Filming Schedule

We will be filming our music video on Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd October. We will be filming something different on both days and at different locations.


Schedule: Thursday 22nd October
Getting to the location:

• We will need to get to Lincoln to film. We will get the bus from Bourne to Peterborough and then the train to Lincoln.
• When we get to Lincoln we will walk to the high street.

At the location:

• We will film the actors in the costumes walking around town and also of them going into the fast food restaurants.

Getting back home:

• We will go back to Bourne after filming these shots.
• We will be out for most of the day travelling and filming.

Schedule: Friday 23rd October
Getting to location 1:

• We will start filming at a public field in Haconby. We will travel by car with our parents to get to Haconby and to transport the instruments.

At location 1:

• When we get to the location we will set up the instruments and equipment.
• We will then film a huge range of performance shots.
• The actors will then change into the food costumes and we will record some more performance.
• We will spend at least a couple of hours filming the performance to make sure that we have enough footage and a range of camera angles and shots.

Getting to location 2:

• Our next location will be the football field in Haconby which is next to the other field so we will just walk.

At location 2:

• At the location we will be filming the actors playing football in the food costumes.
• This won't take too long because we are only planning on using it for about 10 seconds, however, we will get more footage just in case.

Getting to location 3:

• Our next location is at Sam Hargrave's house which is in Haconby so we will walk there.

At location 3:

• At the location we will be filming the band members playing the FIFA on the PlayStation in their costumes.
• This also won't take us too long to film but we will get a range of shots.

Getting to location 4:

• Our next location is the Spinney Bridge in Bourne.
• We will get there by car with our parents.

At location 4:

• At the location we will be filming the actors standing around a small fire and the actors walking around town.
• We will be filming at this location at night.
• These shots won't take too long but we will get a range of shots.

Risk Assessment

Pitch

Storyboard

Shot List

Cutting to the Beat

Deconstruction of Chosen Song

The main theme within the song is loneliness,

Budget List

Additional Expenses:

Travel - Bus (Bourne to Peterborough) = £4.00 Return
           - Train (Peterborough to Lincoln) = £15.50 Return

Total Cost: £72.29 (Excl. Travel)
                   £91.79 (Incl. Travel)

Mise-en-Scene

Costumes

Prop List

Music Video Theories

 

Michael Shore

Michael Shore criticised music promos for the following:

• Use of recycled styles.
• Having surface without substance.
• Containing an information overload.
• Image and style scavenging.
• Decadence.
• Immediate gratification.
• Portraying adolescent male fantasies.
• Using speed, power, girls and wealth.
• Clichéd imagery.
• Soft-core pornography. 

Most of these criticisms do not really apply to the video as they are more focused on pop promos. The only point that could apply is the clichéd imagery, as the use of dollar bills and US flags give the video a rebellious nature. Although this is not extremely common in promos, it has been seen on multiple occasions before.  

Steve Archer

Steve Archer's theory indicated that there needs to be a strong relationship between the narrative and performance in a music promo. Promos should cut between a narrative and a performance from the
band. The video does not follow this theory, as it is solely performance based.

Tzvetan Todorov (Narrative Theory)

Todorov's theory suggests that the conventional narrative follows 5 stages:

1. A state of Equilibrium (stability).
2. A disruption of the Equilibrium (Disequilibrium).
3. A recognition of the Disequilibrium. 
4. An attempt to repair the disruption.
5. A resolution in which the Equilibrium is reinstated (New Equilibrium). 

As there is no clear narrative in the video, this theory cannot be applied either. 

Andrew Goodwin

• Music videos demonstrate genre characteristics (E.g. Stage performance in rock videos, dance routines for boy/girl bands).
• Lots of close ups of the artist who may develop motifs that recur across their work (visual style).
• Frequent reference to the notion of looking (screens, telescopes, etc.) and particularly voyeuristic treatment of the female body.
• Intertextual references often used. 

This theory, on the other hand, can be partially applied. For example, the urban setting and anti-government inferences are quite characteristic of the Hip/Hop genre. There are also lots of close ups of the artists, but no real references to the notion of looking or intertextuality, however.

John Stewart

John Stewart's theory proposed that music videos have the aesthetics of TV commercials, with lots of close-ups used to focus on the performers face. There are indeed lots of close ups of the performers faces in the video, so it could be said that this theory also applies.

Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud's theory refers to the notion of looking upon someone without them knowing for erotic pleasure and sexual gratification. As aforementioned, there are no real references to the notion of looking upon anything, so this is another theory that does not apply.