Three different ideas...

Our first idea was "(One of Those) Crazy Girls" by Paramore:



Good points: catchy song, lyrics easy to adapt into concept
Bad points: very cheesy, lyrics made concept predictable

Our second idea was "Fresh Start Fever" by You Me At Six:


 Good points: fast beat (lots of different shots), suited favourite genre of music, favourite band
Bad points: no story line, music video already produced, male protagonist

And our final idea (which we are very happy with) is "Mason Jar" by Smallpools:

 Good points: unknown band, no music video, catchy song, usable lyrics, lots of concept ideas
Bad points: a little repetitive

Song lyrics

Below are the song lyrics for Mason Jar by Smallpools. At first we wanted the music video to be completely narrative and to include no lip syncing however, now we disagree and have decided to use lip syncing in every verse to conform to music video conventions. We have chosen two lines in particular that would be easy to lip sync yet also are relevant for our concept. The lines in bold are the lines that will be lip synced by our male protagonist. 

She saw the world through a mason jar, it's foggy
She had the kids with the vicious smiles, they got me
Up on a hill with the trophy wives
She's doing all right, all, all, right (yeah)
They let her roam some tree or vine, no question
She's got a home with some shit to climb, don't mention
Been up and down like a hundred times

But I got to kill this conversation while
There is still sense in my mind
But I miss the way you feel
No one will ever know-oh-oh-oh

She wrote a film 'bout a double life, she's livin'
She had a weak co-star in mind, I give in
Mix something clear with the coffee grinds
We're shootin' all night, all, all, night (yeah)
I feel the shift of the fallen side, I'm leavin'
Nobody dares to take her side, still pleadin'
She's breakin' down tell me one more time

But I meant to kill this conversation
While there was still sense in my mind
But I miss the way you feel
No one will ever know-oh-oh-oh

Well we both know
The green will fade to gold
It wasn't that, I should've called them off
A face like stone
The pain begins to show
And it was not right, I should've called them off

But I miss the way you feel
(well we both know)
No one will ever know
(the green will fade to gold)
I miss the way you feel
It wasn't right I should've called them off
(no one will ever know)

But I miss the way you feel
(a face like stone)
No one will ever know
(the pain begins to show)
I miss the way you feel
It was not right I should've called them off
(no one will ever know)

First vlog

This is our first vlog discussing our latest ideas regarding our music video. We also look back on our treatment pitch and talk about our concept of the video.

Working on our treatment pitch

In preparation for our treatment pitch, my group and I created a Prezi explaining our concept of our music video and what we would include, such as costumes, locations and props. 

Here is the Prezi we created: http://prezi.com/jgtz33ac3iso/title/

This is a photo of my group and I working on our treatment pitch plan. 

Location planning

We brainstormed ideas for two of our locations - Enfield Town festival and Camden. We originally had spider diagrams for two other locations but yesterday, my group and I decided to not include Trafalgar Square or Crews Hill. Reasons for this is because we would have too many locations and not enough time to include footage of the male in our music video editing pictures of the models.

These brainstorms include ideas for angle shots for example, an arc shot featuring the male and a female, mise-en-scene for example the bunting in the festival and the famous icons in Camden, and just general things we will include in our music video.

We have also marked and made the decision of having a foot shot of each model with the male walking up to them and putting all the footage in a split screen visual from each location. This will be featured in one of the last verses when all the locations have been seen.

These are our ideas for the two locations we are not going to use: Crews Hill Farm and Trafalgar Square.

This lesson (pitch preparation)

This lesson, my group and I have been preparing for our pitch next week to show the class our ideas for our music video. We are also finalising our ideas and sorting out what will happen in each verse and chorus of the song.

Locations: male bedroom (James), Camden, Enfield Town Festival, Crews Hill, Knightsbridge and Trafalgar Square. These locations were chosen because of their famous icons such as the lions in Trafalgar Square and also the indie rock atmosphere in Camden.

So far we have already filmed in Enfield Town Festival with James and one of our "models" Nicola. Our footage was not exactly what we wanted but we're still going to use some of the footage for our final music video. Next weekend, we plan on visiting Camden and Trafalgar Square with two more "models".

We have also decided that James will lip sync one or two lines from each verse in each location, for example, the last line of the first verse will be lip synced in James's bedroom when he is looking at his laptop screen.

You've Got Time

My group and I copied the Orange Is The New Black theme song and intro video to practice our angle shots, costume and make-up.

Original video:


Our video: