Animatic

I made a quick animatic of my storyboard in order to further show what I am attempting to create in my Music Video.

Storyboard

This is my storyboard for my music video. I am using both Narrative and Band Performance hence the pictures of the band and the characters as well. The main male character is also the main singer in the band so that there's a clear link between the emotion and message in the song and the characters narrated life.

Music Video Testing

This is a short clip I shot to test the effect of light obscuring the details on my models face. This is not my final model or the right lication I just wanted to see how everything would look on film. The model will be baked but nothing innapropriate will be visible in the clip.

Camera Shot testing

I took a few shots to test out how I would like to see my models in my music video standing together to effectively show their relationship. Possibly even from the perspective of my other model who's in love with this girl but he can't have her.

Artist Styling and Costume Planning

I have picked my Actor and Actress and decided that they will be wearing stereotypical 'Metal' clothing.
The style and the clothing of metal has absorbed elements from influences as diverse as the musical influences from the given genre. It is from this linking of different sub-styles of clothing and music influences that sometimes one can determine specific musical tastes simply from a persons overall appearance.
I've uploaded some pictures for an example of the kind of clothing I'll be aiming for.

Diary 20/06/12

Inspiration 1

This is some inspiration that I discovered as I was walking home last night. I found that the flashing light seemed very effective as it seemed both eerie and ominous evoking feelings of fear and or anticipation. I decided that I will use elements such as this flashing light when recording parts of my music video. I really feel this will help make my music video more effective. 

Similar Genre Analysis

The reason I have chosen to analyze this music video of a similar genre is that firstly, it is by the same band which means there are a lot of likenesses including the fact that they are both originally metal songs which have both had calmer acoustic covers made and at this stage I think I am going to use the acoustic cover of “Bullet for My Valentine - Say Goodnight” because it will be more effective to evoke emotions of sorrow rather than anger as that is what the screaming suggests to most people despite what the lyrics say.

The reason they have both had acoustic covers made is that the lyrics really do convey deep emotions and feelings effectively

Music Lyric Annotation/Plan

This is my quick annotation of the lyrics for my chosen song. However, I am currently deliberating whether to use this acoustic version of the song or the original which contains an extra verse at the end but it's much more typically metal and screamo which makes the anger at the end easier to convey in the making of my music video when I come to filming it.

Music Video Plan

Picking My Actor and Actress

This is a short presentation to show my consideration into the actors and actresses for the roles of my music video. I have not yet decided which model to use but I now have a good perspective from which to make my decision.

Picking My Actor and Actress

Initial Planning Ideas

I am starting the coursework for the second part of my A-Level course. Our task is to create a music video.
In order to accomplish this I am going to have to do over 100 posts following my progression through the year, I am getting a head-start so I intend to be finished early.  Research, Diary, The areas I have to cover are Planning, Research, Diary, Audience Feedback, Construction, Final Products and Evaluation.
I have chosen the song "Say Goodnight" by 'Bullet For My Valentine'. I chose this because I am a big fan of Metal Music and I know that I can focus on this song and analyse every element of it accurately.

Planning for Mag Ad

These are a few of the preliminary pictures that helped toward the creation of my final magazine advert. They show the planning and progression of my thoughts that I had about the magazine advert.