I am now annotating the lyrics and trying to think of a video that would go well with the lyrics. I thought of a few ideas but i need to go into them in depth to see whether i would be able to fulfill them. One idea was that it would be set in a dust place, deserted and lonely. Also that it was like an old western film. The other idea i had was that it was set in a place that was war torn or had been hit by a disaster such a tsunami or earthquake. A young boy/girl sitting on a step red eyed from crying tears still rolling down his/her cheeks and thinking about the detestation having lost family and friends and in the background seeing ruble and what was once a little town. Or perhaps a protest song from the 60's. I thought about having a few people with boards protesting and chanting, and then them crashing into a room or building and pushing over tables chairs and jumping on the tables chanting. I thought they it should be clear that the chanting but have no sound apart from the song.
I have been having some problems in thinking of the best way to use these ideas I have a logo sorted and the style. But everything else isn't progressing as much as i hoped. Lots of the things i have thought about doing has ended as i have realized the complications with some ideas.
6th - 7th November.
This weekend i am going to try and find locations to film and from that i will start to create my storyboard and draft more ideas from that. I have chosen to do my first idea but make it more interesting by adding a character in it to portray the loneliness of the surroundings. I thought about going to one of the old Cornish mines as they are broken down and old. and the landscape around them is all over grown and wild. She/he could be holding a plack-board with a question mark on it dragging it. The music video will progress such as the girl is just slowly walking dragging the board, then it shoots to the riots but they start off peaceful like sitting down chanting. The video will progress with the riot getting worse and more violent and her starting to be more prominent. I was also thinking of using videos off YouTube or somewhere about protests or show protests. As they show powerful images of riots and protest about things that people believe in. I will develop my ideas in more depth to complete them and i will start thinking of ways i can make the images as powerful as the lyrics.
11th November.
I spoke to my niece yesterday and she said she would be willing to do it. I explained my idea and she understood it enough. So the next stage is to create a storyboard, shot list, treatment and a proposal. And i am planning to get that done during the end pf this week and the next and by next weekend i will be ready to film. I will be going up to Ding Dong Mine to shot my video and i am hoping to shoot some of the landscape as well as my niece with the plack-board. Tonight i am planning to root through my dads shed to find sturdy wood to make the plack-board and then i will but a think permanent marker to draw a question mark on it. Then i will start to storyboard over the weekend and plan my shots accurately to fit the video. then i will start to research famous protests from YouTube that i can fit into or over so of my landscape shots of Ding Dong Mine.
13th - 14th November.
On the weekend i went to my Uncles and he gave me a broomstick handle and a 2 ft by 2 ft board, for my plack-board, i have yet to stick it all together. I have then created a draft storyboard. But there are a few touch up on it that i need to do.
20th - 21st November.
I will be filming this weekend and then will be ready to edit in the week. I filmed my music video today, my brother Stuart took Kirra, my niece, and me up to ding dong mine. We were there for about an hour and half. The filming was easy, as Kirra understood what i was asking of her. Before we left i took a few pictures of her with the board for the poster and CD cover. I found that i had enough shots for the whole duration of the track. So a few of the shots won't be used, but i can also cut them down if there too big.
The picture i took today, of Ding Dong Mine in all its glory in the sun.
I also took a picture of my niece and the plack-board with the view behind. And one of my brother dog, who we took with us.
22nd-26th November.
I will be editing my footage in this week, and finding YouTube clips to place into it as well. Editing is well under the way now i have put the clips in where I'd like them and how I storyboarded them. I have created my marketing: CD covers, front and back.
29th-3rd December.
I will be finishing editing and hopefully looking at the final product. We have been given an extension for next Tuesday at the latest. So I have more time to edit my music video.
13th-17th December.
It is now the last week before Christmas Holidays and I am finishing off the editing and the evidence to go along with it. I have till the Friday of this week to hand it all in.
5th-7th December.
This last three days I have finished off my blog, completing my evaluation. And I have also compressed my video, and have burned it to disk, added my front and back covers. And now have a completed video that I can, and am proud of.
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