Costume Planning

In my music video my actors/band members will not have precise costumes such as costume etc. but i have told them to all wear zip jackets so, this will make them look more like a band, however the singer of the band does not wear a zip jacket and will wear a plain white shirt when the full band shots are taken this is to emphasise the fact that he is the lead singer and when the band plays most of the attention will be around him.

Other than this in the acting scenes/ playing instruments outdoors i just asked the people that will be appearing in my music video to dress casual. The reason i asked them to dress casual for these parts of the song is because it will seem more realistic the things they are doing and i don't want scenes in the music video i am making to be to out of the ordinary as i believe the audience i am making this for may not agree with this idea.

Band name

In doing my research in this genre i discovered that the band names in this genre are not generally just one word so when I was discussing with the band what the band name would be we had to had to think long and hard bout it. Eventually we came up with the name "One Time Only" this seems somewhat fitting to the band as the band do not ordinarily play together, they are all from different bands, this band name is also easy to remember and sounds good and catchy just like other band names such as "Panic! at the disco" and "The red hot chilli peppers".

This name will also look good on the album cover and the digipack i will be making for the band which would be good as it makes them look more professional.

Lyrics breakdown

"Can't Stop" Lyrics breakdown

This song could have many meanings but in my opinion when the lyrics of the chorus comes on "The world i love, the tears i drop, to be part of, the wave can't stop, ever wonder if its, all for you" makes me think think that these lyrics mean that we all face troubles in life and have ups and downs but we all experience these troubles in life together as we all go through them at some point in life.

Choice of band

I faced some difficulties with my choice of band as the band I first chose to help me do my music video were not very cooporative and did not seem up for the task at hand as they did not have the organisational skills that are needed in doing this project. However I decided to not use this band after several failed attempts at trying to organise shooting times etc. I decided to seek elsewhere for a band that would be ok with the times i wanted to record so I gathered several people that I know and asked them if they would record for me, these people were chose carefully, I took into consideration that they would put in more effort if they liked the genre of music I am doing which in turn would help me get my shots done faster. 

The new people I gathered were not already in a band together but had past experience playing in bands, these people did however know each other and decided they were happy to work together to help me with my project  

What is Genre?

Genre is a big part of not only the music world but also a lot of other things such as; TV, movies etc. In music genre is different types of music all sectioned into one 'group' with similar songs and given a name with we call the genre for example the genre 'Rock' includes a lot more rapid beat and and heavier chords etc. than the 'Country' genre would. This is important in the music industry as different people of different ages and cultures will have different tastes in music, this way when bands/singers make songs they will know their target audience will be people who enjoy music of the same genre.

In my project i will be choosing a song from a certain genre and make a video for the song. I will do this by researching other songs in this music genre and analysing the videos and I may also use some of the ideas i have gathered from doing this research, overall i will be trying to make a video that will please the target audience for this type of genre.

I will probably be doing a song that fits into the 'Heavy rock' or 'Modern rock' genre as that is my personal preference of music genre and i know a lot of bands that i can gain research from by watching the music video. This will also be good because this genre has a very large target audience so it will not be as hard to find out research on what people who prefer this genre like to see in the music videos compared to a genre where there is a limited target audience.

A2 Brief

My brief for my A2 Media coursework includes the following:

• A digipack of the albums released 

• A magazine advert for the digipack

My project is sectioned into different parts (shown on the toolbar ahead) in these different sections it will show my work i have done to research, plan and construct the music video i will produce, it will also show my finished product and an evaluation on how things went whilst making the video.

Rough cut

Rough cut 

This is the rough cut I have produced for my music video, the final product will be rather different to this. As you can see I have not done much editing on this video yet and i have not put the narrative in yet, this is because i was facing problems with the band i chose and eventually had to change the band I was using to make the music video so the time i had to make this was very limited. However the new band i gathered, co-operated very well considering it was very short notice when I asked them if they coud be in my music video and the work rate I received from them was very high and helped me gather the footage that is shown so far in this rough cut.

Initial Ideas

Initial Ideas

In my Music video I have many ideas such as get an actor to act our scenes which relate to the song or gather any people to act out the music video but the main idea that I am thinking of using for this is gather a band to play the song. I got the idea from the music video made by "The 1975" in the song "Sex" this music video inspired me to take some aspects of the video and put them into my own music video that I will be producing as it shows each member of the band playing the song in several different shots rather than just using one long shot of the whole band.

This is not the only idea I will be using when i am producing my music video as I feel it would not show much creativity and if the video is more creative it will be a better and more fitting for the song. Another idea that I seemed to favour was that i shall use some narrative in the music video. I will do this by getting the lead singer of the band to film with me and he will act and sing the words to the song. I originally had this idea but what really inspired me to do this is the music video created for "Pompeii" by "Bastille". In this video it shows the lead singer of the band in different scenery throughout the song acting the music video out and singing the song. This will be a good idea to use in my music video as it will show a meaning to the song and it will also show the people that are playing the instruments. It will also show the several ideas i am using to make this music video.



I also have many other ideas, another idea I was seriously considering using in my music video was when I am making the narrative for the music video I could get the actor/singer I have gathered to hold the camera and sing to the camera while he is walking down a street for part of the sequence. This would be a good idea because it will show a different way of filming the music video. I got inspiration to do this from the music video made by "James Blunt" for the song "Same Mistake" where for the majority of the music video it shows a medium close up of James Blunt in different scenery singing the song. However I may not use this idea whilst shooting my music video as I feel it may not fit in with the other ideas i will be using for my music video and my cause to much of a complication to the video I am producing.

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