Filming Progress!

Today we filmed three of the scenes we aim to use in our music video. All the scenes were shot in Ryan's house, the scenes we filmed today were involving the two main characters who have an argument. Today we obtained twenty to thirty minuets of film which we will use through out the video, tomorrow we will begin editing the film however the first draft deadline has passed so time is of essence.

Filming Timetable

Below is the timetable for filming in the next two weeks

we aim to stick to the timetable but as with all projects

something is bound to go wrong. Hopefully we may only go

go past the timetable by a week but we will find our shortly.

Mon 27th dec

Couple scene

Opening scene

Tue 28th dec

Editing

Wed 29th dec

Editing

Thurs 30th dec

Band Scene in drama studio

Fri 31st dec

Band Scene in drama studio part 2

Mon 3rd jan

Editing

Tues 4th jan

editing

Wed 5th jan

Car Scene test

Thurs 6th jan

Real Car Scene

Fri 7th

Edting

Costume

Lead Singer

Main Character

Above are the costumes that our main character and Lead singer will wear. The costumes shown are not exact matches but what we aim to replicate

Bloc Party- One More Chance

One More Chance by Bloc Party is an interesting video which is a subtle parody which doesn't make you connect with the song straight away. The song is obviously about a relationship however the video seems to show odd characters trying to live the "American dream" of becoming rich and famous. There is a 40 something keyboard player/music producer creating songs in his basement studio. An older woman who also seems to want the Hollywood lifestyle, she is seen covering her self in make up and hair spray and trying to resemble Marilyn Monroe or a prom queen. A young talentless tap dancer dancing in his homemade studio while a friend is watching unenthuastically. The final characters in the video strangely are a young couple playing with a Ouija board trying to connect with the dead. This strange twist to the video doesn't make much sense however you can still connect to the representation of mainstream Hollywood.

What I most like about this video is the Mise en Scene of all of the scenes. They seem low budget but they all match the characters that are shown in the scenes perfectly, the underground basement studio in particular; the cluttered mess of records, dodgy coloured curtains and the garden gnome really give you a sense that it is being filmed in his parents basement. Also the scenes where the couple are playing with the Ouija board, the clothing is a new "retro-vintage" fashion, the room consists of an old looking pale pink carpet with loads of stools and vintage lamps surrounding the room. I mostly like the way they use the lamps when the girl is supposedly taken over by a spirit. All in all I think this is a good video which can be analysed in many ways, Bloc Party were known for the slightly odd videos, but I believe this one attacks the issue of the American dream and shows some of the weird behaviour wanting fame so much can bring about.

Deadline Time

As the first draft deadline approaches it is clear that we are struggling to produce enough film. This has mainly been because of the bad weather of the last week or so making the driving scene too dangerous, however now the person who had agreed to spare some time to help us do the scene and drive the car has chicken pox. It may seem like a made up excuse, unfortunately it is not. Currently we have all the footage reuired for the band scene however we now need to film the car scenes and some footage in the characters house. Today the weather forcast for next weekend is not looking promising snow is on the way.