Change of Filming Location

After careful consideration, we have decided to switch the location of our performance shots. We were previously set on filming at Yellow Bean Studio, however, we were unable to book any dates in time for the video deadline (No bookings available till after Christmas).

We have now found a new studio called Pirate Studio who are a brand new facility with plenty of times available. They also have far cheaper rates than yellow bean and provide the majority of equipment that we need in the video, including a drum kit, amps, microphones and more. All for almost £40 less than Yellow Bean.

We have planned to film on the 12th of November.

Rehearsals/Filming Plan for Band Shots

Cameras and Filming Styles

As a group, we looked into the types of cameras and filming styles that would be used whilst creating our music video. Initially, we thought that we'd try and use an old styled camera to try and get a darker and grittier feel to the video. Our final decision is that we're going to film with a 1080p High-Definition camera and convert the footage into black and white when its comes to the editing process as the video quality will look better in the final cut and we have the option to revert to different resolution qualities if we wanted to.

Filming the music video directly in black and white was also an option that we considered as we are trying to create a similar style to the Chasing Status Control video black and white color schemes. This is because the story running along with the video is one of horror and violence so having a darker filming style would set an overall scarier and suspenseful theme throughout

Filming Location - Yellow Bean Studios

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After looking over a number of locations which we could film in we stumbled across a Photography Studio called Yellow Bean Studios. It has a large 26x15ft white room which we could record our performance shots in. Currently, we are in negotiations with the studio on available dates, times and prices that we could book for filming. Additionally, the studio also provides equipment for us to rent, which would save us both time and money.  Also, our filming process would benefit from a completely white room - which includes white flooring. this will make a the room look larger than it actually is. This is something we discussed initially and felt that the use of in the preliminary music video when we used the school's studio could have benefited from. 

The reason we are looking to book a studio is to gain a much larger space than is available at school. Booking the studio in appose to using the school's also means that we aren't reliant on our teachers to let us in and the studio not being used already. The large studio also allows us to film in a more flexible and less confined situations - like our Preliminary Music Video. It will also help to implement certain lighting and shot techniques that we are taking inspiration from. 

Filming update:

We haven't started filming as of yet but we have already planned when the filming process will begin. We will aim to start on the 8th and 9th of October and film some parts of the song in the Yellow Bean Studios. We are filming parts of the music video in the studios and other parts we will film in a forest.  We feel this is a good time to start filming so that we have a little extra time to sort props and costumes and equipment out.

Research for CD Cover and Poster

The Hunter - Storyboard Animatic

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This is an animatic version of our storyboard. This animatic provides a visual representation of how our music video will go and how it will be edited.  From the creation of this animatic storyboard, we have been able to learn how we are going to structure our video. In addition, this has provided us with experience on how to use editing software effectively and efficiently.  Because of this experience, it has been able to provide us with the knowledge of the editing software we used (Adobe Premium Pro CS6).  

Storyboard of The Hunter (Music Video)

This storyboard provides a visual representation of how our music video will show shot by shot and how it will be edited. It includes shot times, props needed, description of what is in the shot and different movements that will be used in each shot. This task has taught us a lot about framing our shots and how timing will be used.  

Album Art Mood Board

We have put these albums on this mood board because they have the sort of image that we feel would suit the album for our band. As you can see above, these albums have a very minimalistic look to them, they don't have much text on them but they have enough text on them to catch people's eye. They all also have a very eye catching image n them, whether that be a photographic image or a pattern, they are very minimalistic but they're eye catching to the audience. These images are also very edgy, which is what we would want on our band's CD, so these album covers are very good examples of other album covers that we would want to take ideas from and implement them on our own album covers.