School

One of the locations we are planning to use is the school, as this is where the girls find the map. I took some pictures of some of the shots we may use.

For the first image we had the idea of them running down the stairs in excitement after finding the map.

The second image is just outside of the school, where all 3 girls meet up. The girls will also chain their bikes to this gate.

The third image comes before the second one, and this is were the two girls on bikes meet each other. One will come from the left, and the other from the right, and finally meet in the middle where the yellow and pink combine. I think this is a very important shot as the song is called "Different Colours" which is literally represented in the background. Also the song is about friendship and its where 2 of the 3 girls meet up.

Shooting Schedule

This is our shooting schedule for when and where we are filming and what props to bring.

Band Name - Roads to Rome

Out of the band names we chose, we narrowed it down to three

• New Tricks
• Roads to Rome
• Heavy Egg

As we were indecisive as a group, we did a tally chart around the classroom and asked our peers which name they preferred.

• New Tricks         III
• Roads to Rome   IIII IIII II
• Heavy Egg          II

Therefore, our band is now called 'Roads to Rome'.

Band Name Ideas

Here are some of the names we came up with as a group:

• After Fire
• Friday at Ten
• New Tricks
• Roads to Rome
• Heavy Egg
• Light Pressure

Alternative Indie Band Names

As we have to come up with a band name, I decided to explore artists from our chosen genre to draw inspiration from.

• Walk The Moon (the artist of our chosen song)
• Kasabian
• Owl City
• Arrows to Athens
• Wolf Alice
• Catfish & The Bottlemen
• Arctic Monkeys

Mum - New Idea Opinion

"Take the risk and do something comical. It's a very quirky and fun idea but you have to somehow pull it off."

Shania - New Idea Opinion

"I don't think serious fits the song choice, so the humorous point of view is good."

Chiara - New Idea Opinion

I spoke to a few people about our idea to change our video into a obscure, funny one and this is Chiaras response:

"The song you have chosen suits the comical theme. When you add comedically actions to something it makes the whole thing more genuine than if it were to be serious, and adding a genuine tone makes it more authentic and less cheesy".

New ideas

We decided to make our music video more funny and wacky, but we didn't know if everyone else would like this idea. Therefore, we presented our idea to the class and asked them for their opinions.

Costume

The song we chose is called 'Different Colours' so we wanted this to be represented in the costume. Therefore I will be wearing bright yellow, Phoebe will wear red and Morgan will wear orange.

Todorov Powerpoint

James Bay - Hold Back The River

Even though this music video is strictly performance, the song fits into the Indie Genre and the yellow and pink colours behind stand out against the dark lighting and spotlight.

Artist in Video 2

'Fly away with me' by Tom Walker is another example of the artist playing a cameo role. Here Tom Walker gives the homeless man some change, and he is only in the video himself for 15seconds. Even though this is such a short time, it has a huge impact as fans recognise him straight away, which is something we hope to achieve by having the artist in our music video. This way, if we were a real band, fans would recognise him the way Tom Walker was recognised in this video.

Artsist in Video

An example of an Indie videos where the artist appears as a cameo is 'Sleep on the Floor' by The Lumineers. In this video the main male actor is one of the band members.

Boy as the artist

One convention of real media products within the Indie Genre is having the artist play a role in the music video. Although we are not having any lip syncing, we decided he could play the mysterious character of the man in the trench-coat.

Storyboard Video

Here is our storyboard in video form.

Shot Inspiration

These shots have from different music videos have given me inspiration for our own music video. As we are filming people on a journey, we could have shots of their feet as they walk, as seen in Kasabians "King for a Day" and DOROTHYs "Raise Hell". Another idea is wide shots of them walking or running down paths like the ones I have screen-shotted from DOROTHYs "Dark Nights" music video. Lastly we had the idea to film in a supermarket or shop too, e.g. getting some crisp or sweets for their journey. The screenshot I have taken is from "Peanut Butter Jelly" music video by Galantis. I chose this one as the shot shows both sides of the aisle which makes the audience focus on the person in the middle, and also gives a different lighting effect than outside.

BORNS - American Money

The reason why I like this video is because of the dim lighting that is contrasted with pastel coloured clothes. My music video is the complete opposite to this which is why I believe this is a good video to refer to as it shows how diverse the Indie genre is.

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