Plans For Draft Filming Day

Below is my plan for the draft filming day; hopefully everything sticks to this and runs smoothly.

9:00 - Drive to Ollie's house and pick up bass guitar, rhythm guitar and drum kit.
9:20 - Leave Ollies and drive to Harrys to pick up him and his guitar.
9:25 - Leave Harrys and head to The Cookie in Leicester city centre.
9:35 - Luke picks up Matt and heads to The Cookie
10:00 - Meet at The Cookie and carry equipment to the basement in order to start filming.
10:20 - Start filming.
12:00 - Filming break for food and a drink.
12:30 - Re-film to 15:00
15:00 - Thank Tinny for letting us use The Cookie, pack up equipment and head home.

Video Style

I am just making it clear that my music video WILL NOT be a narrative. It will be mainly performance based with some backstage and crowd shots (maybe). There are many reasons for my decision, one of these is that the music video for the song that I have chosen is a narrative I don't want mine to be comparable to the original. I also think narrative videos are very hard to pull off, this is not the say that I'm not a fan of them, because I am - I would just rather try and create a performance video.

Poster Draft

Digipak Draft

Moodboard

Here is my moodboard, in this I have tried to showcase the style that I will be aiming to go for. You can see a lot of bands that I have mentioned before in here, I like what all the people in here are wearing, I also like their haircuts. Ideally, I would like my lead singer to have facial hair, maybe just stubble.. This is because a lot of indie lead singers have this characteristic and I want to conform to the 'indie' convention.

Digipak Analysis 3

Digipak Analysis 1

Digipak Analysis 2

25 Word Pitch

Colour Pallets

For my Digipak and Poster, I will be using the colours black and yellow. I feel that they work well together and they will stand out and catch the passer-by. I will be using a fairly bright yellow rather than a dim version.

Location

My video is going to hopefully be set in The Cookie Jar in the middle of Leicester. It is an indie bar/restaurant in daytime but a venue for indie gigs at night. Comedy gigs are also held their occasionally.
I want my video to be as indie as possible therefore if I have the chance to video here, which hopefully I will, I'll jump on it.

Risk Assessment

1) Tripping.
People who are at risk - The band members and the person filming. The person filming is at risk as if they move round when filming they could trip over a wire.
Likelihood - Low, as I will prevent this with precautions.
Severity - High.
Precautions- Make sure all leads are out of the way, taped down and tied up if not in use.

2) Falls of crew and equipment.
People who are at risk - The band members
Likelihood - High.
Severity - Medium.
Precautions - Keep everything out of the way of the band and tape things down. E.G speakers and amps, also leads.

3) Vehicles?
Answer = No.

4) Weapons?
Answer = No.

5) Special Effects?

Answer: No.

6) Burns from lights.

People who are at risk - Everyone.

Likelihood - Low.

Severity - High.

Precautions - Be sure that lights are not near anything flammable and switched off when not on.

7) Temporary structures?

People who are at risk - The band.

Answer: Yes

Severity: Medium

Likelihood: Medium

Precautions - Make sure everything is secure and sturdy.

Advert Inspiration 3

Advert Inspiration 1

This advert is probably the biggest inspiration to me. It is an EP advert for a band called CHEATAHS. I like there is writing or something on most places of the page. I think the box works well however in mine I will probably not incorporate a picture as I feel I am better technically and not artistically. I like the font that is used - it is bold yet simplistic. I don't feel that the date is lost as it is easy to find on the page. What I don't like is that the website URL is too small, in my opinion anyway. I do like the minimalist design however. I will probably not use the red colour in my video as I want to use Black and Yellow and it will probably be on a plain background without the red backdrops.

Digipak Inspiration 3

This cover is also minimalist/simplistic. From just looking at this cover one would not be able to tell what genre it would fit in - and this is what I like about it. I am a fan of just 2 colours being in place again, this time none of them being black however - they are clearly Orange and White. I will try and emulate just 2 colours being in place on mine. I quite like the 'Parental Advisory Explicit Content' in the bottom right however I don't feel it would fit my genre - as mine is more hip-hop. I like the size of the text on this album cover but in mine I will try and move it down slightly so it is more central as I feel this looks better.

Digipak Inspiration 2

Kasabian are a band which I admire greatly and this album cover was very striking when it was first released. It caught people off guard with it being so simplistic. I feel that the black works very well with the pink. Well... black works with everything. I used pink in my draft, this was inspired by this however I feel that it didn't work aswell. I like the text being central - in my final digipak I will emulate this - as I don't like the text being on one side and the cover looking lopsided. I will also have the text larger as well as I do not feel that is is prominent enough in this.

Digipak Inspiration 1

The colours on this Digipak inspired me the most, although I do like the minimalist design as well. I feel that yellow and black work really well and this is something which I would like to incorporate in my final digipak and maybe even the advertisement as well. I used these colours in my AS media magazine last year and this was marked highly therefore it is clear that they can work together. I am a fan of the picture on the front of this album cover however I am no sure whether I will use this as inspiration on not. On mine I also want the text to be in a more prominent place.