Filming: Studio

 

The Cassettes

The band poster

Representation of our band

 

Animatic of storyboard

Below is a storyboard we created as group including the shots, location and timings in terms of lyrics linking to visuals.

Planning our music video

Test shot

Plans for Mise En Scene

 
Schedule for shooting

Due to complications within the car park around Christmas, the owner had to move our shoot to January.

 

 

Filming permission

 

Record Labels

Focus Group

Below is our edited video of our presentation to our focus group. We expressed our ideas with examples and allowed votes and feedback for ideas. 



In our group, we all made separate presentations to present to our focus group (teenagers). Below is my presentation based upon ideas for our video and set themes.

 

Indie Rock Magazine - NME

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My Target Audience

Indie rock target audience from robynnwardd

The Music Industry

Intertextuality in Music Videos

Below is a presentation based upon intertextuality in music videos.

Indie Digipaks & Album Covers

Below is an analysation of indie digipaks, both solo and bands.

Below is a video that me and my group (Jade and Rachael) created analysing 2 indie digipaks. We explore the covers, insides, spines, back and extras. Link to video: (http://sendvid.com/xlyzf16c)

Indie Music Video Analysis

To help plan for our music video, I have researched the codes and conventions of indie/indie rock music videos. Below is a presentation (make full screen to view better):

Pop Music Video Analysis

Digipaks and Jewel Cases

Digipaks are considered as environmental friendly version of jewel cases (CD covers)as they are made from recycled materials such as milk bottles and egg cartons. Digipaks consist of a plastic disc tray that has been glued inside a folded cardboard case. Digipaks have several advantages in comparison to CD covers as they offer more to fans due to having 6 sides minimum compared to the CD case which is made up of a minimum of 2 sides. Digipaks offer audiences more than just a standard CD case as many include: posters, photos, lyrics, information, promotions etc. However, due to the material of Digipaks, you can argue that a jewel case is more likely to last longer as Digipaks tend to rip and tear after a while. This however can offer fans to protect the covers more.

Album Covers

 

The History of Indie Music

The History of Indie (Independent) Music


1980's - Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1980s. The genre itself is very diverse, with and includes sub-genres: indie rock, indie pop, jangle pop, and lo-fi, among others. Originally used to describe record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock.


1990's - Grunge bands broke into the mainstream, and the term "alternative" lost its original counter-cultural meaning. The term "indie rock" became associated with the bands and genres that remained dedicated to their independent status.


2000's - In the early 2000s, a new group of bands that played a stripped-down and back-to-basics version of guitar rock emerged into the mainstream. The commercial breakthrough from these scenes was led by four bands: The Strokes, The White Stripes, The Hives and The Vines.

Bibliography of Genre (Indie/Indie Rock)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcf6iQDWPEo – Peace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqlRElbxazs – The Little Ones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXwYJyrKK5A -  Two Door Cinema Club

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkaMiaRLgvY – The Kooks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwlgC-jSPTk – Bombay Bicycle Club

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8-tXG8KrWs – The Strokes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG6lTQNW04I – Vampire Weekend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ht80uzIhNs – Imagine Dragons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5G9tIe84lE – Neon Trees

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCdwKhTtNNw – The Neighbourhood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_wKWqKJDfw – Battles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_426RiwST8 – The Black Keys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8tLS_NOWLs – Arctic Monkeys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkubQCI4Fxo – The 1975

Analyse a music video in terms of femininity

Good Charlotte - Little Things Music Video Re-creation

For the re-creation of this music video, myself, Jade and Rachael are working as a team to direct and film the scenes within the classroom and beginning of the video. Below is the original video and a snapshot of the band labeled so we know who is who. 

We have created a shot by shot power point so we can analyse each shot and angle so we can re-create the same shots as in the video. The shots were originally in chronological order, but I have organised each shot in the same location or same person so we can film them at the same time to avoid mistakes with costume, camera angle and shot etc.

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Creating this music video is a practice for when we make our own music videos when we choose a track from a selected list. It will also help us recognise codes and conventions of certain music genres.


My final edit