Showing posts with label Planning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Planning. Show all posts

Monday, 5 October 2009

Costume for the band

The band need to be dressed in punk clothing in the style of bands such as The Clash, the Sex Pistols and The Jam

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This is the style of punk clothing we will ask the band to wear, with black or white skinny jeans,with rips or zips, tshirts or vests with logos, brands or paint on them. I also know that most of the band members already own the style of shoe as you can see in the picture of The Clash, therefore we will ask them to wear these. However i also think that we should not stick entirely to the conventions and add an element of the 'mod' fashion by asking one or two of them to wear a skinny tie with a jacket as shown by The Jam in the picture below;

Cast needed.

We thought about all the people we need in order to make our video. We hope to get most of these people from our sixth form, however we may need to ask outside friends if these people are unavailable. They are as follows:
  • Goon-Male, he will need to look 'chavy' with diamond earrings, tracksuit bottoms and a tshirt
  • Girl-To be with the goon, she will need to dress like a punk with a ripped band tshirt, tights, a jacket and boots. She will look like the girl all the punk guys would want to be with.
  • Girls to be written on-Between 2 to 6 girls who wouldn't mind being in little clothes, hopefully with different hair and figures.
  • Policeman-Adult, male, we hope to ask Mr Fletcher, a drama teacher however if he declines we will ask a friend who looks quite old and is quite tall.
  • Neighbour-Male or female, they will stand at a door if we decide to use this idea.
  • Older brother-Male, will need to look older than the girl with the goon, other than that there are no preferences.
  • People at the party-Between 10 and 20 friends, mixture of people dressed like punks and chavs, however not as striking as the main characters.

Ideas for video and necessary props

Looking at the lyrics we decided that it would be better to do mostly performing with certain lines using other people and acting out what the lyrics say. So far we have decided on the following, and for this I have thought about what props we will need to accomplish this:

  • "But you won't catch me sippin' out your cup of Baileys" For this line we plan to have the lead singer holding a glass or a bottle of Baileys and dropping it so that it smashes, therefore we will need an empty bottle or a glass which we can smash or at least drop onto a pillow.
  • "So its BANG BANG BANG" We had the idea of using a bang gun for this shot, therefore Chris bought one off of eBay, however as there are three 'BANG's we will need to decide on what we will do for them.
  • "Or the crooked 5-0" We hope to find an adult male to stand wearing a policeman's outfit, and had the idea of him taking the hat off to reveal a phrase or word to do with the lyric written on his head. We could find this outfit in the drama department which I will look for tomorrow.
  • "He knocked my teeth out" I had the idea of taking still photos of one of the band members and blacking out one tooth at a time, then making it into film. However we would not black out all the teeth, just three or four at random.
  • "Gimme gimme just one little look" For this we had the idea of writing on girls as most of our audience said they wanted to see naked ladies, however the girls will be wearing clothes though the writing will be on their backs, stomaches and maybe chests. Therefore we will need a pen which rub off easily, eg. a drywipe pen.

Disclaimer

Our chosen song contains a number of explicit lyrics due to the nature of the song, therefore it must picture a parental advisory sticker as part of the album cover.

Tuesday, 29 September 2009

Monday, 28 September 2009

Idea's for contents

  • Coloured tint (blue/b&w/red/sepia)
  • Part performance, part narrative and unrelated actions
  • Band members performing, may need other cast members for non performance parts
  • Band member sprinting down road - sped up
  • Knocking on the door (twice)
  • Lyrics written on skin/paper/objects
  • 'BANG' gun as literal play on words



Locations

This is a list of a number of possible locations that we can film sections of our video
  • Stortford Youth Centre - Band Practice
  • Dark Alleyway
  • In front of a brick wall (youth centre?)
  • Clarice's front door
  • Stortford Skatepark
  • Stortford high street

  • Clarice's house, conservatory/kitchen

Sunday, 27 September 2009

Lyrics

I asked one of the band members for the lyrics to the song, hopefully these will help us to plan our video

When we walked into the party,
I saw this girl there with this goon.
Everybody quit their dancin'
When we walked into the room.

This pretty little mama says she way out of my league,
So I don't bother askin' and I don't buy her a drink.
I know youre older brother wants to beat me up,
But you won't catch me sippin' out your cup of Baileys.

Sat down right next to me,
Wont listen pretty mama,
Wont you hear my plea
Got me on my knees.

So its BANG BANG BANG
on the fuckin' front door
And it might be your neighbour
or the crooked 5-0

Your older brother said that we're way too loud
But its way too late
He knocked my teeth out
Now they're runnin' after me
Like the right hand of the law
And I don't want ya baby cause
Ya pussy gone sore

It's only as far as the eyes can see
But I don't mind it doesn't matter to me
Come on baby i ain't got nothin' to prove
Gimme gimme just one little look.

It's only as far as the eyes can see
But I don't mind, it don't matter to me.

(Instrumental)

Started runnin'
Now they're runnin' after me
Like the right hand of the law
And I don't want ya baby cause
Ya pussy gone sore

It's only as far as the eyes can see
But I don't mind it doesn't matter to me
Come on baby i ain't got nothin' to prove
Gimme gimme just one little look.

It's only as far as the eyes can see
But I don't mind, it don't matter to me.

(Instrumental)

Now they're runnin' after you
Like the right hand of the law
And I don't want ya baby cause
Ya pussy gone sore

It's only as far as the eyes can see
But I don't mind it doesn't matter to me
Come on baby i ain't got nothin' to prove
Gimme gimme just one little look.

It's only as far as the eyes can see
But I don't mind, it don't matter to me.

Saturday, 26 September 2009

Camera Practice 2

Over the weekend I filmed a family event, using similar techniques as to what I did before with the rugby match, but this time I practiced longer shots, and used a 0.43x Wide Angle lens on my Panasonic SD10 to make it possible to capture everything in to one shot.

Wednesday, 23 September 2009

Practice Filming

During the 1st XV rugby match I filmed players in the game, for use in A2 PE lessons, I used this as a chance to practice panning and occasionally tracking, to maintain the shot of the player, whilst choosing the right focal length for the zoom so that not just the player can be seen but their involvement in the game was also captured along with the direction of play and the movement of the ball which is not so easy in rugby as the ball can not be passed forward.

Monday, 21 September 2009

Permission for song

To receive permission for the song Clarice contacted one of the band members via a phonecall, as we knew they were unlikely to reply to an email because of their laid back attitude.
This is a record of the phonecall

Sam: Hi
Clarice: Hey its Clarice, quick question
Sam: Alright
Clarice: For my media work i need a song from an unsigned band, just wondered if i could use one of your songs, i have two on my computer already.
Sam: Yeah thats fine
Clarice: Thanks, ill let you know if i need any more information or help
Sam: OK, see you soon.

Our teacher said that verbal permission was sufficient, as this was the only way we could recieve it in time. Also this is part of the bands image, of being unorganised and laid back.