Which song to choose?

Here are two print screen examples of how I went about, asking people for their feedback. I knew who my target demographic is and thought the best way to get their opinion on a song would be to target them through social networking sites. I asked a few other friends on facebook who I know like the same genre as they will know what they are talking about the best. As with twitter, I follow a lot of teenagers with the same genre of music as me, this allowed me to get a much wider choice

of people who would reply to it. I shortened the songs down to two which would really fit my music video and help create a narrative along with it.

It came down to me choosing the first song "Lullabies & Alibi's" which I originally

choose as I got hooked on the intro its self. The fact that the into is 40 seconds helps to add tension to my music video and helps to build it up gradually, as this way it is catchy, and sticks to my audiences mind.

I also found that  alot of people agreed as they liked this song because of the catchy starting into, as well as the breakdown which kept chaning the tempo and beat, making it more interesting than the first one.

Production Diary #24

As you can see that I have made great progress in the final edit of my music video. I have now chosen the exactly clips I want to use and how long I want to use them for, in the video above you will a few clips of my footage that I have taken, this is just a rough idea on them as my overall footage goes over to an hour. It was hard to cut it down at first but then I realised that I had a lot of repetitive scenes which I could replace as easily.
Also you may have know I had a bit of trouble choosing the song, as I was torn between two of them, I finally put it to a vote, asking my target demographic via social networking sites such as twitter, facebook and tumblr. I then made a tally for each vote and found the "Lullabies & Alibi's" song to get more votes, I also liked this one better and finally landed on that. Each song had good elements about it, so I had to weigh out the pros and cons and see which one would do an overall better job for a music video.

Analysis of Song lyrics

Schedule

Scheduled by toystorybr0

Alone Tonight NEW SINGLE

Just a little update with my band, they have just released a new single in which you can buy on iTunes now the link is just below, if you wanted to have a listen or a browse about them.
NEW SINGLE 

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Production Diary #23

Before starting my edit to the video I have made sure that I do in fact have the right to use the song, as spoken about before with the band they have allowed me to use any one of their songs as they currently do not have a video for any. Which is great for me, as it will be original and also if they like it they can use it for their own commercial use. I am happy that all of my filming has been done, but sifting through it I have found that I have filmed way to much, I have over hours of footage but this is not a bad thing, it just means I am more prepared than I though.

I was also thinking about making another scheduled as the first one I had stuck to well and everything had been completed, the only reason why I want to make another one is because I have quite a lot of other gigs lined up, in which I could possibly film some more footage, as you will find from the last date of my scheduled I have tried to put this in, but there are no exact dates as yet. I am feeling even more confident now.

Contact with the band

As you can see in this print screen I have not breached the copyright to the song , but ask them for their permission to use it before I start to edit it with my footage. I went onto Alone Tonight's facebook page and found their contact details to email them as they are currently not signed to any record label, I would have to directly contact the band and their own management team.

They in fact replied to be and said that this was all ok for me to do no matter what song it was, and they were also excited for the final video as they do not currently have one for that song, they may use mine if all goes well.

Raw footage of Locations

Production Diary #22

As you can see, I have just recently been collecting all my footage together and presented it back to show you what I have done and where I have been, because I got to film so early, all of my planning has been completed, but I still need to add to it, I will be regularly posting bits from my planning work up day by day, as soon as I've finished editing with it as some have changed due to my filming.
You can see a brief glimpse of my footage shown in the raw location video, and also the pictures of where I had shot at in three different locations, Sheffield, Newcastle and Guildford. I had also got some scenes from Camden Town which may be of interest to include.
But I just thought I would update you and tell you that I am well ahead as to what I had originally expected and am already picking out bits from my footage which I think can go into the final music video.

Props List

prop list

Here is just a brief list of things that I have taken into consideration whilst filming, as most of the props listed have been provided by the band as they are using them all the time. I have included nearly all of these when filming, making sure I have got different angles and zooms for each one to make sure I have variety within my shots, also highlighting its key importance.

I didn't actually need to have a lot of props as what you see in a live music video is what you get, the stage and crowd were my props to making the whole thing have a realistic and live feel to it, so my audience will feel like they are actually there.

Photographs Of Location

Progress report

Summer is now over, and i've had a 5 week holiday to do all of my research work. I was pretty happy that I got all of it done because it gives me a lot more time to focus on my filming and actual planning of my music video.
I finished all of my research then started to think about filming. At the start of the summer I knew that I was going to film the main part of my music video as my band will be going on tour however, the band I originally had backed out after a few weeks so I then had the trouble to find a whole new one in such a short space of time, at this

point I wasn't worried as it was still the summer and I had enough time to get a new one. Looking through my facebook wall, I found a band called "Alone Tonight" who I had seen live before a year ago, I also noticed that they were going on tour this August and thought it was a perfect opportunity to get a new band as I could just go on tour and film throughout.
So I messaged them and they replied almost imminently and said yes, I was glad that they were so on-board and keen to film. This gave me a week to make sure everything was in set, I planned to go to three of the tour dates as they were all in London or near and easy for me to access. However I found the London date was an over 18 show which I could not attend, and the one after that was on results day. This just set my schedule back a bit but not by too much as there were still four dates of tour left. I managed to attend the Guilford date on the Friday, and had prepared what I was going to shoot before hand, I had a rough storyboard of what I would do and would stick loosely to it, as gigs don't always turn out how you expect them to, anything can happen.

After I had filmed I got home and started to look back on my footage, with most of it, I was highly happy with the quality, shots and angles I got, however I felt that it wasn't enough to fill the whole video. So I spoke to the band again, and they told me their last date, which was their home town would pull a massive crowd, so I decided it would be in my best interest to travel all the way to Newcastle to film the final part. Before going I made a list on my phone what shots I would get and how I would get them to make sure that I got everything for this show.

It was perfect, as going all the way to their final show was so worth it! I got a solid 10 minutes of footage which was perfect quality and acceptable to use for my music video, the problem now was I just had way to much footage, but more is better than less. I shifted through all the footage and deleted any irrelevant parts and selected the ones I liked the most that I could use.

Now I am back at sixth form and starting year 13, I have a few goals in which I hope to achieve by November.
Within this month I want to have completed most of my planning in order to proceed forward to my music video editing. I want to finish this and also start to edit my music video, play around with the software and get used to it.

Production Diary #21

I have nearly complete all of my planning except the last few bits on the tick sheet, and It feels good to be ahead and prepared now that I am approaching school, it makes it easier for me just to focus on one bit at a time and that would be editing my final music video. The stress of filming is now gone, which gives me relief that I have my main footage all together, however this month I am going to be attending a lot of gigs, so I figured just in case I will bring my camera along to film, if I get any extra shots or ones which I can add in, but mainly of the crowd as I feel I may need a variety of shots with them, this gives me plenty of time and extra footage I may or may not need but I may as well try film just in case.

Because one of my main focus are on a crowd, I am going to Sheffield in two weeks time for a very live home show gig, and I know that Sheffield crowd's are always live and vibrant, so I'm going to film some of the HXC dancers and moshing, in which I can add to my music video, as I currently lack in. I'm looking forward to going back to Sheffield again and hopefully getting these shots I need.