Props & Costumes

In our music video we will be using a lot of obvious props that will be an imperative towards making our music video seem like a real live performance. The obvious ones will be stage


Costumes:





We are sticking with the idea of wearing suits in our music video to not only show individuality but to cohere with authentic mid 20th century television performances which were much more formal than they are today.

Props:



We need a microphone to amplify our singers voice as a potential selling point. However we wanted to get a 1950's version but they were too expensive and hard to get our hands on.




A drum kit is needed to fulfill the band members needs to create the fast beat for the song.



A guitar as it is the leading instrument that will create the main sound.



We need a bass to enhance the sound making it more powerful.


Lastly we need an authentic (will cohere with our bands representation of old rock) amplifier device that will AMPLIFY the sounds....

Animatics

Timeline

New Location

Feedback on Our Idea and how we Overcame It

This video outweighs the things that we purposely added to our video in which our audience didn't understand throughout the research an planning process.

Audience's From The Past

In our music video we would like to insert existing footage of raging fans who adore the live performance that it completely triggers their emotions. Our main inspiration is the Beatles who were famously known for their raging fans who were so loud that the artists couldn't hear their music. Here is an example....



Clearly the fans are mentally obsessed with The Beatles in which they violently react to their presence.  We would like to re-create this but with real life footage from The Beatles to add to the parody of the music video in which we are humorously presenting the modern music with the old setting. During the 60's they named the fan frenzy 'BEATLEMANIA' as they had an immediate connection with the band so there would be no Beatles without BEATLEMANIA as it was great publicity. Our music video will hopefully include this connection between the fans and artist. Unlike synthetic artists we aren't trying to build up a strong solid star image that we will keep to, we would rather look like the Arctic Monkeys back in 2005 who connected with their audience by looking like ordinary boys. However as this video is inspired by the 1950's we need to have fans that match the era, so to cohere with the parody we have decided to use The Beatles fans as an inspiration.

A Quick Change To Our Album Cover

We presented our album cover to the class as we wanted feedback from our completed album cover. Everyone seemed to like the cover especially the 'Walls' logo as one said, 'it looks original and makes the band seem organic and approachable'. However, they thought the back cover needed tweaking as the song names were in a strange order ending at 7 then the next column going to 11. Therefore we changed it to make it 6x6. Also they thought that the inside cover photo should take up most of the space to give a better look of the band. Lastly the text at the bottom seemed too conversational so I tweaked it by changing it to... 'with thanks to toe rag studios, domino and beggars group for the recording and production of this album'. It sounds more professional. So here is our final album cover....

Star Image (Urge To Overkill)

Urge To Overkill is an alternative rock band, formed in Chicago. They were formed in 1987 and are still going today. Their most renowned song is their cover of Neil Diamond's 'Girl You'll Be a Woman Soon' which was featured in the famous film Pulp Fiction. They are another band famously known for reinventing the past as they were inspired by the 1950's and all their live performances include elements of old 1950's tv music. For example the live version of 'Girl You'll Be a Woman Soon'.



As you can see the band are again dressed up smart like we aim to do too. This video acts as the main inspiration of camera techniques as it really captures the band from many angles. Take for instance the high angle low tilt (1:11) which captures the whole band as if it is a point of view from the crowd.

Also there are several close ups of the lead singer and the microphone which shows detail and can act as a selling point as it is showing his face and detailed emotional state when singing the song. We would like our lead singer to be having fun as it is a fast paced song so it builds up excitement, therefore these shots will be repeated as we are editing as if it combines a choreographed video with an improvised performance. Further wide shots will be used especially for the musicians with the instruments just like the video above. Each musician has their own style of movement with the instrument in which we will recreate with our members. Lastly I like that the camera is at a low angle with a high tilt which acts as a fan looking up at the band member, however we want our fans to band to connect to the audience so we will have the singer looking into the camera as if he is looking at you. Overall this live performance of Urge Overkill demonstrates the key types of shot we would like to use within our music video and what the shots may represent.