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.

PLANNING

Our group creating a 'mind map' to display and help plan our ideas, we wanted to get our ideas on a page before we decided what to do and start our treatment. Once we have made the final choices we will start to storyboard them.

Our initial idea is to have a theme of Imagination Vs reality.

We would have an urban setting, quite derelict, lots of drinking, drugs a desperate feel to it. we felt if we over exaggerate the reality it would really contrast to the imagination element of the video. For this we would have a more, natural, rural location and setting, maybe in a woods or a park. We considered linking this idea with the theme of Alice in Wonderland including elements of this in the imagination part of the video. However we are not sure on this idea as it would be extravagant and difficult to film, so we are still mapping out ideas for our imagination element.

MEETING LOG - UPDATE 28/09/10

Meeting Log

OTHER SONG CHOICES

FALL OUT BOY - The take over, the breaks over

We considered this song choice as we felt it had a clear melody, with instruments that stand out individually, so they would be easier to sync etc. However we felt we wanted to steer away from a male singer, in case of re-filming it would be easier to have a female lead, so one of the group could step in in an emergency.

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Can't Stop

Initially this was our first song choice, we wanted to create a narrative music video, with an audition them, however we felt that, again, the male lead would hinder our filming process and were concerned that the audition theme could potentially be dull and difficult to edit.

SONG CHOICE

After a group discussion we decided to base our music video on the song Stone Cold sober by Paloma Faith.

Faith suggests hidden reality and themes of surrealism in the song, the lyrics also suggest that there is more to her than initial appearances.

Below is a link to the BBC music Chart Blog:

(A review on Stone Cold Sober by Fraser McAlpine 10:43 UK time, Friday, 19 June 2009)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chartblog/fraser_mcalpine/

GENRE THEORY

WHAT IS GENRE?
A genre is a critical tool that helps us to study text, and audience responses to texts, by dividing them into categories based on common elements.
Daniel Chandler (2001) - Genre comes from the French/ Latin word for 'Kind/ class', widely used in rhetoric, literary theory reffereing to a distincitve type of text.

SUB GENRES

-Genres divided into categories

-They are distinctive, allow audiences to identify preferred, more specific, texts within a larger genre.

Steve Neale (1995) - "Genres are not systems they are processes if systemization"

- They are dynamic and evolve over time.

Jason Mittell (2001) - (cultural categories surpass boundaries of media texts) Argues that industries use genre to sell products to their audiences.

Genre allows audiences to make choices about what products they want to consume, enables them to fulfil a particular pleasure.