LOCATION

Found two possible locations to shoot the majority of the band shots... I think the second one has a lot more potential for some interesting shots, as well as looking derelict/ past its best, which in a way, reflects the themes of the song.

Location 1



Location 2

MEETING NOTES 2

Date: 14/10/10
Present: Ollie,James,Chalie
Weeks remaining until deadline: 7

Narrative draft: Basic draft of narrative, involving key scenes and characters. Complete this so we have a full narrative script. - James, Charlie and Ollie (by 22/10/10)
Location of band shots: Discussed potential location for band to play. Gather information and pictures so we can decide on destination. - Ollie (by 22/10/10)
Start Filming: Begin filming, band shots specifically. - James Charlie and Ollie (by 25/10/10)

ACTOR SECURED

My friend James Wheeler has agreed to play the part of Ricky, the lonely and misunderstood boy that is central to our music videos narrative. We think that he will suit the role and play it well.

PLANNING SCHEDULE

'JESUS OF SUBURBIA'

This song by Green Day is based on similar themes of Skid Row's '18 and Life'. The main character in this music video shares some of the characteristics we have been giving to our's. There are many interesting shots in this video, as well as representations of youth culture, that we feel could influence our music video.

MEETING NOTES 1

Date: 30/09/10
Present: Ollie, James, Charlie
Weeks remaining untill deadline: 10

Location: Find a location for the band to be shot - Ollie (by 01/10/10)
Location: Find varioius locations where the narrative could be shot - James/Charlie/Ollie (by 08/10/10)
Actors: Find an actor to play the main character of the music video - Ollie (by 04/10/10)
Band: Find a band that is prepared to play in the music video - James (by 04/10/10)
Props: Accuire the props to contribute to the mise-en-scene of the music video - Charlie (by 08/10/10)

AUDIENCE

Skid Row were a successful 1980's/90's hair metal band. Their music is listened to by both a male and a female audience, it is popular with adolescents, but older men tend to listen to it more than older women. From this information we can target our productions to connect with the lives of teenagers and young adults with a taste for rock music.

THEMES AND CONTEXT

Skid Row is a Hair Metal band who produced their best work in the late 80s/ early 90s. We have been researching a variety of their music videos, as well as ones by assosiated artists of the Hair Metal genre: Guns N Roses, W.A.S.P, Aerosmith, Motley Crue and more... We have noticed that band shots play a big roll in these videos, and have therefore decided that in order to reach our target audience it would be wise to place an emphasis on band shots in our video. These band shots will be combined with a storyline/narrative that could focus on and explore the following themes that we have identified within the lyrics of the song: isolation, youth culture, crime, agression and corruption .

LYRICS

The lyrics to a song tend to be very influential to the video which goes with it, which is why we are studying the lyrics to influence our music video and help us to identify a set of themes.

Here are the lyrics to 18 And Life:

Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone.
Lived 9 to 5 and worked his fingers to the bone.
Just barely got out of school, came from the edge of town.
Fought like a switchblade so no one could take him down.
He had no money, oooh no good at home.
He walked the streets a soldier and he fought the world alone
And now its

18 and life you got it
18 and life you know
Your crime is time and its
18 and life to go
(repeat above)

Tequila in his heartbeat, his veins burned gasoline.
It kept his motor running but it never kept him clean.
They say he loved adventure, rickys the wild one.
He married trouble and had a courtship with a gun.
Bang bang shoot em up, the party never ends.
You cant think of dying when the bottles your best friend
And now its

Chorus

Accidents will happen they all heard ricky say
He fired his six-shot to the wind that blew a child away.

Chorus

SONG

We have chosen a song which we all feel happy with to make a music video, to which we could apply themes and genre conventions.

Here it is: 18 And Life by Skid Row...

THE PROJECT

My name is Ollie Sandles, I am working in a group of 3 with James Labdarbs and Charlie Jones towards creating our own self made music video to a song of our choice, which will go along side two ancillary tasks, which include making a magazine advert and a cd cover. All of these 3 things will have themes that tie them together as promotional material. This is my blog which I will be using to keep track of mine and my groups progress over the duration of the project.