The Timeline storyboard i made, i put onto a timeline so that we would know how things happen and when in relation to the actual sounds of the song.

i made this before we had finished shooting, and it helped alot in helping james to get the right emotion.




Also, i put in a timecode so i could see more precisely where things were.

Here is a basic storyboard that i made, just to help know where things happen and what should be in the video at what places.

larger size can be found here:

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq148/group2d/1.jpg

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq148/group2d/2.jpg

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq148/group2d/3.jpg

xx

My original Myspace

I made this myspace, although i said that the main image would get bigger, the background could be changed, and the sizes would be better, they didn't like it. I think i still have the HTML for it somewhere, i'll stick it up on some kind of hosting for a real impression. I don't want all this work to get lost.

Also while i'm here, i had some original ideas. Seeing as there were four of us, we could have had a theme based on the pack of cards, each of us would have represented a suit. I was playing around with photoshop to try and make a cover, i might have saved that somewhere too.

I liked it; not just because I had made it. I thought that it fitted in with the band's identity of wanting to not fit in with the norm.

cover art

as we have decided on "the scarlet pimpernels" as our band name, and i have been thinking about cover art.
my main idea is a red rose/flower, on a plain white background. the rose will be vectory, like this http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/577172/2/istockphoto_577172-vector-rose.jpg but with the shape like this http://i.pbase.com/o6/91/43791/1/39531401.9W7F3NGv.6EET9042_web_red_rose.jpg .

i think there should be no text on the cover, or maybe very small writing ina corner, just as a convention. this is so that the main image stays striking.

Thoughts on Hat and Coat

They seem good for our Film Noir ideas, the colours are good, although it will be in black and white, I think it's god to still think about colour for just incase.

I think it's a good find on the Hat and coat.

Lip Synching practise

(Repost from group Blog)

Here is a video that James and I made to practise lipsynching, nearer the start of the project, it's just taken a while to get onto youtube.




We thought it would be fun to do, we had a free afternoon and thought it would be beneficial practise, having been enthusised by the busted day.

xx Luke

Test Shoot thoughts

http://musicvideogroup22008.blogspot.com/2008/07/test-shoot.html
here is Angela's thoughts on the matter, with the video.

I think that it was super helpful, as it gave me the chance to test shoot James, so i can see how to film him.

Also, it showed us that it is possible for such a powerful voice to come out of li'l ole James.

Peace out

some initial thinking

There are two real directions i can see my idea going, both of which are certainly feesable.



The first is a public hidden camera thing, with a public performance, with alot of focus on public reactions, two very obvious examples of this are "praise you" by Fatboy Slim (dir. Spike Jonze) and "Slam" by Pendulum.

My second possible idea is a really cheesy euro-beat or j-pop song with a really brightly coloured video, with simple choreographed dance routines. The song could be something like "bing bang" by lazytown, the song i had been considering for this one is "Running in the 90s" by initial D. The dance routiney thing i have been thinking, is choreography like "wearing my rolex" by Wiley, or a brilliant example, "baby one more time" by Britney Spears, or "thriller" by Michael Jackson. Yes, oviously we aren't proffessional dancers, but maybe 5 or so people doing a dance routine, could be super effective.