Ancillary products

For our ancillary products we chose to produce a band website and a CD cover.

Whilst creating them as a group, we discovered that we a difference in opinion for how each of them should look. Therefore, we decided to create two lots of each product, and to then decide which one we preferred.

Black and white;

One of the ideas we had was to have a black and white theme. Therefore, all the photos are in black and white as well as the background and text for the website and CD cover.
This set of products focusses on the band, with the photos being entirely of them, as well as having the CD cover using a full length photo of the band. We thought that this theme would fit in with the Indie rock aspect of the Kooks.

 

Colourful;

The other idea was to use melancholic colours, and a vintage looking feel. These focus on the female character within our music video, as well as using a lot of nature pictures. The website is much more colourful. However, the majority of the CD cover is black and white. We thought that this theme would fit in well with the Indi pop aspect of the Kooks, which is what genre the song is.

 

Writing for our CD cover.

Today we have been trying to find a suitable font for the writing on our CD cover.
These are our options,

CD cover ideas.

• Use a photo of the band, but have a mainly white background.
• Use the female character in the photo, with a natural background (the sky, trees, water etc.)
• Have a plain background, with only the writing on.
• A picture of nature on its own, featuring mainly the sky.
• Edit two photos together, keeping the nature aspect of the video involved.

What's next?

To do list;

• Make the digi-packs,
• Create the final website,
• Film the narrative section of the music video (when/if it stops raining)
• Create a rough cut of the music video,
• Get feedback from peers.

Equipment list

For tomorrows filming we need to remember to take;

• 2 camcorders
• 1 DSLR camera
• 3 tripods
• 1 set of headphones
• 3 lyric sheets
• Shot list
• Storyboards

Lyrics

Today we checked the lyrics to ensure that they were correct. We also decided that we were going to have some backing singing, but only for the words 'Well uh oh, oh'.

These are the correct lyrics

Filming day

Tomorrow we will be going to the Dcas centre to film the performance section of our music video.

The aim of tomorrow is to have completed all filming for the performance section, with a wide range of shots. In order to get these we have decided to take two cameras in an attempt to get as many shots as possible, but still with good continuity.

Storyboards

These are the storyboards that we created which will allow us to get the shots and scenes that we want. It will stop us from forgetting to do anything, and will give us a guideline as to what angles and shots we want to capture. 

practice lip synching

 

This is a (very poorly lit) video, where we practiced lip synching. We also used this as an opportunity to decide who we wanted to us for the singer in our band.

We have decided to use Dominic as the singer, as we think he looks more effective and he felt more comfortable singing in front of a camera.

Planning our idea.

Over the past two weeks we have began planning the concept behind our music video.
At first we thought that we could have two story lines, as this is what the song suggests. However, after going to see the recording studio at the DCAS centre, we now think it would be better to just have one storyline, and have a bigger section of the video to be performance based.

Here are a few pictures of a mind map I made whilst brainstorming ideas;

Request for permission from the record label.

Today I sent an email to The Kooks record label seeking permission to use their song.

Planning a location for our performance section.

 

 We thought that this sound deck could look effective for some shots of us recording the song. 

We went to visit the DCAS centre today. We had a little tour and then went to look at the recording studios.
We have decided that this location will definitely be used in the video, and so I took some pictures to help when storyboarding.

Why we chose the song

This is a video of our the meeting we had, discussing why we chose the song; she moves in her own way by The Kooks.

Finding a location for a potential performance shot.

During a group discussion. regarding which locations for a performance scene, we came up with the idea that using a local creative arts studio could look effective.

The place of interest is called 'Donut Creative Arts Studio' and allows people to hire their recording studios. We emailed them shortly after making up the decision;

This picture is a link to their website. 

and it didn't take long for them to reply;



The Kooks - She moves in her own way.

We have finally decided on a song choice that we wish to use for out music video. The song is 'She moves in her own way' by Indie pop band, The Kooks. The members originate from Brighton and formed the band in 2004. They released the song in 2006 and it is still one of their most famous singles.

This is the song;

New group members.

Since coming back from the summer holiday we have decided to team up with another group, to mix our skills so we can hopefully make an even better music video.
I am now working with; Dominic Collins, Harry Jackson, and Misha Armstrong.