BOOMBAG!

I nearly forgot about this while making the blog post yesterday! While at Camden we also saw these amazing boombox bags, with a twist that they actually play music! We didn't buy one at the time because they are rather expensive, around £40 for a standard messenger sized bag. We will decide if this prop is actually needed for our music video in a meeting that we will be having soon!

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UPDATE

We had the meeting in which we discussed all the items that we got for our music video. After a long talk we finally concluded that even though the bag is nice, it is not worth it. It is VERY expensive and it is not essential for our video to make sense for it would only be used as a decoration. The final verdict - we are not coming back to buy the boombag.

Costumes and works!

Today we went out to Camden town to look for times, clothing and accessories for out lead singer. We managed to find everything that we needed, including the tutu skirt, the crazy tights and funky knee socks. I'd say that the day was a success! On the way back home we noticed this little thingie!

There is going to be a fireworks display! Well ain't that just spiffy? This is a great opportunity for us to possibly go out and film some fireworks in case we'd actually like to use them in the video! The only issue with that would be having to go out past dark with expensive cameras an equipment.........we might reconsider....

ALL ABOUT THE LOCKS!

Hello, Hello, Hello!

     THE WIG HAS ARRIVED! Ah the joy and glory, and the huge relief that it was actually a wig and not a pillowcase with feathers......you know....eBay and trust issues and stuff. Ah but yes, the long wait is over for the package from china has arrived. It's still hard to believe that when filtering fro closest so you the nearest country is China. Oh well, it being a global power and all. Back to the wig and it's blue glory. Ah....well......it's a couple tones darker than what I've ordered, but I will be happy because sending it back to China will take up way too much time. I mean.....it took it about a month to get here so I think I'll stick with that, thank you very much. It is beautiful any ways. Quite heavy and long too, but that's what I have signed up for. And I just LOVE how it looks......a tiny part of my brain is actually telling me that I should lady up and try wearing it casually outside.......well we'll see, we'll see. Now for the best part - I got a few pictures that I am so willing to share!

-Greta owo

Strike a Photo!

     Well then, back to business are we? Me and Claudia went to the teacher strike/march thingie and I must say, it was absolutely mental! So many people gathered with the same views for the same cause. Al was absolutely amazed by all of it. But I won't go on about it because me and my dear colleague did a short vlog after we had done our work, and that video is coming up soon. I'll just say what we actually did at the strike. Basically we all met up at the Russel Square tube station and walked on over to the place where the march will start. Me and Claudia decided previously on our jobs there. Claudia had to do some filming and I had to take a bunch of photos. And take a bunch of photos did I do, unless 294 is a small number to you. Well I couldn't show you all of them, a lot were horrible.So horrible that only 140 something left were any good. Of course there are amazing ones amongst them, but might as well keep all of those. If I am lucky, there will be two more instances where I will be able to take photos. I will trim down the bad future photos of those events, pile all of the good ones together and trim down everything from there as well until all is left are only truly amazing pictures captured in time forever...and ever....and ever....well the ones that we are going to use anyways. And now, dear friends, the photos;

We also made a cheeky little video to go along!

Contacts and Networking is KEY

Okay, time to get down to business....no not the kind where we defeat the Huns. I bean serious business concerning our video. So we gathered a BUNCH of people to be in our video and of course we need a way to get and keep in touch with them. And for that purpose we made this handy contacts list, just like they do it in the great bit world out there. Look, mummy, I'm like a big, high class director person now!

Recce

We might have issues happen when planning to film or even when filming. Because of that we need to do our best in order to avoid them before they even happen. We made a grid outlining everything that came to mind!

AUDITIONS!!!

To pick who is going to represent our lead singer in the video - we had to hold auditions. This helped us to find a girl who suited all the criteria that we had in mind on our lead singer for our video. We decided that the girls auditioning could sing or lip sync their own song. These are just some of the many video audition tapes that we received.

Assessing the Risks

Since we have a lot of locations to film at, we had to asses the risks of each of those individually and he ir what we came up with!

Flyer Fire

To spread the word of our music video we made and stuck flyers around the premises. We did so in order to get actors/dancers to be in our video. Experience in not necessary to be in our video and so because of that we will take anyone willing to participate.

Initial Idea Presentation

This is the presentation that me and my group did to present our idea and plan for our music video. Also included below is the video of us pitching the idea.

A readable version of our presentation if available here:
http://www.slideshare.net/claudiatbfh/friday-night-gurus-presentation

And here is a video of me and my group presenting our idea:

After pitching our idea we evaluated our plan we decided to make a couple of changes to our idea:

• We will film majority of the scenes in South East London, in Southbank
• A couple of scenes will be filmed in front of a graffiti covered wall
• Two men in our video will be given bunny masks so they would be an intertextual reference to Donny Darko
• We will focus our video on the change of a dystopian London to a multicoloured London of today

After the review we looked over our choices of filming outdoors, since we realised that the weather would get in the way because we cannot control the wind, humidity or temperature. We also made other changes to our video as follows:

• We will film the dark scenes in the drama pod, because it can be turned pitch black. In the end we will transition to the colourful scenes and will film them in the theatre for it would look more grand
• Because of the unpredictable weather we will film the clue searching scene in a bedroom instead of a wall littered with graffiti

Logo Inspiration

Thinking about the logos that I would like to possibly consider using, naturally I firstly looked into different DJ's and dance music artist and their personal logos.I noticed that there is a running theme, a convention even, of simplicity. Personally I am mostly attracted to circular or symmetrical designs of logos because oddly enough I feel that it would suit my fictional artist the most.

After looking at the logos of music artists I decided that it would be beneficial to look at general logos as well. I stumbled upon neon light sign logos and found that a lot of them are minimalist and symmetrical which I liked

Schedule & Personel

Props, Location, Costume & Other Magic

The list of props the we will be using!

• Boombox
• Camera
• iMacs
• Books
• Headphones
• Laptop
• Glows ticks

The list of costumes and makeup that will be needed!

• Black tops (for dancers)
• Black trousers (for dancers)
• Bright colored clothing (for female role)
• Blue wig
• Blue eyeshadow
• Red eyeshadow
• Red lipstick
• Bright colored clothing for the two men
• Masks for the two men

Outfits and looks to use as inspiration for the Lead Female's look!

List of locations where filming will possibly happen!

• Tower Bridge
• London Eye
• Houses of Parliment/Big Ben
• Piccadilly Circus
• River Thames/The Shard
• A street
• Empty room (party scenes)
• Bridge

Equipment that will be needed and will be used!

• Camera
• Tripod
• Lighting

Finalized idea for music video

Intro: Video begins with a fast paced montage pictures from riots and strikes in London

First Verse: The video carries on to show the female lead singer using spray paint. The reason behind that is to show that she is going against the flow of the zombified and watched society. This also displays how she is preventing the government from spying on people through CCTV cameras. The lead then notices two men in the same location that seem like they don't fit in just like her, thus this gives her an incentive to reach the men.

Chorus: Throughout the chorus the female lead is pushing though the crowd trying to get to the men. She fails to do so and the men disappear in the crowd. Unable to locate them the lead female decides to leave

Second Verse: We cut to the lead next to a graffiti wall where she finds the logo of the two masked men. The logo seems incomplete so she adds a couple of lines completing it. Then the lead takes a photo. We cut to her home where she has already assembled a load of photos of the logo from different locations. She pins the photos to a map which lets her pinpoint the location and she ends up at another party.

Chorus: The party at which she ends up at is filled with people dancing with glow sticks, dressed in colorful clothing, misfits like her. She looks for the masked men in the crowd because wherever they go color is left behind, but the lead fails to find them.

Bridge: The lead female leaves the party and we follow her as she walks trough the street and stumbles upon glow sticks on the ground. She follows the trail of them hoping to find the two men. The glow sticks lead her to the first location where she saw the masked men.

Chorus: In the first location everything is different, a color revolution is happening, change is happening and people are celebrating. The masked men approach her and we see fireworks in the background