Making a title font - PhotoShop

We decided that we would have a go at making a title to use across the ancillary texts and video for the band and song. We thought it would be best if we had a consistent title to keep the same style across all the texts we are creating as that would be what proffessionals would do.

Practice Shoot

Although we have ultimately decided to go with 'where is my mind' as our music video idea we originally filmed a number of shots for the Dear Victor song. Although these songs will not be used to create a video they have allowed us to have a first hand experience of filming a video and working with different shots on the camera. Therefore when we commence production on our actual video we will already have had sufficient practice which would help massively.

Pitch Idea Impressions

Due to the feedback from our peers and our own personal preference when planning, we have decided to go with where is my mind by the pixies as our song of choice for the music video as recent posts would suggest.

Filming Schedule

29th Sept - Thursday - Will film in town, outside the abandoned school, on tram and at School.

October - We will film at the tunnel and in the woods surrounding it.

October - We will film at a warehouse in town, for the second location.


Props List

Guitar.
Mask.

We need minimal props for the shoots due to our reliance more on costume and location.

StoryBoard

Draft of Magazine Ad ancillary text - Hand drawn/Computer Mock ups

Draft of Digipak Ancillary text - Hand drawn/Image inspiration

This hand drawn version of my planned digipak really allowed me to understand the kind of ideas and style i wanted to include in my digipak.
Below are some images that inspire my digipak designs.

Inspiration - Quick cuts (editing)

Below is a video i found on youtube which is a fan edited music video for the Twenty one pilots song 'Message Man'. It uses clips from Fight Club and Mr robot (two big influences for our video) and uses very clever and smooth cuts through brilliant editing. This is something that is inspiring us with when we come to shoot and edit our video, and not something we want to imitate but put our own spin on it.

Permisison to make Video

We contacted the manager of The Pixies, Richard Jones via email. Asking permission to make the music video for the song 'Where is my mind' to avoid copyright infringement.

Our other idea - Pitch

Our other idea from David Thomas

Our Idea - Pitch

Our idea from David Thomas

Song Lyrics - Where is my mind

Ooh, stop

With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
But there's nothing in it
And you'll ask yourself

Where is my mind
Where is my mind
Where is my mind

Way out in the water
See it swimmin'

I was swimmin' in the Caribbean
Animals were hiding behind the rock
Except the little fish
But they told me, he swears
Tryin' to talk to me koi koy

Where is my mind
Where is my mind
Where is my mind

Way out in the water
See it swimmin'

With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
If there's nothing in it
And you'll ask yourself

Where is my mind
Where is my mind
Where is my mind

Way out in the water
See it swimmin'

Ooh
With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Ooh
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Ooh
Ooh

I feel that the song has a very sombre but surreal tone to it and this is something I would like to really represent in the final video we make through interesting use of camera (varied shots) and some more adventurous editing in post production (possible colour correction/fast cuts)

Mood Board

Mood board from David Thomas

This Mood Board really allowed me to compile lots of images that all represent the same theme and inhabit the indie genre. Therefore this means that I can now decipher the aspects of the genre I want to take inspiration from and create a video that adheres to the conventions of the indie rock genre.

Shooting Schedule

9th August 2016 - Pre-Filming, Storyboard planning, Final Arrangments. 14th August 2016 - Filming at the Loft in Longeaton - Practice room shots 18th August 2016 - Filming at the Southbank Bar in Nottingham - Gig Shots Note: Any Re-shoots needed will be added

Costume/Props

Location Recce Shots

Mapperley train tunnel, Nottingham
School Media Studio
Elms Primary School

The are shots of locations the music video will be filmed in, taking these shots allowed us to get of feel of the location and understand how the camera should be used to full effect. It allowed us to be able to understand the lighting needed in shots and how much space we had to move the camera and what kind of shots were possible. These shots were taken from online posts as we have not been able to go to the locations yet and will do so for the first time when we film.

Edited*

We eventually ended up not filming at the tunnel but instead in the woods surrounding it for the final scene of the video.

Brainstorming/Digipak Ideas

Below are some brainstorming ideas Guy and I had for the music video we are going to create. The fact that we did this allowed us to get a feel for the kind of narrative or visual story we wanted to present within our video, brainstorming different story ideas also allowed us to have a variety of ideas and the abilty to pick and choose the best bits from both. Note: This is very rough brainstorming

Digipak Ideas Here are the rough drawing we created of our digipak ideas. We are hoping to be able to create something unique that stands out and practising a variety of different drawings helped us do that.

Indie Rock/Alt Rock Target audience

who are The target audience?
Create your own infographics

Above is an infographic me and my partner both found which helped inform us of who the main target audience is for our chosen genre of music. Although it includes a few things we already had presumptions about and knew a few of the statistics it has also allowed to discover more about the genre and the kinda of audience we will bw targeting which is very helpful.