, allowing light to flood the room. The room was also almost entirely white, making for exactly what we want. Sadly there are no picture of the Orangery online.

Location of the Orangery on the Tolethrope hall grounds

The grounds at Tolethrope should hopefully also make for some good shots of the narrative as it has a wide range of colour schemes and serene imagery.

Ben Thorogood's house: Narrative

For the narrative we decided to use my house since it facilitates alot of the sets we could use. For example, seeing as all the equipment in it will be cleared out for the sake of filming, the spare room will be empty allowing us to use it as a home studio. This gives us total control of the colour scheme and lighting. We hope to use this room for solo band member shots. I also have a pergola in my back garden that has a very distinct greek look to it, especially when lit up in an orange glow like how we have set up. This should get us the lady and the tramp scenes looking good. My lounge will serve as where the nerd and punk dream sequences play out. My dining room will be the second nerd dream sequence. My downstairs hall will be a good place for the couple to have their fight. overall my house just has everything we'd need to have to be able to film efficiently.

While this isnt the pergola at my house, this is the style it is in.

Shooting script

LEAD SINGER AND WOMAN ARGUMENT

FADE FROM BLACK:

INT. CLOSE UP GUITAR PAN

close up shot of guitar and hand/arm, pan left.

CUT TO:

INT. LEAD SINGER MID

Mid shot of lead singer from the side, lead facing left.

CUT TO:

INT. CLOSE UP, SLOW MO, WOMAN

slow motion shot of woman shouting, facing right.

CUT TO:

INT. LEAD SINGER MID

Mid shot of lead singer from the side, lead facing left.

"if i can't see you"(lyrics)

CUT TO:

INT. TWO SHOT, WOMAN AND MAN

A two shot showing conflict/argument between lead singer and female character.

CUT TO:

INT. CLOSE UP, SLOW MO, LEAD

A close up slow mo shot of the lead singer, without mic, shouting facing left.

CUT TO:

INT. LEAD SINGER MID

Mid shot of lead singer from the side, lead facing left.

"it's already as hard as it is"(lyrics)

CUT TO:

INT. LONG SHOT, DOOR SLAM

Long shot, showing the woman's whole body, slamming a door behind her (exiting a room)

CUT TO:

INT. CLOSE UP, MIC

Extreme close up shot of leads hand gripping mic.

"because i can't leave you"

CUT TO:

INT. CLOSE UP, GUITAR

A close up of the guitar being played.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, CLOSED DOOR

mid shot of the door closed.

CUT TO:

INT. OVER THE SHOULDER, DOOR AND LEAD

An over the shoulder shot of the closed door over the mans shoulder, man facing towards the camera with door behind.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, SLOW MO, UPSET lead

A mid shot of the lead singer looking upset in slow motion.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, VASE

A shot of the lead singer again looking upset/angry knocking over vase prop.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, SLOW MO, UPSET MAN

A slow mo shot of the lead, again upset but with head and hands against a wall.

CUT TO:

INTRO. BAND SHOTS

INT. LONG/MID, NERD GUITARIST

Quick Long or mid shot of the nerd on guitar, nodding.

CUT TO:

INT. LONG/MID, GAY GUITARIST

A similar shot to the previous, long or mid, gay guy nodding in agreement.

CUT TO:

INT. LONG/MID, PUNK/THUG DRUMMER

Again similar to the previous shots, long or mid shot of drummer, drummer is looking clueless.

CUT TO:

INT. LONG, ENTIRE BAND

A long shot of the entire band standing in a diamond shape, e.g drummer at back, guitarists at the side and lead at the front. Lighting will be dark.

CUT TO:

INT. CLOSE UP, SNARE

A close up shot of the snare drum being hit in sync with the music three times, first two will be shown and the third will be the quick cut.

CUT TO:

INT. LONG, ENTIRE BAND

The same shot as the first 'entire band shot' this time the band will be lit up.

CUT TO:

*POTENTIAL BAND SHOTS THOUGHOUT*

NERD SEQUENCE

INT. MID, SLOW MO, GIRL

A mid shot of the girl looking over the shoulder at camera, slow motion, a white border will be around her when edited.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, NERD

A mid shot of the nerd playing the guitar, looking slightly surprised.

BLUR/FADE TO:

INT. OVER TV MID, NERD GAMING

A shot that is over the TV, however TV still visible, of the nerd character playing video games.

CUT TO:

INT. CLOSE UP, NERD

A close up shot of the nerd, face and hands/controller visible if possible, with angry expression on his face.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, PAN, NERD AND WOMAN REVEAL

This will be a mid shot of the nerd even angrier than before and he will throw his controller, throughout this is a pan in which it eventually reveals woman jumping up and down because she won the game.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, KISS ON CHEEK

A mid shot of female character kissing nerd on the cheek, (nerd blushing).

BLUR BACK TO:

INT. MID, MATCH CUT TO PREVIOUS, NERD

A blur in effect to the nerd playing the guitar(exactly the same positions must be held form the previous shot).

CUT TO:

*POTENTIAL BAND SHOTS*

PUNK SEQUENCE

INT. MID, DRUMMER

A mid shot of the punk drummer playing the drums, chewing gum, looking towards the guitarist.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, NERD

A mid shot of the nerd looking away from the drummer awkwardly.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, DRUMMER

Mid of the drummer thinking, still playing drums.

BLUR EFFECT TO:

EXT. MID, WOMAN AT DINNER TABLE

A mid shot of the female character at a candle lit dinner table, outside, looking at the camera.

CUT TO:

EXT. SHOT REVERSE SHOT, PUNK AT DINNER TABLE

This is the same shot as the previous but reversed so we can see what the female character is looking at. Mid of the punk at candle lit dinner table, looking extremely relaxed. Bottle of Jager in hand.

CUT TO:

EXT. LONG, TWO SHOT, SPAGHETTI SUCKING

Both characters are at the dinner table, sucking spaghetti. (lady and the tramp style).

CUT TO:

EXT. MID, WOMAN

A mid shot of the woman, still sucking spaghetti at the table, looks up and giggles cutely towards the camera.

CUT TO:

EXT. MID, REVERSE TO PREVIOUS, PUNK

A mid shot of the the punk at the dinner table, again still sucking spaghetti, blankly staring at the camera.

CUT TO:

EXT. CLOSE UP, TWO SHOT, PUNK AND FEMALE

A close up/mid shot of both characters getting closer to each other, sucking same piece of spaghetti.

CUT TO:

EXT. CLOSE UP/EXTREME CLOSE UP, PUNK AND FEMALE

An even closer close up of the the two characters even close than before, still sucking same piece of spaghetti.

CUT TO:

EXT. CLOSE UP/ EXTREME CLOSE UP, PUNK AND FEMALE

same as the shot previous to this, the spaghetti is finished but instead of lady and the tramp style kiss,the punk burps instead.

CUT TO:

EXT. MID, PUNK

Back to a mid of the punk at one end of the dinner table, takes a swig of the Jager.

CUT TO:

EXT. MID, WOMAN

A mid of the of the female character, looking dreamily at the camera/direction of the punk character.

BLUR EFFECT BACK TO:

INT. MID, DRUMMER

Back to reality, a mid of the drummer nodding behind the drum kit whilst playing.

CUT TO:

*POTENTIAL BAND SHOTS*

LEAD SINGER REGRET

INT. MID, LEAD

Back to a mid shot of the lead singer, looking upset.

FADE/BLUR TO:

INT. MID, SLOW ZOOM OUT, STILL SHOT, FLASH BACK

A mid shot that represents the lead singer and female characters relationship previous to the argument. Female comes in and surprise hugs the lead.

CUT TO/FLASH TO:

INT. MID, STILL, SLOW ZOOM, PIGGY BACK

A mid still shot of the lead singer giving her a piggy back. features a slow zoom out.

CUT TO/FLASH TO:

INT. MID, STILL, SLOW ZOOM, COMFORTING

A mid still shot of the girl crying in hands and the male lead comforting her.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, LEAD

A mid shot of the lead singing into the mic.

CUT TO:

CAMP SEQUENCE

INT. MID, CAMP

a mid shot of the Camp guy playing the guitar.

CUT TO:

INT. CLOSE UP, CAMP

A close up of the Camp guy starting to think and day dream.

BLUR TO:

INT. OVER THE SOFA SHOT, CAMP AND FEMALE

A shot over the top of the sofa, able to see the tops of the two characters heads with the TV in the background. Bridget Jones credits.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, PAN, CAMP ON SOFA

Shot of the Camp guy at one end of the sofa crying. Starts to pan right.

CUT TO/CARRIED ON PAN:

INT. MID, PAN, FEMALE

The pan to the right stops on the female character at the other end of the sofa, looking bored.

CUT TO:

INT. TWO SHOT, COUPLE ON SOFA

A two shot of the couple on the sofa. Camp guy is blowing his nose and the woman isn't happy.

CUT TO:

INT. CLOSER TWO SHOT, COUPLE

An even closer two shot of the couple, Camp guy holds up another Rom com, woman is not happy.

BLUR BACK TO:

INT. MID, CAMP GUY

Back to shot of the Camp guy playing the guitar.

CUT TO:

*POTENTIAL BAND SHOTS*

NERD SEQUENCE 2

INT. MID, NERD WORKING

Mid shot of the nerd doing work on a paper, on a desk, with pen and calculator.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, NERD

Mid shot of the nerd furiously typing on the calculator.

CUT TO:

INT. CLOSE UP, NERD

Close up of the nerd doing work still but gets tapped on the shoulder.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, NERD

A mid of the nerd turning his head to see who tapped him on the shoulder.

CUT TO:

INT. POV SHOT, AS NERD, FEMALE CHARACTER HOLDING THE CalC.

A POV shot, in nerd POV, of the girl holding the calculator up with the word 'BooBs' written on it. (80085)

CUT TO:

INT. TWO SHOT, NERD AND FEMALE

A two shot of both the nerd and female character, nerd is looking at the calculator which is held by the girl, nerd looking astonished, girl laughing.

BLUR BACK TO:

INT. MID, BACK TO NERD PLAYING GUITAR

A mid of the nerd playing guitar, he's mad.

CUT TO:

*POTENTIAL BAND SHOTS*

PUNK SEQUENCE 2

INT. MID, PUNK

A mid shot of the punk playing the drums.

BLUR TO:

INT. TWO SHOT, PUNK AND FEMALE

A two shot of the female doing the punks nails.

BLUR TO:

INT. MID, PUNK

A mid shot of the punk playing the drums.

CUT TO:

CAMP SEQUENCE 2

INT. MID, CAMP GUY

A mid of the camp guy looking in the direction of the drummer.

BLUR TO:

INT. LONG SHOT, FEMALE IN BED

A long shot of the girl on bed, in a seductive pose.

CUT TO:

INT. LONG SHOT, CAMP GUY

A long shot of the Camp guy cowering in the corner of the room.

CUT TO:

INT. TWO SHOT, FEMALE ON BED, CAMP GUY COWERING

A two shot of the girl on the bed to the left and the camp guy on right against the wall cowering.

BLUR TO:

INT. MID, CAMP GUY

Mid of camp guy playing guitar.

CUT TO:

LEAD SEQUENCE FINAL

INT. LONG SHOT, BAND

A long shot of the whole band, all band members looking different in expression as a consequence of their fantasy.

CUT TO:

INT. LONG SHOT, LEAD

A long shot showing the lead leaning against the door, from the very beginning, looking upset.

CUT TO:

INT. LONG SHOT, REVERSE, FEMALE

A long shot of the other side of the door, a reverse shot, revealing the woman also looking upset bu on the other side of the door to the lead.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, LEAD

A mid shot of the lead taking a deep breath,thinking she has left.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, LEAD AND FEMALE

A mid of the lead opening the door revealing the girl about to knock on the door.

CUT TO:

INT. CLOSE UP, LEAD

A close up of the lead, however the band are slightly visible still.

CUT TO:

INT. OVER THE SHOULDER, LEAD AND FEMALE

An over the shoulder shot, looking over the leads shoulder at the woman through the door.

CUT TO:

INT. OVER THE SHOULDER, REVERSE, FEMALE AND LEAD

An over the shoulder shot but in the reverse to the previous shot.

CUT TO:

INT. CLOSE UP, LEAD

A close up of the lead looking up slowly.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, NERD

A mid shot of the nerd playing guitar.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, PUNK

A mid of the punk playing the drums.

CUT TO:

INT. MID, CAMP

A mid of the camp guy playing guitar.

CUT TO:

INT. LONG SHOT, LEAD AND FEMALE

A long shot of the female entering through the door to greet lead.

FADE TO BLACK:

FIN.

Itinery

Wednesday night:

Pick up lighting fixtures and the dimmerbox.

Pack ready for the morning ahead.

Thursday:

Due to complications in casting we only have the one car to take people to the filming location, therefore i shall be doing all the driving throuhout the day and making 6 total trips to ensure all equipment and cast are there.

Ben and Eddie will leave the Mears household at 9 am to head down to Tolethorpe,

Arrive at Tolethorpe for 9:30 am and start setting up band equipment. Leave Eddie at Tolethorpe, making sure equipment is safe. Get back to Bourne leisure centre pick up remaining cast and crew. Head back to the Mears household to pick up the lighting equipment and head back to Tolethorpe.

Finish set up by 10:30am. This includes lighting and drumkit.

10:30 am - 12:30 pm - filming

12:30pm  - 1:20pm  - lunch

1:20pm - 4pm - Continued filming

4pm travelling back to Bourne in the same manner as how we got there, 3 more car journeys required.

Friday:

All cast and crew to arrive at my house for 10am, Eddie shall be bringing the lighting from her house.

10am onwards - set up all equipment and set needed and proceed with filming the narrative until done.

After 4pm - filming 'lady and tramp' scenes. These scenes require a dark setting so we waited until sunset to film them. This however led to complications with equipment, kindly Becky let us borrow her camera to allow us to get the shots done.

Costume

Luke:

 

We wanted Luke's costume to be very plain but also stylised. to do this we will dress him in a plain shirt and jeans for the narrative scenes and a thick coat for the band shots. this will mean he should stand out while being recognizable. The colour scheme we chose is predominantly light to show how his intentions are good at heart. We feel this should be the only character who is allowed to change costume between the narrative and band posts as he is the most recognizable character and doesn't rely on costume to define who he is.

 

 

Eddie:

 

 

We wanted Eddie's costume to be simplistic and memorable in the same vein as luke's. We want her to wear the same thing in every narrative scene to keep her consistent. the white is used to link her to luke, using a theme of white to make people think of the other when they see one. The dress itself is a sign of innocence and makes her seem sweet an kind, which is what we want the audience to think. I feel if we don't play her character right she might look like she is actually going out with these people which will look bad for her character.

Elliott

Elliott, playing the nerd should look as stereotypical as possible. He will be wearing the same costume for the band shots and the narrative to show that he isn't coming out of character at any point in the video. He will also be wearing glasses and his hair will be gelled or waxed to one side.









Ben

the idea for the camp guy is that he is wearing very flowery and flamboyant clothes. again he is going to be in the same costume throughout the entire video so as to remain in character. The scarf is there because recently it's become something of a symbol of femininity, so to put it on a man is a very stereotypical way of making him look effeminate.  It is a reccuring stereotype that Gay men dress well, reinforced by people like Gok Wan, there for we thought a dress shirt would be good for him to wear.



Alex

 we wanted a studded look for alex since he has to look threatening anyway we can. a simple all black costume highlighted with metallic colours should provide the imagery we want to use. We also want him to have a heavy set belt and large boots, to reinforce the bulky, thug / biker stereotype.

Storyboards