Problems Shooting video

I have been held back filming my video as I haven't been able to get a day were cameras are available from college and myself and cast are all available, I hoping to get this done as soon as possible. In the mean time I have been designing my first drafts of my ancillary texts.

Costume

The costume choices for the actors in my video will be heavily influenced by the the mod scene and the style of Liam Gallagher,Paul Weller,Ian Brown and The Who. One of the most recognized pieces of clothing from my genre is the classic Fred Perry polo, worn by Mods, Casuals and people involved in the britpop movement such as Liam & Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn, I want the main protagonist to be wearing one with dark blue jeans and a pair of Adidas Originals trainers such as Gazzelle's, Samba's or Spezial's as these are also heavily related to the my genre and the look I am going for. I want my lead singer to be wearing a iconic mod fishtail parka as worn by Liam Gallagher and Jimmy in Quadrophenia, also I want the lead singer to be wearing a Pretty Green shirt, this is Liam Gallagher's own clothing label. Below I have created some illustrations showing what I want.

Audience Profile

       Source(s): Blog polls and my own knowledge.

Storyboard analysis

My music video will feature a mixture of performance and narrative, I feel this is the best choice as you have performance from the band but it doesnt get boring as it is broken up by a running story, this is backed up by the polls on my blog as all of the votes are for either performance or narrative. The settings for my video are, firstly for the band performance, an abandoned dock building and sidings in Hull city centre and various locations for the narrative part of the story. I have chosen the abnadoned dock area due to its relations to the working class within Hull, this ties in with my song as "Bring it on down" is a song all about the working class from a band (Oasis) with a working class background.

My video will open with a shot of a can of Special Brew tipping over and spilling its contents on the floor, this signifies the draining away of jobs,industry and hope, the fact that it is a can of Special Brew, links once again with people low down in society as it is a drink associated with the homeless and alcoholics, The link I mentioned earlier of the idea of the can spilling signifying the loss of industry and jobs ties in with location choice of a abandoned dock siding as Hull was once one of the busiest ports in the world due to its fishing industry, the majority of people in the city were once employed in some way to the industry and when it dried up many became unemployed.

My band will feature only the lead singer and guitarist as it would be too difficult I feel logistically to get a drum kit to to my location, I have placed below some images of some of my possible locations,

Old dock area near The Deep gives deep contrast between new and old industrial Hull.

Abandoned Rank Hovis factory, Hull city centre, demonstrates loss of industry in the city.

Abandoned dock sidings, Great Union street, Hull City centre

In the lip syncing parts of my video I want to use a mixture of close ups of the singers face and mid shots of them and the mic stand, I feel that this look is very imposing and is demonstrated in the Oasis video "d'you know what i mean" shown below:

                                                             
I have purchased a similar mic stand and microphone to be used in my video to fit the genre of my song. As I stated earlier my video will also feature a narrative, my basic idea for the narrative is that the lead singer almost acts as the main protagonists conscience because when he is singing the lyrics it is as if he is talking directly to him, For example the protagonist will be a working class male who has no job, survives on benefits and lives for the weekend, this ties in with the song lyrics "You're the outcast, you're the underclass, But you don't care, Because you're living fast". In the narrative I want to feature a scene were the protagonist is shown stealing from a shop, I want to have a mid shot of the shop as he walks in but once he is in the shop I want it to look like he is being filmed on CCTV I think this will look really effective if done correctly, Also the idea of the lead singer narrating the life of the main protagonist will be used again because in the part of the song were I will place the shop scene the lyrics are: "Bring it on down, Bring it down for me, Your Heads in a fish tank, Your body and your mind can't breathe", To me this saying that the pressure of society is building up on the protagonist and lead singer is commanding him to rob the shop ("Bring it on down for me"). Below is a tutorial on how I will achieve the CCTV technique.

Music Video Details

Location List

     Abandoned dock building/sidings (Hull city centre)

     Alley Way (Boothferry Estate)

     GD General store (Boothferry Estate)

     Gower Road area 

     House

Prop List

     Mic stand

     Guitar

Cast List

      Guitarist - TBC

      Lead Singer – TBC

      Central character/Protagonist – TBC 

Storyboard of Music video