Storyboarding

Storyboard

• The timings of our music video
• Serves as a reminder to us of what specific shots to shoot and to give our actors a general idea of what we want them to do
• Showed us how many shots we needed
• ANNOTATIONS ON REVERSE OF POST-ITS so we could order shots/put in length of shot

Storyboard - On wall behind edit suite

 Wanda put the effort into drawing the Post-Its because of her artistic abilities but we had all previously worked out generally what we wanted to happen and when.
 
The purple represents narrative shots and the green performance to we could create an even balance of the two. At this stage we are still planning where to place all of the performance shots, as the narrative shoot is our priority

 

Example CU of the performance/narrative sketches and the timeline in 5 second increments

In pairs we went around London to film a reccie to get shots for the storyboard

• We practised setting up a shot in a crowded areas and instructing actors from a distance
• The movements of the antagonists
• Listed all the shots we would attempt on the day
• Timed the different journeys to make the most effecient plan for the day
• We could then use these shots to explain to all our actors what was required on the day, to cut down directing time on the day

When we got back to school, Dom spent a week overcoming technical problems to edit the footage into this.

Album Cover Initial Ideas

Initial discussions/plans/personal ideas for the future of our album cover:

• The barcode idea is meant to be ironic as our audience/band are anti labels/branding, as individuality is vital
• I believe it will look effective as an album cover as the band's image is on the front (because its a debut band), but its not a convention of the genre so the subtlety will prevent the audience from being put off

Improvements:

• Replace the cartoon with a black and white image of the band - need to think of iconic, memorable image
• Add a colour album title to the top left to liven it up
• Change the 'I' in the name to '1' to make it more obvious that the title is where the numbers are usually
• Think up song titles for the back cover
• Add more colour to rest of the album cover to prevent it looking monotone
• I think a BLUE and ORANGE colourscheme would suit our band as it follows Angus's costume, and it breaks normal boundaries to look arty and different

Need to do before Half Term

The narrative shoot is in half term (next week), so before it we need to get done the following:

• Finish detailed shot list
• Storyboard
• Scheduele the day
• Practice the antagonists face paint
• Complete the antagonists costume
• Confirm Angus's costume
• Have meeting with all actors showing them the shots we need to get on the day
• Finalise with all cast and crew (Group x4, Angus, Antagonists x4, Tess, Robyn, Zarah) the exact times and arrangements of the day
• Plan food preparations for the day (snacks, drinks, lunch for the cast/crew)
• Organise make-up/hair stylings for the actors
• Get all filming equipment ready to go

Other:

• Group discussion on website
• Group discussion on album art/ideas
• Confirm studio for performance
• Confirm Angus and Tom's costumes for performance
• Ideas on band photo for album cover - and costume/props needed

Location Reccie 2

Today we went as a group to each of the narrative locations to plan/practise/film actual shots needed for Angus and the Antagonists on the day.

Kerry and I did the morning and achieved:

• Found locations on the South bank
• Found the ending scene location @ Westminster where Angus gets cornered
• Filmed possible shots in Westminster station
• Filmed locations and shots in Trafalgar Square, Leicester Square and Covent Garden
• Timed how long it took to get to each location
• The trains were also cancelled on many lines, so we found an alternative walking route
• Filmed shots for the actual video - opening shots of London (St Pauls and Piccadilly circus, to add in motion blur)

Personal Costume List

From the costume needed, I've made myself responsible for bringing the following:

• Blue tights
• Black/gold skirt
• Purple heeled boots
• Black shirt
• Beaded necklaces
• Back-up tights
• White/red/black facepaint (to order)
• White hair spray
• White shirt x2
• White braces

Website planning

Due to a background and knowledge of HTML coding, I've volunteered to produce an official website for one of the ancillary tasks. The group will input on the content/styling of the website, meaning I plan to create the basic coding and formatting over half term.

Initial notes on what is needed:

• A theme (related to the album cover art running throughout on the background, icons, etc.
• Photographs and videos of the band such as the music video, behind the scenes, our competition, wallpapers, etc.
• One or more media players to show the videos or perhaps a slideshow of pictures.
• Opportunities for the audience to buy into the band such as a merchandise store or a link to their iTunes.
• Ways for the audience to communicate with the artist such as a comments section, social networking sites, e-mail button, forum and so on.
• Information about the band / individual band members (which would really work with our idea to give each member a different 'scene')
• Details of upcoming performances (at small gigs around London, e.g. Covent Garden, "Rough Trade")

Key References/Inspirations

These are the key sources we used in intial discussions as well as personal thoughts on what to put forward to the group

Past LatymerMedia project: Delirium - Touch Me

• Creates the visual look and feel of the London club scene at night
• We are attempting to provoke the same emotion in our audience be recreating the visual look and feel of London's daytime indie scene

Past LatymerMedia Project: The Sporadic - Cubicle

• Following lead running through London creates a fast paced, visually exciting video
• The audience gain pleasure from recognising the famous London sites
• Our audience will feel proud to know the niche indie locations (e.g. Camden/Roundhouse/Brick Lane)

Green Day - American Idiot

• We were inspired by this video to attempt to use strobe lighting on the performance side of the video
• We tested this out and it worked well but it is very hard to get right so decided to have it as a possibility but not rely on the idea