GROUP 33 - Music Video 2008/9

Part One
Explain briefly how the work came about and what the tasks were.
(Talk about learning more techniques for final Cut, analysing some real music videos and looking at student examples,talk from promo director, music range of choices, etc)

Which band/artist did your group choose and why?
We chose “This is the law” by Version Big-fi. This is a mostly instrumental track which could go well with either an abstract video or one with a story. There are some sampled vocals that are repeated. There are good instrument solos and a strong rhythm.

How did you ‘pitch’ for them?
(summarise briefly)
Our initial planning ideas:
We first thought of a man walking around and stopping people from breaking the law and then eventually ending up at a party where lots of random people danced to the ending part of the song. We then decided this was too basic and had been done many times before. To slightly alter this idea we thought the party could take place in a church and the main guy is dressed as a vicar. This seemed better because it was more unexpected but still relevant.

Where did you get your ideas from? Cite actual examples as shown on your blog!
We took influences from various different genres of music video. One example is the video for justice’s ‘stress’, where a group of rude boys mission about being rude boys. This is not the most original ideo idea but when done well, with the right music it can be quite effective. A similar video from a completely different genre is the video for tenor saw’s ring the alarm

What tasks had to be done in the research and planning phase? How were these handled and what could have been done to improve them?
(talk about storyboarding, animatic, organising places, props, equipment, people)

How did the group come to decisions about approaches to the tasks to be completed? (what range of options did you consider and why did you opt for the choices you made?)

What roles did the various people in the group take on? Concentrate particularly on your role in the various activities.

Talk about any test footage you shot. What did you learn from doing these tests and from the animatic?

Write about the shoot. What went well/badly? what could you have done differently?

Consider your early editing and how you reached the rough cut stage. Outline this process and discuss decision-making you undertook.

What does the group feel about the rough cut? What feedback have you had from director/ other students etc? what still needs to be done?weve compiled a rough cut of all our footage while being very incomplete we hope to recover this by filming on friday and the week before half term in order to regain where we should be, we will go to linton a village outside cambridge to film on location the church and the the vicar we may also include the car footage if we have accesss to it all in all we should have the majority of our footage by the end of next week