DW Faithless - Insomnia timings sheet

Faithless 'Insomnia' 30s clip SHOOT

Me and jake filmed our 30 second clip on tuesday the eighth of October, we decided upon our location which was a dark room used by the art department at Ilkley Grammar School. The dark room provided minimum light which goes along with the theme of our music video 'I can't get no sleep.'

We used multiple shots and used three locations in total, we wanted to use close ups and mid shots to show our main characters emotion and actions. This will be in much more depth in our full video.

As this is just a rough 30 second clip we wanted to get an idea of the shots we could use and would be able to use. We now know that we are allowed to shoot in the dark room which will no doubt be a key location for our actual shoot

However we did encounter some problems

• Finding a dark background - even though we shot in the dark room our backdrops were still white/grey this will be something we have to plan ahead for to get a black background sheet of card.
• Getting official permission to film in the dark room.
• Lack of dark locations - other than the dark room on school site there isn't much to work with and if we were to film in school our video would have to be heavily edited. We need to decide on a suitable location outside of school.
• Using an efficient light source.
• To know the lyrics.

This is the original video this is what we were kind of trying to achieve in the sense of using dark colours and star treatment.

Our clip will be up shortly.

Our Group

The group i am in is with two other members of my class after an in depth discussion about who should go with who we came to the conclusion that me, Declan Williams and Jake Wilson would work in a group well together. This excluded George Holmes and Ben Brearly.

The song we are going to make a music video for is Faithless - Insomnia 

Here is the original video:

Pitch Idea 2 Video

Pitch idea 2

ACT: The White Stripes

TRACK: Blue Orchid

YEAR: 2005

DIRECTOR: Michel Gondry

GENRE: Garage rock, punk blues

MAIN AUDIENCE: M+F 15-40




My music video plan is to use this song but apply it to a complete different context and make it a performance video, this performance video will be similar to this...



I think this could work well as the beat in Blue Orchid is similar to the one used for the Hardest Button To Button video, as the bass drum is kicked the drum can move from location to location along with a guitar possibly aswell. Then there could be a twist at the end as the song stops the drummer/guitarist falls of his seat or falls of a cliff?

Also in the back drop there would be certain members of the class holding up cards with the lyrics on them to add something else to the video.

lip-syncing will be included but only for certain sections of the song however there aren't too many lyrics
Lyrics:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/whitestripes/blueorchid.html

Shots:

Like the music video for The hardest button to button they use a number of different shots/camera angles to stop the video from being boring aswell as changing up the performance a little bit which is something i would have to add.

Locations:

For this type of music video locations would have to be key and i think the perfect location/s would be Leeds/Ilkley as Leeds would provide intertextuality for a wider audience.

Long shots such as these could be used to show the art gallery as the drum beats across the path in front then close ups can be used as well as mid shots to add variety.

Millenium square would also be a good location as there is steps to go up or down also there is a lot of potential for different shots.

Another ideal location would have to be Briggate down the main shopping high street of Leeds.

Victoria Quarter would also be a key location if we were to film in the city

As well as the Corn Exchange

Costumes:

For costumes all the people involved would have to wear a similar attire to make it look like we are some form of band e.g all black.

The person playing the drum/guitar can therefore wear a different coloured top or something different to make them stand out from the others.

Original Pitch Video

Original Pitch Idea

ACT: Mark Knight (Twitter Account)

TRACK: Alright

YEAR: 2012

DIRECTOR:

GENRE: House

MAIN AUDIENCE: M+F 15-25

Narrative:

Its a love story between a hetro-sexual couple facing relationship problems - link with the lyrics "Its alright" The two go separate ways and meet up with their friends and both do stereotypical things with  their friends to try to get over one another. As the video endures there will be constant references to the two missing each other and as the video comes to a close the two can't stand being away from each other so they run back together.  The lyrics are linked with the visuals in certain sections.

Performance:

The performance included in my video will be of the chorus where one character will play the role of the artist in a hip-hop attire to go along with the music with friends in the background a convention i found in hip-hop music videos.

Genre:

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the American city of Chicago in the early 1980's. It was initially popularized circa 1984 in Chicago, but beginning in 1985, it fanned out to other major cities such as Baltimore, Detroit, Toronto, Mexico City, New York City, San Francisco, Boston, Montreal, Cancún, Manchester, Miami, London, and Paris. It then began to influence popular music in Europe

Casting:

In total there will be 8 characters (3 Boys) (5 Girls) Two main characters, one boy one girl. 

The Male character will play a similar role to the one AJ English played in Calvin Harris' 'Bounce' this role needs to be carried out well to give the video a sense of verisimilitude. This will be a 'Bad Boy' role which will be signified by the mise en scene e.g. baseball cap or smoking and tattoos? maybe.

The girl on the other hand will be a binary opposite to the boy a goody two shoes almost so there will be a big contrast between the two. As the separation really affects her in the way it doesn't for the boy. Her emotions will be shown by close ups and her actions such as throwing a picture at the wall.

Costumes and Mise En Scene: