Band Names

These are the band names that we came up with during one of our production meetings some of which were in all honesty pretty naff however the name we decided to go with No Individual was one of the good names to come from this brainstorm. 

1. Gas Panic
2. Jen and the Manetee's
3. Dovedales
4. Not for human consumption
5. clockwork orange
6. Tomato omato 
7. royale with cheese
8. outpost 31
9. fiddy bucks
10. clarance
11. wet breams
12. Three B's
13. gas-mark
14. No individual
15. Saving James

Video Inspiration 3

Alt-J Breezeblocks this music video offers a whole host of inspirational material because the video is filmed and then is played in reverse because of this there are a larde number of reverse action shots where bottles are smashed and then return to whole, this is something i would like to incorporate into our video as it shows editing skills. The other piece of inspiration i have drawn from this clip is where the woman is lying in the bath with the water turned red like blood this is something I would like to attempt because i feel that if this was done right this could be a hugely effective shot and would open up the video to a concept theme therefore making it something different to what the examiners have seen before.

Video Inspiration 2

The next video I draw inspiration from is the song 'Thinking Out Loud' from Ed Sheeran. I feel that the performance base of this video is solid and allows a star image to be built up extremely quickly and i feel that this is important because a music video is in effect an advert which many people will watch and this advert is firstly selling the song but is secondly selling the artist and this star image is hugely important because of this i draw inspiration from this video as i feel that performance is important and the development of a star is vital weather that be with one individual or as a band.

Video Inspiration 1

This video 'LSD' from A$AP Rocky is very interesting with the way the effects are used because of this i have the video listed as inspiration this is because i think it would be extremely effective to use the bright lighting to help change from shot to shot much like in this video. I feel this would be able to work with a concept video as you would be able to use darker colours to trasition into concept footage which would make the whole transition very smooth and very effective. In this video the light changing works as a bridge between shots for example where the cars headlight blends into the fire this is a seamless transition and i feel this could be achieved in our video.

Lip Sync Trials

To decide who would be the main singer in the music video we first had to figure out who was best at lip syncing to do this we were each given a sheet with the lyrics to the song and then we jumped in front of the camera and these are the results.

As a group we had a vote and the clear winner was James the first singer and he would then end up being out leading man. Second was Ben the last singer in the video who would be the second singer and last was me in the video I sing second and as you can see i am probably the worst so i end up on the drums. 

Pete Fraiser Tips

During the day off timetable Pete gave a talk on how to ensure you achieve the highest marks below are the points he raised and highlighted as important.

• Plan, Plan, Plan - Ensure you plan for everything to make sure you make the best out of your filming because there is nothing worse than turing up on location to find out you have forgotten the cameras or the tripods. Make a list and then check everything off once they are loaded into the car to be transported to the location. 
• Know Your Equipment - You need to make sure you know the limits and capabilities of the equipment you wish to use because if you want to shoot a extreme close up there is noting worse than the image coming out all fuzzy because the camera isn't good enough.
• Shoot More Than You Need - Pete advised us to shoot from a multitude of different angles with multiple cameras to ensure you get good quality usable footage. He advised to run through what needed filming a minimum of 4 times to ensure you get footage you can use because at the end of the day you can cut off extra footage but you cannot add more!
• The Edit - Piece together a 'Rough Edit' where you can get all of the footage down on the page so it makes some kind of sense and once it is all there in order work down to all the tiny adjustments rather than focusing on small adjustments and then realising the bigger picture is all wrong. 
• Use Other People - Gather tips and information from other peoples blogs other teachers and other music video directors as the more you know the more you can incorporate into your video and therefore the better it will be. 

What Jake Wynne Thought

We outlined the basic idea for our music video which allowed Jake to give us some feedback which would allow us to adapt certain shots we were hoping for as Jake thought they may not be possible on a small budget. However his main feedback points are listed below

• Structure - Without structure the whole video will not make sense and will look like a random assortment of footage this will then distract from the music therefore making the actual video redundant.
• Performance - To achieve higher marks add an element of performance which will show off the editing skills as it is very difficult getting lips perfectly synced onto the lyrics. 
• Flow - Make sure the video transitions so it is easy to understand however it doesn't have to tell a story it just needs to flow neatly. 

Social Media

All bands have a large presence on all social media platforms because of this we all felt that we should create social media accounts to enable us to look as professional as possible this would allow us to upload photos and say what we are doing in our filming shoots and when the video will be finished. We have set up a Twitter account @noindividual and a Facebook account which is proving to be more difficult because of facebooks rules about having to have a real name however we are working to get round this in order to be available on there as well. We are also looking to open a instagram account from which we will be able to post photos of our filming and editing which will allow the audience to see what we are doing and therefore become more interested with the band.

Costume Research

Costumes are key in any music video and this quickly became apparent because going out to film wearing our everyday clothes just doesn't look right and because of this we decided we needed to find costumes that we could wear to make us look like a band and also make us look more concept. I thought that we could wear army costumes with boots and camouflage trousers and tops however this idea couldn't be done because the costumes would cost too much and because we are a small band and a group of school age boys we were not able to afford these costumes and the same was to be said for every idea we had. We realised that we had a budget of about £10 total for all of the costumes and because of this we took to ebay to find some budget outfits to our surprise we managed to find some boiler suits and these were soon to become our costumes. We decided to get them in the colours of the union jack (Red,White and Blue) to signify that we are a up and coming British band.

Underwater Reserch

It was starting to become evident that water is a key feature in our music video and because of this we wanted to try and film underwater with the go pro and get some footage of James our lead singer looking like a lifeless body and some close ups of his face with the air bubbles coming out of his mouth. There is only one problem with this ambition and that is that it is hard to film in a swimming pool and still make it look professional. However we thought we would give it a shot because it would allow us to add more water shots into our final film and therefore would enable us to use water as the link we could use on our digipak and website. 

Reverse Shot Research

In our video we want to incorporate a shot where we can smash something up and send pieces flying everywhere and then reverse the action to make it look like the object is coming from noting and then becoming whole. This shot will be ambitious for the cameras we have at school so we are thinking about using the go pro to film this shot for two reason the first being the quality of the footage with the go pro will be a lot higher which will ultimately make the finished product look better, the second reason is that we don't want to damage any of the school cameras with flying pieces of glass and the go pro is almost unbreakable so it is a perfect piece of equipment which can be used to film this shot.

Below is what we want to achieve however it is demonstrated with a glass we want to try and use a ornament or something more unusual to add to our concept theme.

Digipak Reserch

We are aiming to create a concept music video and because of this our digipak needs to represent that we are a concept band and not just a every day boy band because of this we need to think carefully about how we show ourselves because we aren't what is going to be selling the records the music is going to be selling its self. A star image is less important to us as a concept band however a common theme is very important as then with this common theme we will be able to show this across all platforms and make the song instantly recognisable.

Risk Assessment

Below is the Risk Assessment that we needed to conduct prior to going out on location and shooting our video. When doing this all potential risks needed to be identified and the appropriate measures needed to be taken in order to minimise the risk of injury occurring.

Photos From First Shoot

These are the photos of our first shoot at the car park. These photos were taken by Will and Myself

Photo Shoots

We took time out of our lesson to disappear into the green room and take some photos which could potentially be used as album covers and band photos. We looked at how bands are generally positioned in photos as positioning really is key. We noticed that the bands are positioned in triangles because it allows you to see their whole face while looking compact and as a tight unit.

This band use two different types of positioning in the same photo as you can see on the left the three members are lined up to make a triangle this makes them look very serious and as a tight unit. The band members on the right are positioned so their eye level is as level as it can be and by doing this it makes them look very sinister. 

In our band photo you can see that we are set out in a triangle with  James at the back and Me and Ben to the sides and by doing this it makes us look very serious.