More Raw Footage (To be evaluated)

Close up shot of the boy drinking from a glass of water. This is to illustrate that he is trying to calm himself down.

Shot of the boy walking towards the bathroom.

I choose to do this shot as I think it symbolises the boy going into the darkness, the fact that he is turning the light off could show that he is trapped. Linking to the nightmares he has been having.


He is walking from the darkness into the light, maybe trying to escape .

Photos of the band members.. (Updated)

 

Craig (Left) is playing the guitarist in my band and Rowan (Right) is playing the lead singer (front man). These photos were taken when I was about too start filming and Rowan is tuning the guitar up. 

 

Close up shot of Rowan. Rowan conveys the typical band singer for this type of genre. He has a lot of piercing that is viewed by society nowadays as an act of rebellion, although it is becoming more commonly accepted, it is still viewed in a negative light by the older generation. This links with the clothing worn in the 1970's.

(The Models) As you can see the most seen colour worn by people who associated themselves with rock/punk is black. Therefore by getting Rowan to also wear black, the audience can make the reference to the type of genre.

Close up shot of Craig.

The clothing that Craig is wearing isnt so conventionally typical of the genre, however the black skinny jeans were very popular in the 1980s with heavy metal rock bands. Even though the band I am using isnt heavy metal, it has an element of rock throughout the song. Bands such as Slayer and Meticalla supported drainpipe trousers. By the 1990's artists such as Freddie Mercury and Bon Jovi had also converted to wearing the slim fit jeans. Thus by Craig wearing these types of trousers there can also be a link to the genre.

Nowadays identity is recognised through a series of different aspects of social life e.g clothing, music, brand names etc. We live in "The times of the tribes" meaning that almost everyone belongs to a subculture. However subcultures arent just one set of ideas and behaviours, they have adopted a "pick 'n' mix approach" (Postmodernist) Identity is made and recognised by language and the brands that people wear, rather than just the type of clothing or style you have, its much more than that. People are now creating a whole image of themselves around a certain subculture, starting with the clothing, but also their attitude and beliefs. All subcultures have now become fragmented and many cultures have become disentergrated, creating smaller, more selected groups that the youth want to belong too.

More raw footage.

The lighting is a bit dim at points but once I have uploaded the footage onto the school computers i'll then be able to make it more clearer.

Rough Footage.

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Target Audience

History of Punk Rock - Improved.

Due to the genre of my band being punk/rock, I decided to do some research into the history of it.

The punk rock genre started developing around 1974-1976. It originated in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. The genre mainly rooted from Garage Rock, but other contributing genres were protopunk. The punk genre tried to avoid getting caught up in the extremes of mainstream rock music. Most typical punk bands had fast paced, hard edged music which were quite short and often incorporated political, anti-establishment lyrics.  Although this genre of music was quite popular in the 1970's, it took on the role of DIY ethics, this meant that most bands would self-produce their recordings and distribute them.

Towards the late 1970's bands such as The Ramones (New York City), The Sex Pistols (London) and The Clash (London) were recognized as the frontline of a new musical movement. In 1977, we saw Punk become a massive cultural signifier for the United Kingdom. Even though Punk music was growing more and more popular, it still rejected being associated with mainstream music. Therefore you found bands like The Ramones playing in local scenes rather than well known locations. With this genre of music, came a punk associated subculture, known for there rebellious youth and distinctive clothing style.

In 1980, punk music had changed slightly. It had become much more aggressive with the rise of hardcore punk. Artists that linked themselves with the punk genre took a new spin on it. They created other sub genres e.g. post-punk. By the end of the century punk had finally become mainstream with the rise of bands such as Green Day.



As you can see all of these punk/rock music videos inco-oparate the band aslong with having a plot line to the video aswell, which is what my music video also does. I thought to use these ideas in my video as thgenre is very similair and then I could relate it too how even though punk music has evolved and chanthe approach and the way it is represented has not.

This picture shows the clothing and different bands that could link to the band that I am using, also Reading Festival is well known to host rock bands in its line up which is why I put that on the picture to show what kind of audience would listen to my band. The clothing they wear is all very similar, they all seem to like dark colours e.g. grey and black. Also during concert they wouold wear a supporting bands t shirt to also have a link to the same genre but different artists.

Intertextuality

The start of my music video can be referenced too the opening of "The kids we used to be" by Your Demise. My opening shot is of Tom waking up, rubbing his eyes and checking his phone, and if you watch the first minute of this music video you will see the similarities between my idea and the footage being played. This video influenced me as it relates to the words being sung but also the genre could be linked with our band that were using. The idea that the camera is representing the mirror and filming the singer is also being used in our music video but too highlight the emotions on the main singers face. Typically in music videos of this genre the main singer addresses the audience straight on, by looking into the camera which gives the effect of them singing to us.

List of shots to do.

• Close up of Tom leaning on the mirror
• Close up of Jess pretending to cut her tounge (nightmare effect)
• Pan out of band standing against a grotty wall.
• Rowan writing on the empty sign post saying "Stay Young" (Sped up effect)
• Shot of flowing river
• Close up of band members faces.
• Close up of Tom looking worried.
• Tom standing outside an isolated pub (vanishing point)
• Drum solo with edits of Jess popping up. - Jacob
• Leaning against the wall on different sides (seperate) Jess and Tom
• Shot of traffic on motorway (Sped up effect)
• Ending - The finishing of writing "Stay Young" on the wall - Rowan walking away. (Fade to black)

Shooting Schedule

• 2nd October 2012 - Shot with Tom in the opening scenes and a couple of various different shots. E.G Drinking from the beer can.

• 3rd October 2012 - Shot with Jess in the asylum scenes, (these will be edited in throughout the music video as short snapshots, they are not the main feature but more to be used to shock the audience and intensify it) Also shot a few landscape views in Anglia Square, looking out from the car park, with the view of the terrace housing etc.

• 9th October 2012 - Planning on shooting the other shots we need. TBC

• 10th October 2012 - Shooting more footage. TBC.