Today we discussed ideas for our music video basing it on the two songs we had chosen 'Against the ropes' and 'Casablanca was a disaster movie'
For 'Against the ropes' we developed on my idea for your stereotypical nerd being bullied by the again stereotypical 'tough guy' bully. We talked about how as the song developed there should be like more and more 'nerd's' coming out and joining the rest of them forming a little group/gang, then at the end for them to take on the bullies, we agreed that there should be at least 5 'nerds/victims' and about 3 bullies. As the song developed and more of the nerds joined the rest of the group that the layout of where they stand would be sort of balanced on each side
E.g. One person right at the front sort of making them appear as a 'ringleader' and then two more coming behind them but slightly to the side of the first person and then again with the last two, making them appear in an arrow shape, ensuring everyone could be seen when we filmed it.
Thursday, 8 December 2011
(Group Formation)
Today we decided which groups we wanted to work in, I decided to work with Adeline because we have similar tastes in music and she over the summer she had asked some groups if it was possible that they would let us use one of their songs, so that we could make a music video for them. After listening to the bands we both decided on the one band who we both really liked and that stood out to us 'Smile Lookalive' they are and alternative pop punk band, similar to 'a day to remember', 'Blink 182' and 'All time low' and these are the bands they aspire to be like.
After listening to the bands ExtendedPlay we decided on two songs that we liked 'Casablanca was a disaster movie' and 'Against the ropes' both songs had very similar meanings. We sat down and briefly talked about things we could do for each song, for 'Against the ropes' I had an idea about it should contain your stereotypical 'nerd' who gets bullied and slowly kind of regains the power against the bullies etc.
After listening to the bands ExtendedPlay we decided on two songs that we liked 'Casablanca was a disaster movie' and 'Against the ropes' both songs had very similar meanings. We sat down and briefly talked about things we could do for each song, for 'Against the ropes' I had an idea about it should contain your stereotypical 'nerd' who gets bullied and slowly kind of regains the power against the bullies etc.
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Monday, 14 November 2011
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Band Interview!! :)
When and how did the band form?
We Officially formed in Feb of 2011, Elliot(Guitar) and Lucas(Bass) played together in a previous band for sometime but wanted something more pop punky and set off on creating the band they always wanted to be in, Elliot knew John(Drums) from a while back due to their Mums being friends, they started to begin playing together but were still in need of a Singer and another Guitarist. Dan(Vocals) and Jimmy(Guitar/Vocals) had been friends a while and wanted to do something together as they had always been in different acts and decided to start something. Dan had posted a Gumtree add advertising that he was a vocalist looking to form a band, Elliot contacted Dan and when discovered they needed another guitarist aswell Jimmy fit the bill perfectly.
Who are your main influences? And who would you compare yourselves to?
We have alot of influences but the ones that seem to be prominent in the music we seem to be producing is bands such as, A Day To Remember, Four Year Strong, You Me At Six, All Time Low, Blink 182, New Found Glory, Taking Back Sunday and Brand New.
Id compare us to You Me At Six, Taking Back Sunday, A Day to remember sort of cross over.
If you had to describe the band in three imaginative words, what would they be?
Ehralling, Determined, Gratifying
Who do you consider to be your main target audience? I.e. who is your music aimed at?
The main target audience for any band of our genre is the Teenagers. Teenagers are so impressionable and enthusiastic about music at that age and its always good to be a somewhat good influence. But we're not strictly targeting at teenagers as we have alot of fans in there 20s and even higher, its nice to appeal to a broad audience.
What inspires you when you are writing the music and lyrics?
I mean theres seems to be alot of movie like references in our song titles, I guess i'm inspired by film, tv, life experiences friendships love life ect
Is there a theme/something in particular that you tend to write about? If so what? (e.g. love, fate, hardship)
If there’s a theme its real life situations that I have been through.
Are there any music videos that you wish had been to one of your songs? Why?
Theres a few. The video to always by blink 182 is fantastic. I love the way its shot with the split screen and stuff its brilliant, another is Boxcar Racers video for "There Is". I love them playing outside in the rain and the darkness in the video is awesome, and then theres New found Glorys video for My friends Over you,I just love the comedy in the video combined with the live performance with loads of people, great fun video.
What are the lyrics for ‘Against the Ropes’ referencing?
Against the Ropes is a song about not letting people get you down. The lyrics really ring true because i'm the sort of person that doesn't let anyone put me down and say you can't do something. You shouldn't give up on anything no one should ever let their dreams fade away.
Which out of these styles of filming do you think would suit ‘Against the Ropes’;
Performance based, (e.g. A Day to Remember All I want)
If ‘Against the Ropes’ already had a music video to it, what kind of basic visuals would you expect? (e.g. people running away from something, a crowd singing along, lots of colour, black and white, a giant door, 2 people running off into the sunset etc.)
umm I'm a big fan of good colour usage in videos.I think the All I Want video is great, a crowd singing could be cool.One idea that could work for part of the narrative is the people playing the parts maybe cutting to them singing the lyrics and stuff along.
Is there a particular way that you want the band to be portrayed as?
We don't wanna come across all over the top i.e MCR, 30 Seconds To Mars etc, we would like to be portrayed how bands like Four Year Strong, Taking Back Sunday and A Day to Remember come across in there videos if that makes sense?
We Officially formed in Feb of 2011, Elliot(Guitar) and Lucas(Bass) played together in a previous band for sometime but wanted something more pop punky and set off on creating the band they always wanted to be in, Elliot knew John(Drums) from a while back due to their Mums being friends, they started to begin playing together but were still in need of a Singer and another Guitarist. Dan(Vocals) and Jimmy(Guitar/Vocals) had been friends a while and wanted to do something together as they had always been in different acts and decided to start something. Dan had posted a Gumtree add advertising that he was a vocalist looking to form a band, Elliot contacted Dan and when discovered they needed another guitarist aswell Jimmy fit the bill perfectly.
Who are your main influences? And who would you compare yourselves to?
We have alot of influences but the ones that seem to be prominent in the music we seem to be producing is bands such as, A Day To Remember, Four Year Strong, You Me At Six, All Time Low, Blink 182, New Found Glory, Taking Back Sunday and Brand New.
Id compare us to You Me At Six, Taking Back Sunday, A Day to remember sort of cross over.
If you had to describe the band in three imaginative words, what would they be?
Ehralling, Determined, Gratifying
Who do you consider to be your main target audience? I.e. who is your music aimed at?
The main target audience for any band of our genre is the Teenagers. Teenagers are so impressionable and enthusiastic about music at that age and its always good to be a somewhat good influence. But we're not strictly targeting at teenagers as we have alot of fans in there 20s and even higher, its nice to appeal to a broad audience.
What inspires you when you are writing the music and lyrics?
I mean theres seems to be alot of movie like references in our song titles, I guess i'm inspired by film, tv, life experiences friendships love life ect
Is there a theme/something in particular that you tend to write about? If so what? (e.g. love, fate, hardship)
If there’s a theme its real life situations that I have been through.
Are there any music videos that you wish had been to one of your songs? Why?
Theres a few. The video to always by blink 182 is fantastic. I love the way its shot with the split screen and stuff its brilliant, another is Boxcar Racers video for "There Is". I love them playing outside in the rain and the darkness in the video is awesome, and then theres New found Glorys video for My friends Over you,I just love the comedy in the video combined with the live performance with loads of people, great fun video.
What are the lyrics for ‘Against the Ropes’ referencing?
Against the Ropes is a song about not letting people get you down. The lyrics really ring true because i'm the sort of person that doesn't let anyone put me down and say you can't do something. You shouldn't give up on anything no one should ever let their dreams fade away.
Which out of these styles of filming do you think would suit ‘Against the Ropes’;
Performance based, (e.g. A Day to Remember All I want)
- Concept based (e.g. young guns stitches -although it has parts which are performance based),
- Narrative (i.e. a story e.g. you me at six rescue me)
- Or a mixture of 2 or all 3.
If ‘Against the Ropes’ already had a music video to it, what kind of basic visuals would you expect? (e.g. people running away from something, a crowd singing along, lots of colour, black and white, a giant door, 2 people running off into the sunset etc.)
umm I'm a big fan of good colour usage in videos.I think the All I Want video is great, a crowd singing could be cool.One idea that could work for part of the narrative is the people playing the parts maybe cutting to them singing the lyrics and stuff along.
Is there a particular way that you want the band to be portrayed as?
We don't wanna come across all over the top i.e MCR, 30 Seconds To Mars etc, we would like to be portrayed how bands like Four Year Strong, Taking Back Sunday and A Day to Remember come across in there videos if that makes sense?
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