Time Planning and Organisation of Filming

Call Sheet for London Shoot

Diary of Time Planning in November

Risk Assessment for taking out cameras

SW & SC 1st November - Second day of Filming

Our second day of filming took a whole day to do, as we wanted to get it completed with all the band members there.

We first started at The Forum, where our band were going to perform on stage to show their success and popularity. This worked really well as the people helping us at the forum were really helpful and sorted us out with playing our music through speakers and providing the lighting to make our band look really professional and successful. We completed the filming quickly and effectively because we were only filming the 2 chorus's in that location. We decided to have the band playing the different chorus's over and over and we would focus on each band member in each chorus, so that we got many shots of each band member! We also found that handicam and jolty filming also looked a bit abstract and interesting therefore we tried to get a few takes of the whole band in this style.

The weather was terrible when filming the Forum takes and we thought that we wouldn't be able to film the shots in the pantiles because the weather was so bad, however it had cleared up by about lunch time and therefore we managed to get some filming of the band interacting and seeing other clips of the girl and the lead singer noticing each other.

Our third main location that we used for some more performance shots of the band, was inside a friends garage. This venue was to show how the band used to be unsuccessful and just having band practices in a dingy garage, therefore emphasising the transformation from then till now. This set up was really good and considering a few of the band members had never met before, we thought that they interacted really well with each other and the camera. The shots that we were filming in the garage were mainly for the verses of the song, however we just made the band perform the whole of the song so that we could take clips form different parts of the performance for the music video. This worked really well because the band actually looked like they were playing live.

Our final location was the hotel shots which we filmed in the Spa Hotel. The main problem that we encountered with the shots that we wanted to create were when we were using the lift. This was difficult as it was hard to get the exact right timing for when the doors were closing with the filming. However, we took several takes and therefore the footage should be okay.

The day was very successful and everything was completed quickly and effectively allowing us to only need one main day for filming. We were very impressed with how the band interacted with each other and how serious they were about doing the filming properly and realistically.

SW & SC 28th October - Day of Filming Black and White clips in London

Our first day of filming in the half term was up in London where we were expecting to film many different people meaningfully interacting with the camera wanting to be somebody! Our aim was to go up to different types of people making them do what we wanted them to do and we thought that this would be easy. However, many of the people who we were asking to do the acting for us were embarrassed to partake and said ‘no’. We first went to Camden Town as we thought that there would be many different types of people willing to help us with our video; however it was proving more difficult than we expected. Therefore, we had to have a ‘Plan B’ and we got the tube to Covent Garden, which is usually very busy and would be interesting to film in. When we reached Covent Garden, we came up with the idea of filming the street-performers, as they are interesting and obviously want to make a change in the lives by amusing and entertaining the public. We found some very interesting and unique street performers such as a man in a costumes made of bottles and a robotic guitarist. We thought that these images would be interesting for our music video. We also saw this older guy, who was playing this guitar type thing in the underground tunnels in the tube stations and he was very happy to help us and to be involved in the video.
The day overall was very successful and it helped us to be more confident in approaching different kinds of people and we got some really different clips that will benefit out music video and make it more inspiring and emotional.

Animatic of Storyboard

Kings of Leon - Be Somebody - Animatic

SW & SC Evaluation of Pitch

Sammy and Sarah's pitch for Be Somebody Music Video

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We thought that the pitch was very successful as we thought our ideas were thoroughly thought through and well presented to our class. The presentation helped to demonstrate and explain our narratives that are going to be going on in the music video. We told our class about the 3 narratives that are going to be present in our video. Also, I thought that it was helpful to give our class visuals of the band and the girl used in the music video by showing actual images of them.

Showing the moodboard that we had collaborated of our ideas together then explaining the different techniques that we had picked up from completely our research and showing the class of the types of costumes and props that we are going to use and to visualise them. Also using images with specific lighting techniques that we were interested in helped our class to understand to look that we are trying to achieve.

The video's that we analysed technically and as a product analysis, helped us to explain where we got our inspiration from and the ideas that we have and are trying to recreate for intertextual purposes. The technical analysis really helped explain the certain shots that we are trying to achieve in our music video, especially in the Air Traffic 'Shooting Star' video where the band are performing in an empty room all performing to each other. This is a layout that we want to pursue in our garage scene to suggest togetherness and a close relationship between them.

The powerpoint also helped to explain the ideas that we had from carrying out the audience research. Our main achievement from the carrying out this research focus group, was the ideas that we had for our digipak and it was really great to explain how the focus group helped us achieve this idea for the cover art. We wanted to entwine an image from our music video with the cover art and having the discussion in the audience research allowed us to achieve this.

The powerpoint presentation also helped us to show visually the locations that we are using for our music video and the props that we are using.

Preparing and performing the pitch to our class allowed us to become more detailed and to make more fixed decisions about what we propose to do in our music video and helped us realise the best ways to promote our band in the best way. We found that the deconstruction of current videos was the best way to plan ideas and gain inspiration from because it helped us realise what is successful in the current industry.

SW Visual Ideas

This shot is taken from the 'Mr Brightside' by The Killers music video. This is the girl that was used in the love story and she is very glamorous and innocent looking. Therefore, we have found a girl in our love story who is unique and beautiful.

This shot is from the music video Shooting Star by Air Traffic and I regularly saw how they would do a close-up of the band member playing the instrument then the shot would cut back to a mid shot of the artist with the instrument and i thought that this was very effective and interesting.

This image shows a picture of the band - the Kings of Leon - looking casual and shows them early in their career. This is a similar look to the look that our band are going to be wearing when performing in the garage.

This image shows similar smart clothing that we want our band to be wearing in the performance shots in our music video on the stage to represent their high-status and class from having made it in the music industry.

Kings of Leon

The Kings of Leon are an American Rock Band from Nashville, Tennessee. They formed in 1999 and the band consist of 3 brother's and their cousin. The band have had 4 albums, however their most recent album has had the most success, with popular songs such as 'Sex on Fire', 'Use Somebody' and Manhattan. The first album was heavily influenced by southern/ garage rock, however their style now is alternative rock and they have a unique and edgy look and style with their music.

The song 'Be Somebody' is from the latest album and is a typical song to represent the band as it is edgy, exciting and very well produced musically. The song has a very predominant drum beat throughout the song, therefore the drummer is going to be a key person in the music video.

The video is going to be extremely exciting to make because of the exciting and upbeat track. The music video is going to be finished to a high-class style and will have a fast cutting rate, to keep in time with the music.