Production Schedual- 03/01/2011

Today is the day we are going to be filming the final shots of our music video, because we are filming in one location we should ideally get the filming done within two hours. Here is the schedual I have given to our band in order for everything to run smoothly.

Times You Will Be Needed.

Gemma,Jason,Molly: 1.00-4.00pm
Micah,Sean,Jonny,Abr-1.30-3.30pm.

Where Will You Need To Be.

My house 68 Lodge Hill Welling Kent.

What You Will Need To Bring.
Just yourselves as I have all the guitar hero and camera equiptment at my house :).

Connecting with the band

 

As a group we wanted to make the band seem as real as possible, we decided to create them a twitter account, the reason we have decided upon this form of social networking is bcause of the media hype surrounded with it and because these guys are a young independant band we wanted there soical network to work in context with them. We also wanted to create a website that we can advertise on their CD cover and we feel with twitter we've created something very genuine.  http://twitter.com/#!/TwoMileRadius 

Planning The CD Cover

Today we started planning our Digi Packs, I began this process by planning my CD cover. I decided to start with the CD  cover because I feel that will give me an idea of how I want the promotional poster to look.  I decided to use photos that portray the band as fun and almost typical 18 year old lads. At the moment I feel this CD cover wouldn't look out of place on a shelf in HMV.

New Perfomance Shots

For our new perfromance shots we have decided to have the band playing guitar hero the reason we have decided to have this is our performance shots is because the song is all about being young and we feel this particular video game relates well to teenage boys in particular. We are going to set up the shots with lights and include a varity of angles and hopefully it will look very professional but its not until you look closely you realise their playing a video game.

Filming-Take Two

Whilst looking at the shots we filmed in the pub, we were getting a bit consernd at how the shots looked, we noticed there wasn't a vartiety of shots and the band themselves didn't look very energetic, so we had to re-think our ideas (yet again). We've decided to film the majority of the scenes focusing on the band having fun, and when we think of fun we mean just being 4 teenage boys. We've decided to make these shots look like a home movie and the performance shots to look really professional HOWEVER we have decided we would like the performance shots to be the band playing guitar hero, again to emphasise them as friends and as a band.

Rough Idea Of How I Want The Promotional Poster.

This is a rough idea of how I would like the promotional poster for our bands album to look. I've decided to make the poster black and white and the only thing to be in colour is the band themselves. I decided I wanted it like this because I wanted the band to stick out I also invison the bands name being in colour again so it stands out. Red is also the main colour in advertising so I think this factor will would work well in the advertising world.

THINGS TO CONSIDER: The font of the band name and album single and release date

Photos for the promotional elements

New Direction For The Video

As we were filming we wanted something to give the video abit more substance, we decided  that in the main bulk to the video we wanted to show the band having fun, we've decided we want the shots of the band having fun to look like a home movie-much like the video for Star Girl by Mcfly.

Organising The Shoot- Take 2

Weather

I decided to have a look at the gold old english weather, the reason for this is because we are taking the majority of the promotional poster shots outside we want to know what the weather has in store so we can make a plan b or so we can work with the conditions.

Where?

This is the route to the pub from my house, the reason I have entered it from this location is because this is the map I gave to the band, because on saturday they will be meeting from my house. It also gives an indication of how far we will be travelling with instruments and indeed the band.

Location Found

Today myself and Jason went on a "pub crawl" in order to find the perfect pub for us to film in, the pub we found was the Duchess of Edinburgh pub (convinantly placed right near our school) we have the function room from 12.00-3.30 on Saturday 27th of Novemeber. As well as looking for the pub we also had to find the cafe we want to film in, just down the road from the pub is Wickham Cafe we went in and asked the owner if we could film in the facility and he agreed; we are going to film the cafe scenes on Thursday 24th of Novemeber.

Production Schedule

TITLE:  Two Mile Radius Music Video Shoot
DATE:  25/11/2010 
LOCATION:  Cafe in Welling
TIME:  1.30pm until 3.30pm



PEOPLE WE WILL NEED.
Jason Summerfield
Molly Baxter
Gemma Banham (Me)
Micah Trespeuch
Jonny Lilly
Sean Roberts
Alex (ABR) Brennand-Roper
TIMES WE WILL NEED THEM.
Micah Trespeuch- 1.30pm until 3.30pm
Jonny Lilly- 1.30pm until 3.30pm
Sean Roberts - 1.30pm until 3.30pm
Alex (ABR) Brennand-Roper- 1.30pm until 3.30pm

Gemma Banham- 1.30pm until 4.00pm
Jason Summerfield- 1.30pm until 4.00pm
Molly Baxter- 1.30pm until 4.00pm

ROLES OF THE PEOPLE.
Gemma Banham- Director, Photographer, Band Organiser
Molly Baxter-  Director, Photographer, Props Cordinator
Jason Summerfield-  Co-Director, Costume Planner

THE BAND'S ROLES.
Sean Roberts- Lead singer/Bass Player
Micah Trespeuch- Backing Singer/Pianist
Jonny Lilly- Backing Singer/ Drummer
Alex (ABR) Brennand-Roper- Backing Singer/Guitarist.

Video Shoot Location List

As we were unable to film the scenes of the house party we had to think where we wanted to film; We've decided the next best thing would be to film in a pub, therefore we've had to re-think our Video and Photo shoot location list, so here it is.

VIDEO SHOOT.
LOCATION LIST
PUB: We've decided to use the function room of a local pub to film the band playing a "Gig" to some fans, we would like to make the gig look as if the gig is being put on as part of the album promo and we think with the right lighting this will look really nice. In terms of filming little sinnpits of people having fun in the party we've decided we want to create this element in the pub but with snippits of average pub life e.g. Girls gossiping in the toilets, boys chatting at the bar, people playing snooker, that type of thing.
CAFE: A general east london cafe to film the band the day after the gig, we also want this element to document the band being a tight nit group of friends and we think if we film it right this could create a decent and realistic video shoot.


The reason we have chosen to use two location is because we want to keep the video as simple as possible.



PROP LIST
INSTRUMENTS: Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Piano, Micraphones,Amps
CAFE STUFF: Food, Coffee/Tea, Condiments
PUB STUFF: Pints of cider (to work in context with the brief), Dart board, Snooker table, general things you would find in a pub.

Journal-19/11/2010

In todays lesson we began planning our Digi Packs. At first I was a bit confused about what I want my Digi Pack to look, because we changed the perfomance shots to a pub I thought it would make sense to have the photos from the perfomance shots onto the poster.In todays lesson we began planning our Digi Packs. At first I was a bit confused about what I want my Digi Pack to look, because we changed the perfomance shots to a pub I thought it would make sense to have the photos from the perfomance shots onto the poster.

The colour scheme I have chosen for my poster  is red and black mainly because I feel they stand out and wouldn't look out of place next to a real bands cover. I feel that the image should almost look like a fly on the wall photo because of the setting the photos are going to be taken in. In regards to the font for the I feel it should have some relevance to the band, I feel it appropriate to have the font from Magners Cider I feel this will work well in context with our brief, and it will appeal to our target audience, which is 18-25 year olds, cider also has connotations of youth and party's, which is the main theme of our video. The main image on the poster I feel should document fun and when you look at it I want you to be intruged and to go out and buy this bands album.

In terms of the CD cover I feel it should work in conjunction with the promotional poster so I feel the font on the cover should be the same as that with the poster, so again the font from Magners Cider will be used. I will also use the same colour scheme as the poster for my CD cover and seeing as red,black and white are the main colours in advertising it will really help the poster stick out.

Another way I feel I can make the poster stick out is the use of keeping a few things in colour and the rest in black and white, so I plan on keeping just the band memebers in colour and the rest of the images in black and white, in order to make the band the main focus of the image. The track names will also be in red again so they stand out.

The images for the CD cover will be taken during the cafe shots again like a fly on the wall type photos again to document the band just being teenage boys having a goodtime after a party. On the back cover the bands record lable will be displayed and hopefully any other ways to get in touch with the band. I feel the CD cover should document as much fun as the video does and I feel if we capture the right images we will be able to pull off this affect.

Another element I want to include on my CD cover is having any extra people made out of focus again making the band stand out and intruiging people to buy the album and to discover what the band is about. I feel with the CD cover we have a right to display the band for what they are fun loving teenage boys who enjoy making music, which is something I feel I will be able to convay with these posters and CD covers.

A Sudden Change Of Plan

Today we ran into a little problem, the house we were going to film the party in is now unavalible for us to shoot in. So I suggested to the group we film the band having fun in a recording studio but one of the memebers in our group wasn't really feeling the idea. So I suggested we film in a function room of a pub and make it look like the band are performing a gig to a group of friends, and since I know some people that own pubs we thought this would be the most suibtable solution. In regards to making the funtion room look pack we are going to consider how tightly we shoot each frame. We are still going to include P.O.V shots but this time of the people in the pub and we are going to try and portray little snap shots of life in a pub on a friday night.

The New Band

Micah Trespeuch- Backing Singer and Pianist

 Sean Roberts-Lead Singer and Bassist.

Jonny Lilly- Backing Singer and Drum Player

Alex (ABR) Brennand-Roper- Backing Singer and Guitarist

Animatic

This is the animatic to our music video, as you can probably see the main plan is to flit from scene to scene in order to show the people having a good time and the band playing; The majority of the party  shots are all going to be point of view shots. The shots in the cafe will be the morning after the party. UNFORTUNATLY youtube removed our song but this is our animatic

The New Props List

VIDEO SHOOT.
LOCATION LIST
HOUSE:The house of one of the band members- this is too film the house party elemant of our music video. CAFE: A general east london cafe to film the band the morning after the party.

The reason we have chosen to use two location is because we want to keep the video as simple as possible.
PROP LIST
INSTRUMENTS: Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Piano, Micraphones,Amps LIGHTS: Fairy lights to decorate the house and garden with, in order to create a realistic party setting. PARTY OBJECTS: Cups (Plastic Red), Drinks, People.
COSTUME LIST
Alex: Alex will be the backing singer and lead guitarist of the band, we've decided we would like him to wear jeans  a smart yet casual t-shirt, a. We have also decided we'd like him in smart shoes (converses,boots ect).
MICAH: Micah will be the pianist for the band, we have decided we like him to be in casual jeans and a general t-shirt  and again a casual jacket. We have also deiced we'd like him to wear converses or vans.
SEAN: Sean will be the bands bass player and lead singer. We would like sean to wear a smart polo shirt and smart jeans, we would also like him to wear a casual jacket. As a group we have decided we would like sean to wear lace up low top vans, in order to create the smart casual look.
JONNY:  Jonny will be the bands drum player. We would like Jonny to wear a simlar outfit to Sean and Micah, again to create the smart causal look.

PHOTO SHOOT:

LOCATION: 
HOUSE: Micahs house before the party, all the instruments will be set up almost like pre-party, we would also like to have some outside shots of the band with the fairy lights behind them. The shots outside will show the band having fun whereas the shots inside will be the band with there instruments to show what the band is really about.
PROP LIST:

• Bass Guitar
• Electric Guitar
• Drums
• Amps
• Piano
• Micraphones
• Micraphone Stands
• Fairy Lights (outside)

COSTUMES.

ALEX : Alex will be the backing singer and lead guitarist of the band, we've decided we would like him to wear black jeans a smart yet casual t-shirt. We have also decided we'd like him in smart shoes (converses,boots ect).



MICAH: Micah will be the pianist for the band, we have decided we like him to be in casual jeans and a general t-shirt and again a casual jacket. We have also deiced we'd like him to wear converses or vans.


SEAN: Sean will be the bands bass player and lead singer. We would like sean to wear a smart polo shirt and smart jeans, we would also like him to wear a casual jacket. As a group we have decided we would like sean to wear lace up low top vans, in order to create the smart casual look.

JONNY: Jonny will be the bands drum player. We would like Jonny to wear a simlar outfit to Sean and Micah, again to create the smart causal look.

A Few Little Changes

Unfortunately Ben was unavailable to film on the day we wanted to film. So we had a think and we've decided to get someone else to play the guitar in our video. After a lot of thinking we've decided to appoint our friend Alex as the guitarist. Therefore we've had to re-arrange our band order so the new band order is

Sean Roberts- Lead Singer and Bass Player
Alex- Backing Singer and Guitarist
Micah Trespeuch- Backing Singer and Pianist
Jonny Lilly- Backing Singer and Drummist