Final Music Video

Updated Storyboard

Storyboard:

Animatic:

*UPDATE: ANIMATIC RE-UPLOADED DUE TO COPYRIGHT ISSUES*

Original Video:

Update - Story Board

Today we have been refining our new story board as we changed our idea quite significantly form the original plan. This has been a lengthily process as it requires a lot of ideas and creativity as well as focus in order to get a good story board, in the next could of days it will be posted on the blog and we will complete an 'animatic' version of it.

Picture: Shot ideas we were coming up with

New Band Member Recruited

We have now been able to cast a replacement band member for Max (who is now permanently unavailable). And he will be introduced to the song and video ideas today ready for filming tomorrow.
We contacted a significant number of potential candidates, many candidates weren't available for briefing and filming on the three day we had chosen and therefore were unsuitable for the role.
In the end we narrowed it down to two candidates and chose Louis Grocott for the role.
We are happy with this decisions and see Louis to be a valuable addition to the team.

Band Member Permanently Unavailable

Due to a change in circumstances one of our band members is now unavailable to film anything by the deadline, and we are therefore having to re-cast that part which will be a challenge this close to the deadline (less than a week). However we are putting in every effort to make this possible and make the transition form one to another seamless.

Filming Plan

Today we are planning to film for the draft music video, due to the fact that two of the band members are unavailable for filming today we are filming the lead singers parts. so that we can get some feedback on the style of video.

• The idea of the filming is to get a feel for the concepts that we are using and decide wether they are to be used in the final video.

Responding To feedback // Nathan Beard

This was my first draft for this style:

The feedback i received on my digipak was primarily focused around the positioning of some items. The items that needed repositioning where:

• The Logos of the band and record label on the left inside cover needed making smaller. 
• The record label logo on the back cover needed moving to the other side.
• The 'welcome' text on the inside left cover needs aligning better.

Other comments that where made:

• Could do with more songs.
• Needs a catalog number on the margin.
• legal information needs adding to the bottom of the back cover.
• Change the word 'digipak' to album and change 'The SmallRuin Team' to SmallRuin.

This was the resulting digipak with the changes made:

I changed most of the aspects that where commented on however I decided that I didn't need to change the amount of songs, as I think that it sits better with less songs, as the version I tried looked cluttered due to the blue blobs being to regular.

Original Poster

The feedback I received was that that the design was good, and that I should try some of the following versions:

• Move the 'SmallRuin' script above the album name.
• Try one with the record logo on.
• Correct the spelling error.

New poster 1:

New poster 2:

My personal preference out of the above options would be the 3rd so the 2nd new one (with  the record label logo) as this promotes the record label as well as the new album. 

Organizing Props

In order to film our music video successfully we need to organise the props prior to filming.
The nature of our video means that we don't need to use many props, however there are a few items that we require:

• Guitars (we plan to get these from the music department and a group member that owns one)

• UV paint (we will buy this on Amazon)

• UV light (we plan to buy this on Amazon)

• Speaker for when we need to play the music in the street (a group member owns one)

Most of the props are either already owned or can be ordered for next day delivery.

Filming Update

As of 12/10/15 we haven't yet started to film our video, however we have been working hard in order to finish our plans on the locations, props and roles so that as soon as we start filming (ideally half term so 19/10/15 - 25/10/15) we are ready to start and will need little interruption to plan something.

I believe that this is going to be highly beneficial so that we can get all the scenes filmed in the least amount of time possible in order to maximize time editing, this will allow us to finish the video earlier. This will give us time to decide what we like and what we don't like, and due to the fact that we allowed time for this we may be able to alter the video to incorporate these changes.

We have now finalized the fact that we want to to film in two locations, in order to achieve the best results possible (in a city street and in a studio). This means that we need to organised a studio (ideally this would be the one the school have available). And get the equipment ready.

Styling for the video

These are some images that I have found which represent the style that we want to represent in our video.
These are styles that I think accurately represent what the target audience wear themselves and what they want to see in their favorite bands. It also fits in with the image of modern and simple that we are trying to portray with our band.

Story Board

We have now drawn and decided on all of the shots for our video, however the story board is not final and may change.

 Animatic:

*UPDATE: ANIMATIC RE-UPLOADED DUE TO COPYRIGHT ISSUES*

Original Video:

Camera Shot Ideas

Camera Shot Ideas

Mood Board - Studio (Potential Location)

I have compiled some images into a mood board, the studio is a place that we feel would give a chance to really put the focus on the band members and the instruments which would give the video the 'stripped back' anti mainstream feel that indie music fans appreciate. This therefore makes the studio a good location to film our video. The disadvantages to using a studio is that it can sometimes come across as 'clinical' and blank or lacking in creativity, which is not the message we want to put across.

Mood board - Urban street (Potential Location)

I have made a mood board of an urban environment as I feel that this would be a good place to film our video. It fits in the the indie genre well as it is different and creative. It also has the added bonus of being cheap and easy to access. It offers plenty of opportunities to do some 'Cinematic style shots of the main singer and the other band members, as well as adding depth to the video.
A disadvantage to filming on the streets or in other such urban environments is that it can be difficult to get the right shot as there is always going to be people and other things in the way. It will therefore low down filming relatively significantly.

Song Meaning (Undercover Martyn)

The meaning for the song Undercover Martyn, is that the lead singer is trying to convince his reclusive friend to stop being alone in his house (basement) and to come out into the outside world and discover new things.

This will help us plan our story line for the video, with a parallel video (the band and the friend)

Song Lyrics - Undercover Martyn

Undercover Martyn

And she spoke words that would melt in your hands

And she spoke words of wisdom

To the basement people, to the basement, many surprises await you

In the basement, people, in the basement

You hid there last time, you know we're gonna find you

Sick in the carseat, cause you're not up to going

Out on the main streets, completing your mission

You hid there last time, you know we're gonna find you

Sick in the carseat, cause you're not up to going

Out on the main streets, completing your mission

And she spoke words that would melt in your hands

And she spoke words of wisdom

To the basement people, to the basement, many surprises await you

In the basement, people, in the basement

You hid there last time, you know we're gonna find you

Sick in the carseat, cause you're not up to going

Out on the main streets, completing your mission

You hid there last time, you know we're gonna find you

Sick in the carseat, cause you're not up to going

Out on the main streets, completing your mission

You hid there last time, you know we're gonna find you

Sick in the carseat, cause you're not up to going

Out on the main streets, completing your mission

You hid there last time, you know we're gonna find you

Sick in the carseat, cause you're not up to going

Out on the main streets, completing your mission

Music Video Pitch

Music Video Inspiration

Peace, Lost on me- This is good inspiration for us because we want to change the lighting throughout our music video but also have the video as mainly videoing the band. We are mainly looking at the start of this music video as the inspiration as we will be filming in a space where we can have the whole band set out.



Train, drops of Jupiter- we would like to use this video as inspiration because the band is all in one position and are very relaxed they are performing the song as they would at a gig. Also the camera uses lots of different shot types with different angles of shots, they use low shots where the camera is looking up at the band and there is high shots which look down at the band playing. We could use this in our music video.



John Mayer, Who says- This video may be good inspiration because of the lighting used throughout this video. There is a lot of different lighting and visuals used throughout, including black and white and colored but also some of the colour is taken out of the video to make it look more old style and more indie. Spotlights are also used and reflecting light off water. This gives a nice effect, we are definately going to change to black and White throughout the video.



The Script, the man who cant be moved- This has given us inspiration for our music video because of the band playing together in the car park. interesting lighting during those shots. Having the lighting like this gives a heavenly feel to the video in these parts kind of like its his imagination of them playing together.



One Republic, Counting Stars- This has given us inspiration for our music video because of the energy that the band members produce in the video. We believe that the people who do it in our video should be this energetic because it shows the song and the band in a good light. We will be mainly getting inspiration from the parts where the band are if the dusky and dirty room together. We believe using these ideas will benefit our video. Obviously we will not be using the crocodile in our video.




The 1975, Girls- This video has given us inspiration because of the starting. The video is Black and white but then it switches too in colour and this is what we want to implement into our video. Also when the video is switching from one guitar to the other while they are playing is something that we want to put into our video because it shows the instruments that are being played in the band.

Mood Board - Indie Scenesters

Band name and biography

Small ruin:

In 2008, several Exeter grad students in the history department formed Small ruin after discovering a shared love of indie music during a freshers party at the university. The three original founders – Andy Walters, Ben Smith, Max Wilson all dropped out of school to peform full-time, while Griff Thomas - stayed in school and left the band upon graduation to pursue careers in entomology.

They are soon going on their 3rd UK tour around medium sized venues. These include O2 academy’s in Birmingham, Glasgow, Sheffield, Newcastle and Oxford.