Update

Our draft video scored us 10/50 which is a level 1. We did expect this as we weren't completely pleased with our draft and there were many things we wanted to change and plan to do so before we film the final one. Since recieveing our feedback, we have decided to change many aspects of our video. We are re-storyboarding the whole thing to try and create a clearer narrative. Guy will now be playing the lead singer as the teachers thought he would be more convincing and we agreed. Also, we have decided to take the band element out of the video and just have the singer, as done in The Verve's 'Bitter Sweet Symphony' video. We will also be having Scott and Guy in some of the scenes together to try and empahsise that they are the same person, as we were told that this wasn't clear in the draft. If we can, we are going to have Scott in black and white to show that he isn't really there and it is part of a memory. Finally, when we reshoot we will think more carefully about locations and mise en scene and try and have a wider variey of locations to create and keep audience interest. When we have finished our new storyboard we will post it on the blog along with a new animatic.

Representations in our Music Video

Who?

Our music video will consist of 4 main actors and 4 extra band members. One of the actors, Joe, will also play the main singer in the band. The other actors are Emma and Henry, who will play the mother and father, and then Scott who will play the younger 'Joe' in the story. The 4 other band members will then be used for the performance aspect at the end.

What?

The music video will have a performance towards the end of the song but it will mainly be acted out and sung through a story with a series of flashbacks. The story is based on the lead singer of the band looking back at his life, linked with the song and lyrics.

Where?

We have a few loactions in our video, the first will be a hotel room in which the main story of looking back takes place. The second will be in Katie's house, and this loaction will be used for the flashbakc secenes as will be focused on families for this part. The final location will be a small field for the band performance scene as we think this will look effective and fit in with our indie theme whilst still being in keeping with the rest of the video.

Why?

We have chosen actors and band members that we think look good and realistic together. The locations we have chosen for the video will help to give it the indie and believable themes we are going for in order to make sure it is a successful music video. We don't have many locations as we think the more simplistic the video is the more effective it will be as an end product.

How?

We plan out our video and shooting schedules thoroughly and realisitcally in order for us to do this well. We have put lots of thought into styling and mise en scence to hopefully give depth to our music video and make sure it is suitable for our themes etc. We have done a risk assesment and will soon be putting up our storyboard and animatic which willl help us to be much more organised when we shoot so we can perfect the shots rather than wasting time wondering what to do.



Twitter Feed

We have set up a twitter feed for our band 'JetPack Mockery' and the twitter name is @JetPackM

We will add 'tweets' and hopefully gain followers throughout our coursework process.