RE-FILMING DATE

WE ARE RE-FILMING SOME OF OUR SHOTS ON TUESDAY THE 26TH NOVEMBER AT THE YELLOW BEAN STUDIOS AGAIN. 

Feedback and Improvements for Final music video

Below are the comments and feedback made by Mr Smith, my teacher.

I have taken onboard this feedback and constructed a storyboard (excuse my horrendous drawing) which contains each shots that will be re-filmed in order to improve the grade of our music video when we complete the final version next friday.

I have taken on board the main comment of playing the instruments at the right time (Note that the irrelevant drumming clips were only used as fillers in the draft). I have matched up each instrument to each part in the song and have drawn and described each shot to match the song and to improve continuity. I will also be re-editing my half of the video in order to improve the slight framing issues. And finally the slight lighting issues can be corrected post-filming whilst we are editing by altering the brightness and saturation of the footage.

Digipak Influence - Example of Coloured Card Material

Members of the band.

The following people will be the 3 members of our band: 'Presbyterian Church of Korea'.

(Alex Parr, Emily Kemp, George Sherrat) 

Digipak Draft - Influences/Explanatory Research

1. Front Cover (1)

I decided to use a simplistic symbol which most would recognise from the volume increase key on apple inc's operating system. I also have seen this symbol being used on a book which I own, written by a personal favourite and inspirational figure in music 'David Byrne'. 

2. Front Cover (2)

The Bible. Yes, I admit this one doesn't take Moriarty to decode. The chosen band name we have used throughout this project is 'Presbyterian Church of Korea'. For this reason I felt nothing other than an obvious church (or a not so obvious North Korean Kim Jong-Un) would suit better than a bible. Another reason for my use of the bible is that a neon counterpart is used upon Arcade Fire's 'Neon Bible', which again is a piece of work which I take influence.

3. 'Cover Inside' Filler 

I decided to fill my inside cover with the band name for a couple of reasons. Firstly I have bought a product in previous years which fills the inside cover with the album name 'Phoenix - Bankrupt!' because the front cover uses NO text, this is similar to my front cover (s). My album is self titled (because it is a debut album and stereotypically a lot of debut records are named after it's contributors). The font I have used on my inside cover reminds me of the lead font used for a film which goes by the name of 'Where The Wild Things Are' produced by a personal hero of mine Spike Jonze. This font appears rather home made which mirrors styles used by bands such as Arcade Fire and Sigur Ros.

4. Folding inside cover which links to make one image. Matching up with another side when folded back and forward. 

I am very keen on the idea that my digipak will intertwine one side/cover with a different side/cover to make one fluent image. I have seen this done in records from home, ... of the top of my head they include; 

Phoenix - Bankrupt! (coins)

LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening (JM)

5. Back Cover/ Tracklisting

I want my back cover to be as minimal as the front. I feel there have been some noteworthy pieces of work released in the past which show a minimal cover but fail to deliver on the back. Instead they load rear cover with an ugly tracklisting, an even uglier barcode and some more ugly manufacturing/franchise jargon to finish it off.

To dodge this problem I have decided to use a thin sticker barcode (similar to what David Byrne did on his St Vincent collaboration album), have minimal font and a simplistic company logo (DFA). Even the DFA logo has been changed so that it is not an eye soar. (originally the lighting strike was all white, I decided I only wanted the outline). I do still need a tiny piece of legal information adding, however because my record label (DFA) are an independent label and production team they do not have to go through large companies to produce their work. This will cut down on the rubbish which would normally be added to the bottom of a back cover. 

Single Item Centre (Minimal)

Experience working on a music video.

Yesterday (8th of October), I worked on a music video performing as one half of the indie/synth duo 'INFLUXX'. throughout the duration of the day I learnt a number of things that could help to make our music video run more smoothly, in the aspects of planning and being organised, and executing the video itself. 

 


Firstly I learnt that music video's take A LOT longer to film that we first anticipated, on INFLUXX's directors plan, they estimated that filming would last 8 hours, it ended up lasting 11 and a half hours. I have learn to make sure that we allow ourselves enough time to achieve what we want to do. Also I learnt that, because of the long hours we were performing, me and Ellie (actors) and also the film crew, became demotivated towards the end and the efficiency in our working decreased. Taking this in to our music video, we need to construct a realistic plan of action for the filming day, have regular breaks and provide food for everyone in order to keep them motivated and make the final product as good as we can. Also the mobility of the lights and camera, being moved around the venue to film was very time consuming. However we are filming in a studio so this means we will only have to slightly alter the mise en scene each shot, thus eliminating/decreasing the impact of this problem.

Poster Research

Storyboard

Influence Compilation

This compilation contains a fair amount of electronica, alongside some synth pop with a tiny sprinkle of baroque pop added for good measure. All the tracks included on this playlist have influenced PCoK (are fictitious band) in some way shape or form (some not as obvious as others).

costume post (1) - matching costume

Below I have collected a few images of bands who came to my mind when thinking of the 'matching costume' idea. These bands where the same outfit if not the exact same colour when playing live shows. The list includes The Beachboys, Django Django, We Have Band, Everything Everything & The XX and personal favourite Who Made Who. We believe that this is a fun and quirky thing to add to our performance video as well as it making the choice of outfit easier. Although our three members will where the same things they will still be individually styled to match the personalities.

Possible Recreation From Analysed Videos

TO-DO - *The week of 16/9 - 22/9*

secure a venue -
*including emailing various venues

feedback -
*give all feedback to others in class
*analyse received feedback

storyboard-
*start creating storyboard
*create animatic

Progress and plan of action so far.

Possible Track (s)

Textual Analysis of Music Videos.

Textual Analysis of Music Videos - The xx Crystalised.docx