Process of creating a music video

Directors need to first submit an idea of what they feel the video should look like to the bands management team. The director the chooses the best one and gives the director a budget. The director then takes control and chooses settings and ideas of what happens. Some directors will send out many ideas and get rejected many times.

My Favourite Music Video

My Favourite music Video is 'Gay Bar' by Electric Six.

The video intrigues me due to its extremely controversial nature. The video includes Abraham Lincoln in very homosexual situations and insists he is gay. This comes from a rumour that the former president of the United States was gay. This is a very controversial statement as he is one of the american heroes, as he was president during the civil war and abolished slavery. This offended many viewers but the sheer controversial nature of it appeals to me. The video also made the song huge and made electric six a well known band.

Possibility of using green screen technology

After speaking to an ICT teacher we have found out that there is a possibility of using green screen technology. The ICT department has green paper that we will pin up in the drama room. Then we need to film a location and merge the 2 images together. We have a few ideas for the background image including London, or a huge stage.

Storyboard Meeting

Last week we had a meeting to make our storyboard and brainstorm some ideas. We made a complete storyboard which was 8 pages. We also came up with a list of ideas and props we need

Ideas:

Bubbles everywhere
Wigs
Cowboy Hats
Instruments
Girly Pyjamas
Split Screens
Pillow Fight
Combing Hair
Vogue Dance
Whole band do 'Y' symbol
Cheerleaders
Graphic Matches

Props:

Guitar
Triangle
Twister
Pizza
Pom Poms
Wigs - 3 Blonde 1 - brunette
Cluedo
Pipes
Phones x3
Tape measures
Pyjamas
Dressing Gowns
Cowboy Hats

Survey Monkey Results

We have made a survey on www.surveymonkey.com but it only has 4 responses so far, so we will keep posting it onto Facebook and hope it gets more responses, which is when we will gather the results. 

Setting Photographs - 2 - Girls room

Props for our video research