Wednesday, 11 January 2012

Images of Props

Here are images that I took of the main props for the video;

Empty beer cans and bottles
These will be placed around a matress in which has been laid in the corner of the room. They will show that Charlie is a bit of an alcoholic, as messy.  


A belt used for injecting in the arm
This belt will be tied around Charlie's arm, in order for him to be able to inject himself with drugs.


Lighters
These lighters are used to light up the cigarettes in which have been left in the ashtray.

Tin foil
The foil is used to wrap up the flour in which looks like drugs this will also be laid out on the bed.

Cigarettes and ashtrays

Flour in tin foil to represent dugs

Props

PROPS;

Girl-

  • ripped tights
  • big hoopy earings 
  • red lipstick 
  • scruffy hair 
  • mixed up clothes 
  • dirty looking 
  • dark puffy eyes
  • no make up on 
Boy-
  • puffy eyes 
  • dirty trousers 
  • ripped tops 
  • bruised arms 
  • grotty appearance 

Possible Props

These are a list of props they I may be possibly using in the video;

  •  Mick
  • Syringe
  • Make up ( dark eyeshadow for the eyes)
  • Scraggy clothes
  • Tights with holes in
  • Red lipstick
  • Belt
  • Mirror
  • Rubbish (cans of beer, packets of crisps etc)
  • Cars
  • Money
  • Foil wrapped up
  • Pills
Below are some ideas that I come up with and decided to put them in a brainstorm;




Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Animatic



This is the story board in which I created which gives the basic idea of what my music video will be about. In each clip, the amount of seconds the shot lasts for is included in which also gives a basic summary of how long it will last for altogether. Even if my music video is not exactly the same as this, I have shown that I've come up with a lot of ideas and not all but most will be shown in the final product.

Information on The Colours- Tonight I Let You Go

The Colours
Above is a picture of the boy band 'The Colours' which are an unsigned band group in which have released a song called 'Tonight I Let You Go', and this is the song in which I have chosen to use for my music video song.


I decided to go onto unsigned.com to find out some information on the band I have picked.




Band Members
This song is packed with energy and vigour, it has a tempo and beat that is very effective. The lyrics to the song offer a lament to a broken down relationship, in which provides the bitter-sweet twist which is the requirement of many good songs. It shows the trials of the heart in the formative years, the movement from one relationship to the other in words. However, it is not a soppy love story as it is actually far from it. Displaying a brave face on the inner dicomfort exposed within the lyrics it expresses darker issues.
  • Tom Pickford - Vocals, Keys, Guitar
  • Tom Newman - Bass, Synthesizers, Backing Vocals
  • Tony Folland - Drums, Sequencing, Percussion

Audience Research

When I had finally chosen the song that I wanted to use for my music video, I wanted to find out what people thought of it and if they had any criticism to give about it. Therefore, in order to do this I decided to choose several different people, I then played the song to them and asked them different questions and asked them to write them down on the postage notes provided; the questions I asked were;


  1. What comes into your head when you hear the song?
  2. What other artists can they be compared to? 
Below are two sets of postages notes in which I took pictures of in order to show the process took place and hear are my results:


Feedback from question 1:

Above are four separate postage notes that was written by four participants writing their feedback. As you can see,  they are all very similar as they are to do with the same subject; when asked after writing their thoughts the participants had quoted that it sounded like a relationship but in a song. 


















Feedback from question 2:
Again there are four separate postage notes, all stating who the participant thinks the band sound like. Even though they are a band, it doesn't mean they cannot be compared to solo artists however these people think they can be compared to other bands. It was also stated that the song, was quite slow moving and depressing and some of the artists above songs are very similar such as the 'Dilemma' and 'Blow it Up'. 

Lyrics to the song- Tonight I Let You Go

Your empty promises
Stop filling up my mind while my loves’ away
Temptation calls me
To thisAnd loveless fools believe
Their guilty hearts still bleed
But their cold lifeless heart beats wear them out

[Chorus] Cause you’re the heart break that I couldn’t deal with
You were the mistake
That no-one could save me from
But I knowI’m better off leaving now
You are the only reason I want it more
You know I want to be on my own tonight
I just keep on running
You know I want to be on my own tonight
Tonight I let you go

My insecurities
Playing on my mind, colours never change
You should come back, come back, come back(And look for more)
But love that runs too deep
Stolen moments we couldn’t keep
You should go before the night time lets you down

[Chorus] Cause you’re the heart break that I couldn’t deal with
You were the mistake
That no-one could save me from
But I knowI’m better off leaving now
You are the only reason I want it more
You know I want to be on my own tonight
I just keep on running
You know I want to be on my own tonight
Tonight I let you go

Tonight I let you go
Heart break, heart break
Heart break (tonight I let you go)
Heart, heart break
Heart break, heart break, heart heart break
Tonight, heart break
Heart break, heart break, heart break, heart break, heart break
I just keep on running
You’re the heart break
I couldn’t deal with
You were the mistake that no-one could save me from
But I know I’m better off leaving now

You are the only reason I want it more

You know I want to be on my own tonight
I just keep on running
You know I want to be on my own tonight
Tonight I let you go

Tonight I let you go

Tonight I let you go