Research on locations

My carefully chosen locations are Barbican center, Regent's Park, a group members balcony and St James' Park. All of these locations have no problems with us filming there and we do not have to request permission to film there. Barbican center is very bland and gray while having very good water features and glass buildings so should make a good location. At Regent's Park we are planning to film on a band stand with greenery as our backdrop as well as a section in front of flowers. The group member's balcony is a good location and has  greenery as the backdrop as well as flats. Our final location at St James' Park will be conducted in front of a dragon statue. All our locations are very different and so helps to emphasize the effect we are trying to create.

Conventions of Indie music

There are some very common aspects of Indie music videos here are a few:

• Commonly black and white
• Artist and band frequently shown throughout the video
• Common usage of extreme close ups and long shots
• Dark locations
• Fast paced cuts
• Some but not many special effects

I am going to try and make sure I include as many aspects as possible from this list in my music video.

Video that illustrates my ideas

I was watching Tv and this Next advert came on, I was surprised at the similarities between this advert and my idea for my music video. They change costume and mise en scene throughout and also hold a shot for the whole advert which are both main parts of my music video idea. The differences are that our music video will speed up and slow down a lot to stay in line with the tempo of the music. Also I want to contrast the backgrounds with the costume throughout and this advert doesn't contain these aspects.

Production // Photos From Filming Day Three (Part Two)

Our third filming day went a lot smoother than we thought it would, and we ended up having half the day left SO we decided we would try to find a forth location. We did.

The boys wore tracksuits this time.

Production // Photos From Filming Day Three (Part One)

Tuesday, 25th October we met for our third filming session. We went to Barbican Center and found mini-fountain with statues of Dolphins so we decided to film there. 

The fact that the boys wore pyjamas fitted with the fact that where we were filming was quite a nice looking part of the estate.

Production // Filming Session Two (Regent's Park)

Costumes contrasting the location

A Shot from the side to show olivia running in

The Contemporary Set-up once again

Production // Filming Session One (My Balcony)

The Guitars we used to make this indie image

Courtney And Jem discussing the type of shot

The contemporary set-up we had to film

Jem making sure his hair is the same, for continuity reasons

Costume that show contrast with location