Examples of 3 CD covers

 

This is the debut album of the band Ramones, which is also the name of there fist album. This was done to further promote the name and image of the band to avoid confusion between the name of the band and the album cover considering it was their first major publicity. The genre of the album is 'punk rock' and the clothing and the location match this rock genre. There are lots of symbols of the rock genre in the band members appearance and clothing, firstly all the band members have long hair which is a connotation of a rock artist and adds to their rockstar image. All members are wearing leather jackets and rugged and ripped jeans which also represent the rockstar image. The location with the brick wall and graffiti highlights a remote and dangerous area that would be associated with a rock band.

Photos from shooting days

Call List: Field

Account Of Shooting: Day 4

Regroup: After we regrouped in preparation for the final stretch after the previous day being so successful we had even more desire to smash the last day. After, we approached skilled drummer 'Sam Pins' at 'Battle of the Bands' and offered him a contract we were crossing our fingers hoping he would sign. And he did!!!! This means we will have a top class drummer who knows the song and when and which drum part needs to be hit, this will be amazing for our music video. We watched the footage we got from day 3 and were very pleased with it but of course will still reshoot particular shots which need to be fixed slightly. Onto day 4 we go!!!!


10:05am: Group go to media classroom and download the footage from yesterday and begin reviewing it in order to see what shots need to be reshot on the last day.

11:20am: Group set a plan for the final day so everything is organised and can be filmed as efficiently as possible so we get all our shots in.

12:00pm: Lunch time. Prepare all instruments so when 'Sam' the drummer arrives everything is ready to start immediately with the band shots.

12:40pm: Last lesson of the day.

13:30pm: End of the day. Group meet at the studio and await for the arrival of 'Sam' as well.

13:40pm: All the band shots with 'Ethan,' 'Dylan' and 'Sam' begins using all five backgrounds.

15:00pm: Now we repeated shots of 'Dylan' in the straight jacket as the patient as well as him being the rockstar with his guitar.

16:00pm: Final shots completed of close ups which will be added into the music video.


17:00pm: Tidy up and return all props to where we got them from and load up the car will all the props we brought in.

17:30pm: Day over. Leave the studio and leave the site.


Evaluation: Great last day of filming. We were able to finish all the shots that were on our animatic plus many more which will provide us with a diverse group of shots to create and edit our music video extremely well and portray our idea to the best of our ability with the shots we have gotten.

Account Of Shooting: Day 3

Regroup: After we regrouped and watched the footage from day 2 in our free period and lunch we learnt a lot. We learnt from the footage of the band shots that we needed the drummer 'Jared' to show more passion and engagement with the rest of the band when he was playing, therefore he will connect better with the audience. Additionally, we also understood that main actor 'Dylan' was struggling consistently with the second verse of the song which meant the lip syncing wasn't as in sync as we would've liked. This problem has led us to add dedicated time with Dylan to help him learn the words better as we know the lip syncing part of the music video is essential. Apart from the problems we have addressed we were delighted with the rest of the footage and the things that we all learnt and we will therefore re film certain aspects. To day 3 we go!!!!

10:10am: The group have a free period so go to the media suite to download all the footage and watch it in order to gain valuable information about day 2 and learn from it going into day 3.

12:30pm: Lunch Time. The group will reassemble at 13:35pm in the studio.

13:35pm: Group meet at the studio to begin filming.

13:45pm: We begin with filming new shoots. We move the glass box and put the brain inside it and chains around it to film the shots of the main actor as a patient (costumer = straight jacket) looking and taking the brain out of the box looking extremely confused and lost. We film these shots in 5 different background colours, being, white, blue, green, red and pink.

14:55pm: Break for five minutes after an intense start using some very bright lights.

15:00pm: We carry on with the glass box brain/chain shots with the 5 colours, but this time the main actor is in his rockstar clothes. We are doing this as we are trying to create the vision we have for editing which will be his patient self looking at his rockstar self across from one another in the same shot (opposite sides of the glass box, looking at the brain). This took a fraction of the time as we only needed to capture one certain shot of the main actor as his rockstar self.

15:20pm: Main actor 'Dylan' is practicing the words to improve the lip syncing when we are filming the band shots and rockstar shots.

15:40pm: Repeat solo rockstar shots of main actor as the rockstar. Whole song with white (default) background. Wide shots, close ups, medium shots (the variety will allow us to edit in the best parts)

16:10pm: New shots of the main character as the rockstar with his guitar were being taken such as low angle close ups with the main actor in new and more unique positions to make the editing of the shots more exciting. Also birds-eye view shots were taken which we really liked and think will fit in really well in a particular section of the song.

16:50pm: Shots of the main actor being the rockstar throwing the brain at the wall and smashing the brain with a wooden baseball bat. Also shots of him smashing up an old VCR machine on the white chair with the chains around it, smashing it with the wooden baseball bat showing his immense anger.

17:30pm: Day 3 finished. Group leave site. Group will regroup tomorrow for day 4.

Evaluation: Another successful day shooting, repeating some shots from the previous day (solo shots of rockstar) as well as new shots with the glass box with the brain and chains with the main actor as his rockstar self and patient self in the straight jacket. All the glass box shots were done in the five different background colours that we have been consistently been using. However, some shots that we aimed to re shoot, such as all the scenes with the band (the whole song for each shot) in all the different background colours couldn't be done today because of the school annual competition of 'Battle of the Bands,' thus meaning we cant use the instruments we need. This means a fourth day in the studio is a certainty and will be done tomorrow. Additionally, in the group recap we learned that 'Jared' wasn't our number one option to be the drummer in the band which has led us to approach a drummer who is participating in the battle of the bands and will fit the role really well. The drummer called 'Sam Pins' has told us he would participate in day 4 which will be a very useful addition, hopefully he commits and keeps his word. Lastly, one of the bigger problems was the main actor 'Dylan' struggling with the lip syncing as he would forget words occasionally and struggled with verse two. Cleverly we allocated 20 minutes of todays shoot to Dylan being able to study and rehearse the song consistently for that period of time which led to the solo shots of him being the rockstar to be significantly better which was a huge positive for the music video. Onwards and upwards to day 4!!!!

Account Of Shooting: Day 2

Regroup: After we regrouped after Day 1 we discussed the acting situation and whether or not 'Noah' should keep the part as the main actor of the 'patient' and the 'rockstar.' In conclusion, we decided to release 'Noah' as the main actor. This is because, we plan to have at least a total of 2 shooting days in the studio, each of 5 hours filming therefore we converged with 'Noah' and he was unable to commit to consecutive days of filming. This resulted in a group decision to make us the actors! 'Dylan' will be the main actor, 'Jack' will be the role of the nurse, 'Ethan' and 'Jared' will be members of the band with 'Dylan' as well who is a rockstar in the band. We decided this would be the best course of action to give this group the best chance of success. We are all passionate about our idea, we know the idea inside and out and motivated to get the absolute best grade. Lastly, we know what each character needs to do and how they must act, therefore as group members participating as actors we will all have consistent contributions to the music video and express all the feelings and characteristics that we want our actors to portray in order to related to the audience as best as possible.

13:45pm: The group had a free period so we instantly began filming and repeating all the shots done yesterday as 'Dylan' was the new main actor therefore all shots we did with 'Noah' were repeated such as the shots in the straight jacket in the chair with the chains around him, the shot with the nurse giving the main actor the pill and also the shots of the main actor in their rockstar clothes playing the guitar. All the shots we did had wide shots, medium shots, close ups and some shots had over the shoulder shots.

14:40pm: Free period ends. Group dissemble to their last lesson of the day.

15:45pm: Last lesson finished. Group immediately meet in the studio.

16:00pm: Little details that have fallen apart such as the tape against the wall had to be mended slightly. A new detail was added to the studio which was a 'High Voltage Danger' sign which covers the black plug box.

16:15pm: The shot of the main actor standing up in his rockstar clothes with the guitar around him and looking at where the white chair would. This is because we plan to edit the two shots together of when the main actor is his rockstar self looking down at him being a patient in a mental institution to really emphasise the different lives and capture the contrast.

16:45pm: Close up of the main actor in his rockstar clothes with his guitar singing the whole song so we can edit in the clips we like.

17:30pm: Moved onto the band shots. Group went to the music department to get the entire drum set and a base guitar which meant we had all three instruments, one for each rockstar of the band. Set up actors and instruments in the correct positions in order to begin with the band shots.

17:45pm: Band shots begin. Wide shot of band so all actors and instruments can be seen. We shot in the white background as well as adding four different colour filters (red, green, blue, pink) and filmed the whole song for each colour with some retakes as well. This was the toughest part of the filming as we needed to get all three actors in sync with the way they were moving and the way they were playing their instruments to go with the sounds in the song. We will definitely review the footage to make sure we are happy, and if not, we will re film until we're happy.

19:30pm: The band shots have finally finished. Take instruments back to the music department.

19:45pm: Day 2 is finished. Leave the site.

SUMMARY: It would be hard to say that Day 2 wasn't a huge day in terms of progression for our music video. We were finally happy with our actors as we had access to them at all times (as they were us) which meant we would all be able to re watch the footage and learn from errors then re film for hours the next day to acquire the perfect footage. Second of all, key features such as when the band played in the different colour filters really came to life and gave the group a buzz as we knew this would make our music video unique from the rest of the pack, despite further unique shots that were completed on the same day (such as Main actor as rockstar looking down at himself as a mental patient). Therefore this day was extremely positive on the surface. This means that tomorrow in our free period and lunch we will dissect the footage we captured and evaluate it and take notes of what we will re film with what needs to improve. Therefore once the filming stage is over we will have the absolute best possible footage to achieve our A* we are all aiming for.

Account Of Shooting: Day 1

Shooting Schedule No. 1: Studio

8:00am: Jared sets out and picks up Ethan, Dylan and Jack who all put props such as white sheets, straight jacket, glass box, clothes for patient and the band and more into Jared's car.

8:20am: Begin driving to destination which is JFS School where the studio is based.

8:45am: Arrive at school. Drive on site.

9:00am: Deliver all the props and equipment from the car to the filming studio.

9:30am: The group go to the science department, seeking to find a 'model brain' which will be placed inside the 'glass box' which will be used in particular shots of the music video.

9:50am: Found a 'model brain.' Put the 'model brain' in the studio.

10:00am: The group go to the Art department seeking to find more 'white sheets,' and other equipment that could be used to improvised with.

10:30am: The group succeed in their mission to the art department. They acquire the 'white sheets' as well as a very authentic 'white chair' which will look great with our asylum theme instead of the original 'wooden chair' that we were going to use.

10:45am: We arrive we the equipment and place it in the studio.

10:50am: The group begin tidying up the studio, in order for it to be ready for the decoration stage.

11:15am: Break time

11:30am: Decoration of the studio begins. We lay the white sheets on the floor to cover the blue carpet, put the white chair in the middle and set camera up.

12:05pm: Go to Mr. Swoby (Gadget) and ask for his help to set up the lighting for our music video. (The lights for the ceiling - move into correct positions and the bright standing light which will be used to put the colour filters on).

12:35pm: Lunch Time

13:35pm: The group begin the final touches to make the studio perfect for filming. This includes getting White wall tape to attach the white sheets to the wall to cover the side skirts of the wall, laying out the costumes for the main actor 'Noah,' 'The Band,' and the 'Nurse' and also putting the props in the correct positions where the filming will start so we don't waste any time.

14:40pm: The group all have lessons so they resume to period 6.

15:50pm: The group all meet in the studio.

16:20pm: Parents evening begins at school which will make filming difficult to start as the groups timings are uneven therefore inevitably will cause a delayed start.

18:10pm: The group and the main actors parents evening finally finishes. In the interim available group members were making additional touches to the studio and Jared went out and got fluids for the long night ahead.

18:20pm: Jack realised we didn't have an SD card in the camera (something we didn't account for, which should have been accounted for) therefore we wasted the better part of 10 minutes trying to find Mr. Swoby in order to acquire a very precious SD card which would allow us to begin filming.

18:30pm: First shots of 'Noah' sitting in the white chair, dressed in his straight jacket with chains around his feet. Many different shots were taken such as Wide shots, over the shoulder shots, low angle shots and close ups were used.

19:00pm: Next shots were taken. 'Noah' remained the same, however this time we had an actor (team member Jared) where the white lab coat and deliver the 'pill' to the patient 'Noah' and force it in his mouth. Again, wide shots, over the shoulder shots and close ups were used.

19:20pm: The next shots were of 'Noah' singing the song, using medium shots and close ups. (Noah changed costumes into his rockstar outfit and had the prop of the 'guitar' which was used in almost all of the singing shots).

19:50pm: Security guard came into the studio and told us we must leave the site as no one can stay in the building beyond 20:00pm.

20:00pm: Leave the studio. Leave school. Day 1 complete.

SUMMARY: Overall, the first day of shooting was a successful one. This is because although we didn't film too much we learnt a lot about our music video idea as well as the characters that ha their shots taken such as the patient 'Noah.' Due to the hard work of setting up the studio with props and decorations as a group we were able to visualise our idea to the fullest with new ideas popping up every other minute which we will definitely include in the following shooting days. Furthermore, upon reevaluation via our 'Media Whatsapp Group' we debated the pros and cons of the filming which we had done so far (even though a very minute bit was done) and ultimately decided that the main actor 'Noah' who is the patient and the rockstar was not the best part for the role. However we already has a plan B with our acting situation which will be put into place on day 2 and will hopefully all go to plan very smoothly. Nonetheless, a lot learnt from Day 1 which will make us more equipped as a group, to have better and better shooting days for the rest of filming in order for us to achieve the highest grade possible as that is our united goal!

Preparation of the first shooting day

This is the lighting that we will use when filming our media

 This is the camera we will be using to film our music video

 Mr Swoby and valuable group member Ethan helping to set up the camera

More of the lights that we will use to help light our music video

The prop of the 'model brain' inside a 'glass box' will be featuring in some shots in our music video

 The 'lab coat' is another prop that will feature in the shot where the nurse hands the patient his pills 

 This is the lone 'chair' that will be used to sit on by the patient inside the mental institution

The 'wooden bat' will be used by the patient when he smashes up random objects expressing his anger

These 'metal chains' will feature occasionally in shots of the patient in the white chair as his legs will be changed up

The 'barbed wire' may potentially be used to show that the patient cannot escape from this prison like asylum

Another valuable team member Jack is viewing the camera angle that we will be using for some shots

Influences on our music video

Our idea for our music video was born from an idea about discussing mental health related issues. In this respect, we were influenced by the film Fight club. This film deals with personality disorder yet is quite humorous at the same time and incredibly stylish. The film despite it's dark subject matter managed to widen its target audience because it was visually stylish and therefore, this is something that we wish to include within our music video e.g. making something visually stylish yet at the same time appealing to a wide target audience. 

We acknowledged other music genres we could have tapped into. Yet, after evaluating the happiness of the pop genre, we believed that the rock genre had more areas to address to our audience. 

Our reason behind this is to appeal to an audience who may also feel disengaged and outsiders to society and get them to buy into our idea. We feel by conveying this image, it'll reach out to this niche target audience. 

Our music video will have colours and tones similar to Fight Club. We want it to be dark and creative a mood that reflects the harsh subject matter, power of the song and genre of the band e.g. hard hitting alternative rock needs to have dark lighting to convey the meaning of the song.

This video of Biffy Clyro singing 'Many of Horror' reflects many of our themes that we want to employ in our music video, the dark lighting, the use of the grey industrial setting and the dark clothing of the singer. All of these reflect the way in which we want our artist to be within the rock oeuvre and at the same time reflect the dark subject matter of the song and artist. By using dark colours and dark setting we can convey the darkness that will enable our audience to buy into our artists authenticity and at the same time reflect their alienation and disengagement from society.

Here is another music video of the 23 year old Archy Marshall, better known as 'King Krule'. The young sensation turned down the opportunity to work with Kanye West as he 'couldn't be bothered'. Many view this as him being authentic and true to himself that he doesn't need the excess fame in his life. In this music video, there are elements of darkness and aggression that we feel would work well in our music video. Furthermore, as parts of the video are filmed in the location of London, when our lead singer is in his 'fantasy world' where he is roaming the streets, we think areas used in this music video would work really well for us. The use of a fish eye lens effect and washed out colours would work really well with our fantasy scene. By filming on in central London, we will we be able to convey the true street image of London which will demonstrate the organic nature of the band and appeal to our alienated disaffect teenage audience.


authenticity of artist + organic nature of locations (darkness) will appeal to a disengaged alienated youth 

Another fantastic song that illustrates the colour and hopefulness to life is none other than Cosmo Pyke's, Chronic Sunshine. He is a young British evolving artist who truly understands the British street culture and puts that across in his lyrics and his music videos. He filmed his video Chronic Sunshine on the streets of London. Due to us living in London, we feel his video is a positive vibe that we can emulate into our scene in our music video whereby our lead singer escapes into his 'fantasy world'. The use of lighting and establishing shots showing the streets is really good and creates an immersive experience for the viewer. By filming in private streets of London, we will be able to film our singer walking down empty roads with dark lighting appealing to the disengaged youth.

Email to Record Company: Permission to use track

Location number one (Studio)

The studio location is at our school JFS. It is a good size studio which will enable us to cover it up in the ice white colour of an asylum which we have been planning for a while.

Rehearsals with lead singer

This was the rehearsals with the lead singer. Here he is practising and learning the lyrics to Lithium by Nirvana to perfect his lip syncing, the way he is going to stand and sing with a guitar and trying to break free from the chair.

It was important that he learnt the lyrics, as to sell his star image he needed to perform with passion in the music video and if he was constantly thinking about the words he was saying he would not be able to give the performance that we needed him to give.





This is more active and he is practising sining the lyrics while standing and playing the 'guitar'. Again this is practising the performance element of the video, he needs to sell that he is a rockstar and be able to sing the lyrics on time while accurately playing the guitar.

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This is Dylan the lead singer practising his second role in the music video as the mental patient. Part of this role is when he is stuck and chained in a chair and has to have a real look of anger and frustration on his face to sell the narrative. How much he looks in distress is how believable the narrative will be and how strong the message we are trying yo send to ur target audience will be. If the mental patient in the narrative can go from trapped and distressed to freedom this will inspire the disaffected youth who may be suffering similar problems to do try and fight it.

Call List: Studio

mood board

Shot by Shot List

1. Far Wide Shot from outside the studio shooting room looking into the studio from the window
2. Wide Shot of the entire studio with the mental patient in a straight jacket, sitting on a chair in the middle of the room
3. Wide Shot of the entire studio with the band in the centre of the room
4. Wide Shot of the entire studio with the lead singer walking around himself as the mental patient
5. Wide Shot of the entire studio with the lead singer singing alone in the centre of the room
6. Wide Shot of the entire studio with the mental patient in a straight jacket, sitting on a chair in the middle of the room
7. Quad Shot of all four wide shots playing simultaneously
8. Close Up of lead singer singing 
9. Close Up of Guitarist singing
10. Close Up of drummer
11. Close Up of guitar
12. Close Up of drums
13. Close Up of Bass
14. Quad Shot of all four wide shots playing simultaneously
15. Wide Shot of the entire studio with the mental patient in a straight jacket, sitting on a chair in the middle of the room
16. Wide Shot of the entire studio with the lead singer walking around himself as the mental patient
17. Over the Shoulder of the nurse, Close Up of the pills on the tray moving along 
18. Wide Shot of the nurse walking in the studio and giving the mental patient the sedative/hallucinogenic drugs
19. Close Up of mental patients face while he swallows the drug, then zoom in to his eyes as they close slowly
20. Side Wide Shot of the mental patient running in the tunnel 
21. Side Wide Shot of the mental patient running along the shoreline
22. Behind the Back/Over the Shoulder Shot of the lead singer and the mental patient running towards the centre of a hallway
23. Mid Shot of the lead singer and the mental patient merging together into one person, still wearing the mental patients costume
24. Medium Wide Shot of the studio wth a box in the middle of the room with a projected red background
25. Medium Wide Shot of the studio wth a box in the middle of the room with a projected green background
26. Medium Wide Shot of the studio wth a box in the middle of the room with a projected blue background
27. Medium Wide Shot of the studio wth a box in the middle of the room with a projected orange background
28. Quad Shot of the colour rooms
29. Mid Shot of the Mental patient running out the room with him emerging from a closed door
30. Side Wide Shot of the Mental Patient Running in the other direction, giving the impression he is running back
31. Wide Shot of the Band playing while the mental patient is standing confused to the right of them with backdrop 1
32. Wide Shot of the Band playing while the mental patient is standing confused to the right of them with backdrop 2
33. Wide Shot of the Band playing while the mental patient is standing confused to the right of them with backdrop 3
34. Wide Shot of the mental patient in the white room with several duplicates each acting out a certain symptom of schizophrenia
35. Wide Shot of the mental patient acting as if all the duplicates have just vanished and he is standing alone in the white room
36. Over the Shoulder Shot of the mental patient looking at the box in the centre of the coloured room
37. Low Angle Mid Shot of the mental patient picking up the brain from inside the box and then dropping it into the box out of fear
38. Mid Shot of the Mental patient running out the room with him emerging from a closed door 
39. Wide Shot of the Band playing while the mental patient is standing confused to the right of them with backdrop 2
40. Mid Shot of the mental patient running onto a bridge with his hands on his head acting as if he can't take his mental disorder anymore
41. Mid Side Shot the mental patient running across the bridge with his hands on his head
42. Mid Shot of the lead singer leaning against the bridge with arms out wide
43. Mid Shot of the the lead singer on the bridge with guitar and mic singing the song
44. Track/Pan Shot of the mental patient in slow motion with his hands on his head
45. Side Wide Shot of mental patient running in a tunnel and he runs past himself as homeless
46. Side Wide Shot of mental patient running in a tunnel and he runs past the lead singer singing the song
47. Wide Shot of the lead singer smashing up a machine
48. Close Up of the machine smashing
49. Close Up of the bat smashing a machine
50. Close Up of the bat smashing the brain
51. Wide Shot of the Band playing while the mental patient is acting crazy with his hands on his head to the right of them with backdrop 1
52. Wide Shot of the Band playing while the mental patient is acting crazy with his hands on his head to the right of them with backdrop 2
53. Wide Shot of the Band playing while the mental patient is acting crazy with his hands on his head to the right of them with backdrop 3 
54. Mid Side Shot the mental patient sprinting across the bridge
55. Close up of lead singer singing the song
56. Quick Cut to the Close Up of guitar being played
57. Close up of lead singer singing the song
58. Quick Cut to the Close Up of drums being played
59. Close up of lead singer singing the song
60. Track/Pan Shot of the mental patient in slow motion with his hands on his head, then speeding up
61. Wide Shot of the mental patient in the chair acting crazy
62. Mid Shot of the the lead singer on the bridge with guitar and mic singing the song
63. Wide Shot of the lead singer smashing the guitar on the ground in slow motion
64. Over the Shoulder Shot of the scientist looking through the window into the mental patient sleeping
65. Close Up of the mental patient 

Powtoon: Music Video Tips In Relation To Our Idea

RD Laing

In 1965, Kingsley Hall the residential treatment centre for the mentally ill was opened by Ronald Laing. He had a profound idea to give his mental patients hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD and DMT in order to "release their inner demons and childhood traumas." This lead to the regression of several patients to their childhood, for example patients such as Mary Barnes, who would smear the walls with her feaces for attention as she acted childlike. This historic event is remarkable for how far the psychiatrist RD Laing was allowed to go in terms of his psychiatric method, due to the attitude to the drug in that time.




The idea of hallucinogenic drugs and mental patients is implemented into our music video idea, as it allows us to better understand how those who are mentally ill act in order for our actors performance to be believable. It has also been implemented into our idea as during the chorus of the song while the actor is escaping from the mental hospital, it is really just an induced illusion from a hallucinogenic drug.

Kurt Cobain- development of star image

Our star image is similar to the star image of kurt cobain, a grunge rock star who has mental issues and lives an abnormal life. In 1987 he formed the band Nirvana with Krist Novoselic and their debut album 'Bleach' was released in 1989. However it was only until Nirvana released the album 'Nevermind' that gave them success through the song 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'. 
However one of the problems Cobain had was that he was uncomfortable with the label he signed with and he thought the audience to his music didnt really get the message he tried to put across. He lived with many mental issues even growing up, and would sometimes become extremely aggressive when challenged. He also found the media attention invasive and unnecessary. 
Cobain also struggled with several physical health problems, such as chronic stomach pains. This pain sometimes became too much for him that it turned him on to heroin and this became a huge struggle for him during his the last years of his short life.

His performances would be extravagant and his music videos would be extraordinary. For example, in 1992 at reading festival, Kurt Cobain came onto stage in a wheelchair and dressed in a hospital gown portraying an injured patient, to later collapse while singing as part of the act. His music videos also showed weird clips such as him climbing up a Christians cross. 

Kurt Cobain was found dead in his home in Seattle by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun. His death shocked the music world and is still spoken of to this day. In 2014, Cobain was posthumously added to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his contribution to the grunge genre and his influence in music.
We would like to base our star image similarly to Kurt Cobain as our plot is similar to his performance at reading festival in 1992 with the psychiatric patient. We want our artist to be portrayed as depressed and mentally ill therefore through comparison to Kurt Cobain his image can be constructed. We feel that we want our audience to buy into our star image of alienated disaffected youths if we focus on our artists star image as being alternative and different from the norm. The genre of music is also alternative, therefore by focusing on a narrative that is different from the norm we can better reflect the genre.

Vision of set design

We have lots of ideas of how we want to design our set that will best fit the narrative of our music video. As the narrative revolves around someone being trapped our ideas are maybe that they can be trapped in a warehouse or abandoned place that is more scary or maybe in a white asylum sort of thing which looks more like a mental ward and that is where they are being trapped. We have watched lots of music videos and one of the music videos we watched was a Foo Fighters video for the song Everlong. This gave us an idea of maybe an abandoned warehouse or garage theme as the dark colours, scary and spooky nature of a place like this not only fits the narrative but the genre too. Part of our idea is for the band to also play at the same place where the person is trapped as the person trapped is also going to be the lead singer. In another foo fighters video for the song Monkey wrench they have the band playing in a small red room. This is maybe something that we could base our second idea round, by having a small room where the person is trapped and then the band could play like in that video. We have watched lots of videos for inspiration and when deciding on a final set design we will be focussing on what best fit the narrative and the rock genre but also what are target audience the disaffected youth will resonate to more. This is why we are slightly leaning towards the white asylum set as the mental patient idea may resonate with the target audience more because of the mental health issue instead of just being trapped in an abandonment warehouse although it does fit the genre very well.

Different music videos for different genres

Feedback on Animatic

Written feedback from classmates:

• "The shots are not always cut to the beat."
• "Sometimes the instruments come in at points after we hear them in the song."
• "Close ups are good."
• "Theres a nice range of shots which capture the narrative."
• "Narrative makes sense and is easy to follow, helps to sell the star image successfully."

Areas to Develop:

• When shooting the music video film wide shots, mid shots and close ups of all the band so that theres more to cut to.
• More emphasis on close ups when running through the sheets
• Make sure at the end of each filming session that we pan left or right so that we can cut from one sequence to another

What We'll Do

• Take the tripod out so that we can film the singer from different angles while he's running
• Have different back drops in the studio to emphasise the different states in his mind as it doesn't come across clearly in the animatic
• Pan across so theres more to cut to.