Rough Draft

I filmed this rough draft to get to grips with my equipment (Camera, tripod) and also to practice using the editing software progamme's i-Movie and Final Cut. The Lip Syncing is very bad in this video and it's definitely something I hope to improve upon.

Animatic

This is an animated version of my storyboard. I used my handheld camera, and a tripod to film my Storyboard and edited it on iMovie. I chose to do an animatic storyboard over a hand drawn one because I thought it was more accurate as I could edit my animatic in iMovie so the scenes cut to the beat of the music

Planning of My Music Video

                     




Synopsis – The Narrative

Muted Scene before the music starts of couple having an argument then the man, walks out. Second/third verse is montages of their life together, he writes a note saying meet me if you still want to be together (or something similar) and the last line of the final verse he is waiting alone. My synopsis relates to the song because the song is about a man who wants a steady relationship and wants another chance this time no ups and downs and he is hoping this time round if he gets another chance the relationship could be steadier, so he looks back on his relationship (shown through the montages) deciding even though she isn’t the absolute perfect girl, but she’s perfect for him.

Performance

A lot of music from the indie pop genre includes performance, so for my performance I’m going to have the lead singer in a very plain and basic room,on a stool playing the guitar in the corner.

Target Audience Research - Results

Question 4 part 2  'Other' replies

Looking at my results I can see that a majority of my target audience are male, so I will try and aim my music videos towards a male audience. Indie Rock isn't a particular feminine music genre so this shouldn't be to challenging. I can also see that most of them are aged 16-18 so I should remember this whilst filming and try not to include any issues not relevant to teenagers. I should try and make sure my music video has  a guitar and/or other instruments being played, indie rock style clothing as well as a male lead singer, 'a set of drums' and bleak setting. My video should also heavily performance based and slightly concept based. 

Target Audience Research

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FMWG25H

Other Artists and Ideas

Scott Pilgrim vs The World - Black Sheep (cover)


In the 2010 film Scott Pilgrim vs The World, they cover a song by Metric called black sheep. I Liked it because it was different to the original song. I decided not to do it because it was hard to find a good quality mp3 of this song.

Chase and Status - Take Me Away 


This song was released in 2008 and has no music video, I wanted to do it because it is one of my favourite songs. I decided not to do it because the song has very little singing and has heavy drum and bass, and I thought it would be harder to find a narrative or concept to this song as it is so fast and upbeat. I also wanted my main singer to be male and not female, and the main singer in this song is female.

Artist Profile

This is some background on the artist i've chosen.

Bright eyes is an American Indie Folk/Rock band
from Omaha Nebraska, the band consists of Singer/songwriter and guitarist Conor Oberst and Producer, trumpet and piano player Mike Mogis. Bright Eyes have been active since 1998 and have since released 8 albums, their album Fevers and Mirrors (2000) placed 170 on Pitchfork Media's best 200 albums of the decade, whilst their 2002 album Lifted sold over 250,000 copies a
breakthrough for the bands record label, Saddle Creek Records (at said time) The band released their first album 'A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995–1997' in 1998. The band was active for 13 years and released their final album in February 2011.


Why I chose this song


When I was trying to decide what song I wanted to do for my coursework I didn't know what genre I wanted to do, but I did know that I wanted it to be a slow song and I also want the protagonist to be male. When I listened to this song a narrative came to mind, and it fit my criteria so I decided to do it.

My Song of Choice

Lyrics


This is the first day of my life
I swear I was born right in the doorway
I went out in the rain suddenly everything changed
They're spreading blankets on the beach

Yours is the first face that I saw
I think I was blind before I met you
Now I don't know where I am
I don't know where I've been
But I know where I want to go

And so I thought I'd let you know
That these things take forever
I especially am slow
But I realize that I need you
And I wondered if I could come home

Remember the time you drove all night
Just to meet me in the morning
And I thought it was strange you said everything changed
You felt as if you'd just woke up
And you said "this is the first day of my life
I'm glad I didn't die before I met you
But now I don't care I could go anywhere with you
And I'd probably be happy"

So if you want to be with me
With these things there's no telling
We just have to wait and see
But I'd rather be working for a paycheck
Than waiting to win the lottery
Besides maybe this time is different
I mean I really think you like me