Filming: Performance Filming

On 20th December, we filmed the performance parts of our music video. We used one solitary location, which was the TV Studio. We had a black curtain backdrop and manually selected which of the lights above we were going to use. The reason we selected this location was to create an authentic looking studio for the band to perform in.

We used suitable props borrowed from the music department including a drum kit, two amps and a microphone with a stand (We couldn't get a full drum kit and had to improvise). The two guitarists brought their own Guitars for the video.

The band members came in their own clothes as we were going for a "Casual" costume design and wanted to make it seem more natural like an actual band practice would be. Because one of the initial band members was unable to show up, we had to replace him with someone else in our group.

For the most part, the filming went quite well. The lead singer got most of the lip synching down after listening to the song to a few times and him and the other guitarist managed to make their miming of the song look believable.

We managed to get a large amount of close-up shots of the Lead Singer which is typical of band performance based music videos. We also managed to get plenty of shots of the instruments being played along with the music which should match the song's sound.

However, there are some clips we couldn't use for a variety of reasons. Some because the lights were too bright and over-exposed the band members. Other clips we couldn't use because the visuals of the instruments being played didn't match the sound of them being played (Guitars/Drums being played too fast.) Also, the amount of different shots are quite limited. There aren't many long shots in comparison to the Close up/Medium shots and every attempt at a panning shot failed due to either the camera shaking too much or not looking like it's panning at all.

Overall the filming shoot was successful though.

Pre-Production - Storyboard (Narrative)

Pre-Production - Editing Technique Practices

Pre-Production - Music Treatment

MUSIC TREATMENT

“No Tomorrow” by Orson

The overall tone and feel of the song is very bubbly and optimistic. The lyrics carry the connotations of a party atmosphere. Because of this tone, the music video itself will reflect this by having a lot of energy in it.

Our first idea for the music video was to have a narrative going in that eventually moved into a performance. The narrative would be about the several band members of the group getting ready to go to a party of some sort. After cutting from the different perspectives between the band members, there stories will merge into a single narrative and eventually merge into the performance.

After a while we decided against the idea of a full blown part idea as it was a little too ambitious and getting the right amount of people in a single place at the same time would have been too problematic due to scheduling and timing. As a result, we decided to go with something a little more condensed, focusing more on the band itself and not on the party like atmosphere a lot of people would be needed for.

In the end we went with a dual Performance/Narrative motif where each section would be inter cut between each other to keep some variety throughout the song. The performance will be the band partaking in band practice, continuing on without a missing band member, which is where the narrative comes in, The narrative will follow the absent band member and his attempts to get to the band practice before the band finishes. Throughout his journey, he gets caught in an series of unfortunate events that escalates the more the song continues, getting more silly and implausible to match the party like mood of the song and its lyrics. Eventually the music video will end with the missing band mate finally arriving, only to reveal that he has missed the performance and all that's left is the bands instruments.

Pre-Production - Target audience research

Pre-Production - Camera Techniques

This video was made to test various different styles and techniques of using camera effects to see if any of them could be used in our music video...

Experiment 1

Moving Objects



Experiment 2

Walk backwards and reverse footage

Experiment 3

Duplicating Actor

Experiment 4

P.O.V Shot (Drunk Vision).

Pre-Prodution - Mindmap Timelapse

Finished Mind map

Shot by Shot Remake