Another real music video example

This is is a music video for the song A-punk by the band Vampire Weekend. this isn't the exact sort of video we are aiming for however it draws some similarities with our idea. Like ours, it is the editing that makes it interesting as the whole video is sped up, which is a technique that we are thinking of using. Also, the background often changes with the band in the same position, which is similar to us in the way that we are planning to cut to different locations.

Location

here is a few images of possible locations for our actual idea. Like our first idea, we will use the River Cam in Cambridge.

Shot list

This is a rough estimate of our shot list we will use for the final video.

Shot 1: The first shot is a long shot of the street of everyday life in the morning (band walks away from camera and walks around the corner / door.

Shot 2- 5: The next shot is a close up shot of the guitar being plugged into the amp and other pieces of equipment being set up.

Shot 6 + 7: Close up shots of bass and drums entering song and will be played in time with music.

Shot 8 - 9: Close up shots of Guitar playing the chords and main tune. (left + right hand)

(Lots more shots of band, switching between each band members)

Shot 10: Close up of singers mouth coming in with Vocals.

Shot 11 - 12: Guitar and Bass Pan up to see band members faces.

Shot 13: A zoom out of the band playing together.

Shot 14: On the beat editing shots rotating of band members changing their instruments.

(Band members disappear in order and reappear in order in different location)

Shot 15: Shot of new location with band reappearing in correct order.

Shot 16+: Shots band moving through Cambridge using the editing technique.

(The rest of the video will be from same shots from the band playing and also with the band going through Cambridge)

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Test Footage

We had the chance in class to experiment with some test footage and use the computers to test out our editing techniques and the look we are going for.




We are happy with how the editing tricks look. They are very effective and we will definitely be using them towards our final video. The first few shots are just the simple shots of the instruments. we only used the guitar, just to see how this would fit in with the music. One of the editing tricks we attempted was the one with the stairs. Dave and Adam kept swapping places up the stairs and then we cut it so that it jumped on the beat of the bass. This was a bit of an improvisation, however it looked very effective. the other technique involved the same method, with two or three people swapping places, but we sped the cutting up as it went along and then slowed it down again. Again, this was a bit of an improvisation but like the other technique it looked very effective.

Some Mistakes
We made a few errors. The first shots with Dave, Adam and Matt standing on the grass was hand-held and the shots were not in the same place. Also with the stairs shot, Adam goes but one step every time while Dave goes up two steps but it didn't really matter.

Feedback on Animatic

Most of our feedback on the animatic was good and many people said our ideas were inventive.

We got told that we should look at White stripes 'the Hardest Button to Button' as it shares the same editing techniques and ideas.



Our video will obviously not be as complicated and well made as this one but its the techniques which will be the same.

Costume

When we Find the actors to play the role of the band we will have to look for costume that would look most suitable and most related to the bands style already.
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Animatic

Here is our animatic.




A few spelling mistakes but its the idea which we wish to put across :)

New Idea

Our new idea involves focusing completely on the band. There will be different shots of the band playing in different locations. We will use lots of different camera tricks as well as a variety of editing techniques to enhance the quality of the shots. Also these techniques will help keep the audience watching till the end of the song.

Some samples of shots are:

• The band playing on a bridge,
• The band will rotate in a static motion,
• and the band will be on a boat.

These are just initial idea which we will improve at each location depending on many factors, such as number of people in the area.

band info

This is some info about the Dirty Pretty Things:

Origin: London, England

Genres: Indie Rock, post-punk revival, punk rock

Years active: 2005-present

Label: Vertigo records

Members: Carl Barat (Vocals, lead guitar), Didz Hammond (Bass guitar), Gary Powell (drums), Anthony Rossomando (Guitar)

"Dirty Pretty Things" are an English band fronted by Carl Barât, who formerly was a member of The Libertines. The Band Officially announced there formation in September 2005, after the breakup of The Libertines in 2004. Didz Hammond left the Copper Temple Clause to join the new band alongside Carl Barât's ex-band member drummer Gary Powell, along with guitarist Anthony Rossomando, who had filled in with "The Libertines". Dirty Pretty Things played their first shows in October of that year in Italy and Paris.

Initially, their was a few problems with the band's name. A four-piece band from Salisbury had been playing as "Dirty Pretty Things" since early January 2005. The two groups came to an agreement over the name, and the original band was renamed. An Australian band had also been playing under "Dirty Pretty Things" since 2003, although it also opted to change it. The name was shared by Barât's club nights in venues throughout London; they assumed the name "Bright Young Things" to avoid confusion. So the "Dirty Petty Things" was formed.

Below is some images of the dirty pretty things:

song lyrics

These are the lyrics of 'Kicks or consumptions'


After a month our friendship wained
Cos your ambitions to a fault
Why did I let you in my brain?
Just look in these western eyes

[Chorus]
I've been lost a time or two
Not knowing what is evil, oh
Or where to go
No prizes, no afterglow,
Nothing left for you but kicks or consumption

Thought Japan was out of bounds
But oh, the boys just got to town
Oh no and it's happening again

You and I have fallen out again
Empty skirts to the number ones
Why do I humour you in vain?
Just look in these westerm eyes

[Chorus]

I was clawing at the windows when the wheels came off
European playground turned out far too much
She tells me other people get the best of me
So maybe she will never get the best of me
There must be a devil at the BBC

new ideA

After much thought and consideration, we as a group decided to scrap the narrative driven idea due to the fact that it wouldn't have fit in with the music and we were struggling to think a suitable twist for the story.

The idea which we have now decided on is a simple yet effective idea which focuses on the band more. We are looking more towards the editing tricks than cinematic tricks. We will use four people as part of the band and shoot in different locations.

PITCH

Dirty Pretty Things- Kicks or consumptions

We chose this song because it was the only song that we felt we had a basic idea for. The song is fairly upbeat. The first idea we had involved the singer walking down the street. We decided not to stick with this due to the fact that we couldn't think of enough ideas to go with it.

We had another idea which we are pretty happy with and fell confident could make a good video.
Start off with morning shots of city (song has sounds of cars and horns). A man walks down the street and sees the band setting up their equipment (two main story lines, the band playing and also the man that walks down the road). The man would appear to be a nice guy but would carry on throughout the day being ignorant and being evil.The towards the end of the song you see the band packing away and the guy appears to be nice again.

The shots would start slower and they would become quicker and more cuts would be added when the song kicks in and the tempo is raised.


We looked at Arctic Monkeys 'Leave before the lights come on' track. The video gave us some ideas towards the shot types and shooting style hat we would be after. We also looked at The Verve 'bitterSweet Symphony' fr the same reasons.






We looked at 'She's an eyeful on the alley' which is a student video, which has the same basic concept as our idea. One of the reasons why is that it has the band playing and a separate storyline as well.



This is an image of Mill Road in Cambridge which is a possible idea for a location for our video. It looks urban and sort of run down.

backup pitch

Another song that we considered was song 2- 'Wild birds & Paper floats' by The new York fund. This song was another song that we felt we could make a good video to. It is a completely different pace to the other song that we have considered.

The idea would involve having the guitarist/singer by himself in a room and having another story running alongside.

This is a professional music video of 'Dream catch me' by Newton Faulkner. This is an idea of the sort of video that we would do if we were to chose this song.





This is an idea of location for our backup idea. We have chosen the River Cam in Cambridge as it is tranquil, nice looking, peaceful and has a warmer feel to it than a run down street.