STORYBOARDING PRACTISE

In our As Media course, we created the opening two minutes of a horror film, however our filming was problematic as we had to repeatedly re shoot footage and add more locations to add more to the video, we felt that this was down to a poor, and essentially absent storyboard.

Without storyboarding the groups ideas a number of problems may arise including,

Before sitting down and storyboarding our actual video we thought that we would do a practise one, as a group we made up a storyboard for the opening of the Pamola Faiths 'New York' video, we felt that this would enable us to gain an insight into storyboarding music video from a similar genre.

WORDLE

Here is a wordle that contains everything we want our music video and band to be associated with, it also includes feedback from our peers after presenting our treatment.

'DOG DAYS ARE OVER' - LYRICS

Happiness hit her like a train on a track
Coming towards her stuck still no turning back
She hid around corners and she hid under beds
She killed it with kisses and from it she fled
With every bubble she sank with her drink
And washed it away down the kitchen sink


The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run

Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your longing behind
You cant carry it with you if you want to survive

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
Because here they come

And I never wanted anything from you
Except everything you had and what was left after that too, oh
Happiness hit her like a bullet in the head
Struck from a great height by someone who should know better than that

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
Because here they come

Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your loving, your loving behind
You cant carry it with you if you want to survive

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
Because here they come

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run

TREATMENT PRESENTATION

BAND NAME MIND MAP

Here is a mind map of some ideas and themes we want our band name to reflect:

Band Name Mind Map

DOG DAYS ARE OVER: NEW IDEA

After a significant group meeting , we decided that the song, stone cold sober, was not ideal for our music video. We listened to the lyrics more closely and deciding that it would be difficult to lip sync to. We also researched int the making of the video it self, being really flamboyant and extravagant it cost a lot to produce. We also figured it would be difficult to lip sync to as the artist as a slight lisp.

Therefore..

We changed our idea and had a complete 'remodel' of our plan and video. Our chosen song is Dogs Days Are Over by Florence and the Machine

We have decided to produce a performance/ narrative video, filming in two locations. The performance side of which will be set in a wide natural open space and will juxtapose with the narrative being set in typically urban settings. The theme of the video will be getting over hard times and moving on with your life.

We all feel really positive about our new idea and there are many more details in our treatment!

TREATMENT

What is a treatment?
-A short outline of a media production designed to give the client or production team an overview of what the production might include based on a brief*

*A brief being the end product, our brief is a music video and an advert.

Treatments are written descriptions, but can include sketches, images and other types of text. A treatment demonstrates the intention of the production, it aims to "sell" an idea to the client, there is no hard and fast way to do so. It is an integral aspect of the reproduction process.

Treatment
Treatment media - fatm

BAND NAME

I have researched into a number of different band names,

some of the most famous singers and musicians are only known by one 'stage name', for example:

SLASH

CHER

IGGY POP

However there are some bands which name the group together as a whole, despite there being a clear lead singer, some examples of these are:

KISS

FALL OUT BOY

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

THE KILLERS

GUNS AND ROSES

THE SEX PISTOLS

POISON

AEROSMITH

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE

In our 'band' there is a lead singer, and possible other musicians, but they do not contribute to the song as much. therefore we could steer towards a name that puts our lead above the others, such as:

FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE

MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS

WORDLE

This is a wordle presenting all the ideas and themes that we could want our music video to be associated with once it is completed. It also helps us to plan our video and visualise our ideas as a whole.