New Planning

With this new idea that we have, this means the location, props and equipment, actors and actresses, storyboarding and times of filming have completely changed and I will try to explain, show exactly what we are thinking and and processes behind it. If any of this is incorrect or just slightly wrong, then the next stages will also be wrong. Because we didnt like our first idea, this meant we had to rethink and create a new idea, which we thought would appeal to a larger target audience. Because the song is so cheerful and happy, we aim to make our lead actor who is the main focal point, the same to try and draw in a bigger audience.

Idea

As we changed our first idea, we needed to agree to an idea that we would both enjoy filming and editing and that would appeal to our set target audience. Our new idea for our music video will be composed of footage of a singer, which will be shot in front of a green screen so that all around him can be white. He will have an acoustic guitar and then we will mix in small clips which relate to the lyrics of the song. For example on the line 'Pulp Fiction, Blazing Saddles and Fast times.' We want to have the singer in costumes of each of theses films changing with the speed of the lyrics. I believe this will add variety to the music video and also attract the audience into watching the video as it will be fun and enjoyable. We gathered inspiration from two current music videos, being Frank Turners 'Long live the queen' video, which gave us the idea of having our lead actor standing there by himself singing and the idea for the bright white background came from the music video, Beyonce ' All the single ladies'.

The visuals and cutaways will both add a sense of realism to the music video, as-well as comical value, which will appeal to our set target audience and hopefully attract new audiences. I think these cutaways will make our music video differ from most, current music videos, which are aimed at the same target audience that are we aiming our music video at. In our music video we want to mix live footage of a singer mix with comical side footage relating with the lyrics of the song. It will be extremely hard to explain each idea of our added clips and footage of the singer, so this is where story-boarding will help identify each shot need and in which order.

Location

For our location we need to shot the majority of our song in front of a green screen, which is in at school. This gives us plenty of time for shooting our video as we can access the set and equipment any time during the week. Because we want to put additional shots or pictures in, we need to shot these in different places for example we need a shot of cameron getting up off a kitchen table. Also there will be random clips as well which will be filmed in general hang out locations. We have permissions to shot theses ideas anytime, which gives us the room to shot around cameron in-front of the green screen and help us get the best possible out come for our music video.

Props and Equipment

In my AS production I used the Canon XL2 to film all of my production. The quality of this camera is higher than any other I was allowed to use and this showed in the final product of filming. This camera was very simple to use and allowed me to film everything I wanted to so we decided to use this camera again for most of our A2 production of a music video. We intend to use this camera for the filming of the singer and then for the cutaway clips maybe use a hand held camera or a smaller camera compared to the Canon XL2. we wanted to do this idea because it will give the cutaways a real-life or home video feel , which might added to the comical effect that we are going for, contrasting with the footage of the singer.

The props are very important in setting the mood of the music video and therefore need to be correct. We want these props to portray what we were thinking and trying to get across to our target audience. The props will be based around the lyrics of the song and will be shown and explained in the story boarding.

Institution

The institution we would aim our video towards is mainstream MTV. Because the song we have chosen is on an acoustic guitar with the important lyrics that have a sing-a-long feel, we want it to be set out and viewed by a very general audience, trying to get a bigger audience, spreading the hype of the music video. The music video could be broadcasted on a rang of channels from MTV and Smash Hits, to even Kerrang and MTV Two as Bowling For Soup have established themselves as a rock band. Our target audience is aimed at young people, in the same way that the song 'Rockstar' by Nickelback is a sing-a-long song aimed at young people and has such a large audience,


Storyboarding

The standard of the storyboarding from AS to A2 has to be improved and to do this instead of drawing them out by hand, we could have the option of drawing out the images then scanning them onto the computer and colouring and editing them through Photoshop. This process of editing the images through the computer is time consuming and I think the standard will be to a lower level compared to hand drawn storyboards. The storyboards need to help us get an idea of the shots needed with a variety of different camera angles and will help anyone viewing them to understand what we are trying to achieve. These storyboards have to depict exactly what we want to be in our music video, which will help us when trying to film. The storyboards need to show our thoughts and how they change and adapt depending on different situations.

Bowling for Soup 'Friends Of Mine' Lyrics

Well it was ugly but we made it this far
Some have gone but I forget who they are
Now the hangovers are worse but we get through them fine
Sleeping late but we're not lazy
Getting older but we're still crazy
I'm so glad that I have these Friends O' Mine
It started out at a coffee shop in a most unlikely town
And there were casulties but we made it out, anyhow
We stuck together through the good and bad times
Pulp Fiction, Blazing Saddles and Fast Times
I'm so glad that I have these Friends O' Mine

And jobs, girls, and obstacles did all but break us down
Night clubs and broken vans in every major town
Well I've got your back, and you've got mine
Like Johnny Cash said, "I walk the line"
And you can always count on me for one last beer

We saw the world and the world seemed smaller
We're getting wider but not getting no taller
I know we've grown up just a little at a time
We're sleeping late but we're not lazy
We're getting older but we're still crazy
I'm so glad that I have these Friends O' Mine
So glad that I have these Friends O' Mine
So glad that I have these Friends O' Mine