All the band shots should be completed this Saturday as the group are going to Pirate Studios for a 5 hour session to get these done. In that time also, a few narrative scenes will also be filmed. We are then going to be filming on the Sunday also, all day if needed to re film scenes and film the ones we were unable to complete. If all goes to plan, all filming should be done by Sunday night. Which leaves us with a week to edit the music video, as well as some remaining time to re film areas again if needed.
After discussing thoroughly with our media teachers on advice for
our music video, we have decided on the narrative for our music video Remain
with the initial idea and emphasise the intensity with more shots, faster cuts
and changes to editing. We will re-film shots which are necessary to have
less white space and tighter framing. The video will involve a
mysterious killer, who out of vengeance, hunts down the man that killed his
brother when he was a young boy. The Hunter tracks him down and stalks him like
prey through the woods. We would reveal “The Hunter” as a younger child in the
middle of the video as a flashback scene. This will be apparent though a pause
in the middle of the video, where the soundtrack changes to a disturbing beep
taken from Time to Dance by The Shoes. The flashback will reveal The Hunter's
motive and how it turned a troubled teen into an angry killer.
We have then been instructed to film different
possible endings and see which one fits best:
We would have a loop connecting the start and
the end together (the start is the end with a slight change). The Hunter will
come into the studio at the end, take off his mask and then as he is walking up
to the mic, the video would cut and a black screen would be shown. Matching
similar shots shown at the beginning of the video.
Another ending idea would be at the end after “The
Hunter” has just killed the victim, a face reveal would be shown showing the
mysterious person taking off his mask, to actually reveal that it is the
victim. Which would indicate that he is killing himself.
Another idea is that towards the end of the
video, The Hunter (lead singer) appears at the studio door where the band are
waiting to record; the band (Drummer and Guitarist) look up and are shown to be
shocked/surprised, and the scene cuts to black.
Another variation is that all members (lead
singer, guitarist and drummer) are there about to start recording, but then The
Hunter walks through the door, and
all band members look up, and it is shown that the “The Hunter" takes off his mask and he is actually the
same person as the lead singer. The scene would then cut to black.
Our music video's narrative was an idea we had from the start of this project. It involved a mysterious killer who out of vengeance hunts down the man that killed his brother when he was a young boy. The Hunter tracks him down and stalks him like prey through the woods. We would reveal the Hunter as a younger child in the middle of the video as a flashback (this will be apparent though a pause in the middle of the video where the soundtrack changes to a haunting sound taken from the music video of Time to Dance by The Shoes) - The flashback will reveal The Hunter's motive and how it turned a troubled teen into a angry killer. At the end of the video we would reveal the face of the hunter, being the young boy and the lead singer of our band.
After getting back our feedback, we were told that changes needed to be made to this narrative. We have been told that our video's narrative is to typical and predictable and that it must be more intense, unique and out of the ordinary so it will stand out. We were then show this video to take as inspiration:
From here, we have discussed a number of ideas that we could implement to change our video:
1. Remain with the initial idea and emphasise the intensity with more shots,faster cuts and changes to editing. We will re-film shots which are necessary to have less white space and tighter framing.
2. We would take inspiration from the likes of Groundhog Day and Edge of Tomorrow and have the Hunter repeat this day over and over again, killing the same victim, progressively getting more and more tired of the repeated day, until one day (at the end of the video) he decides not to kill and he is knocked out from behind.
3. Another idea was to have two killers. Both assigned with killing the same victim. We would then have both killers stalk the victim until the end where they meet and stand-off against each other. 4. The Hunter as a kid is then shown at the end of the video, in the background of the shot, watching the older version of himself killing the person that killed his brother. Face reveal at the end which shows it is actually the kid when he is older. 5. Another ending idea would be at the face reveal it shows that the hunter is actually the victim and he is killing himself. 6. Another idea is that towards the end of the video, The Hunter appears at the studio door where the band are recording; the band look shocked/surprised, and the scene cuts to black. 6A. To lead on from this idea we could have The Hunter massacre the band 6B .Dump the victims body into the studio and then leaves. 6C. The Hunter kills himself after entering the studio. 6D. A shot is shown early on in the video showing The Hunter walking out a room which shows he killed a previous band member (mise en scene = guitar, drumsticks to show he was in the band) and then at the end the hunter turns up at the studio and kills the band. 6E. We would have a loop connecting the start and the end (the start is the end). The Hunter will come into the studio at the end and take his mask off,walk up to the mic, matching the same shot that reveals the singer at the beginning of the video.
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.
Here are the best images taken from our photo shoot. It was a good success as it was planned well in terms of the types of poses, framing and clothing required for the photos to look good. The quality of the pictures are excellent, and that is down to setting up the correct equipment properly, getting the lighting right and using a high quality camera.
In terms of the styling, we looked to Slaves for inspiration. They are shown to wear casual clothing which is the intention we went for in one set of clothing. But then they also liked to look punk which was why we decided to have a punk artist on the lead singers top and we all wore black. The glasses are also symbolic of Slaves, and we were able to borrow similar glasses to them off a classmate which was really helpful. We felt this would give the photo the edge needed to make the band look more punk and different. Hair styles were also changed so that artists suited the genre better.
