Shooting schedule and casting

Our shooting schedule and casting will make it easier for us to be organised and to know what were going to film and when.


Casting:
Group of boys - Ross Turner, Stuart Brookes, Joe Cowman
Group of girls - Ella Fahy. Lissie Smith, Megan Elcock
Thugs - Jake Wicketts, Brad Hendry, Lewis Hendry
Boys in pug - David Brown, Mark Bridgman, Aaron Leiper

Shooting schedule:
Wednesday 7th October = filming all the girl scenes
Thursday 8th October = filming all the boy scenes
Friday 9th October = filming pub scene and all scenes where boys and girls are together

Props:
Cigarettes, alcohol & lighters = Ella
Glasses, trainers & phones = Lauren

Shot lists

Our pitch

Here is a copy of our pitch that we will be presenting. The pitch shows our idea of our music video and explains other aspects such as where our ideas are from.

Location Scouting

To not only visualise but understand our video further, we went out to scout for locations/settings to be used in our piece.

Pub

The pub setting will be key to our video as it represents some of the main conventions of the youth stereotype we are identifying such as drinking, smoking, fights and 'playful banter' between friends. 

Small 'corner' shop

This setting creates anchorage for the viewer, helping the characters (who represent the band) feel more familiar, establishing a connection between the band and audience which conforms to the indie genre as this is often an ideal of their persona. It also helps to set up the stereotypcial youth stealing from small shops scenario to be used in our video. 

Streets

Streets also create anchorage, and also signify that the characters, the band, are very much on par with the general public as they come from the same background, a standard road. 

Train stations

Train stations offer the perfect set up for our characters to be seen in a well known public atmosphere, grounding them in reality and helping the video establish the codes and conventions of the indie genre further.

Chip shop

The chip shop is to be used in our video to show our characters together, not eating fancy and glamourous, but working class. This, like other locations, puts them on the same level as the audience and conforms to the stereotpye of youth eating 'rubbish'. 

Storyboard

Here is our storyboard, it contains pictures of what our video should look like and also a description of what is happening in the shot and the camera shot used.

Timeline

Here is our timeline of our song, we have displayed a short heading for each one with a description of what is happening at that time.

Here is 0:00 - 0:30

 Here is 0:31 - 0:50

 Here is 0:51 - 1:27

Here is 1:28 - 2:11

 Here is 2:12 - 2:43

Here is 2:44 - 3:20 (the end of the song)

Our band ideas

Here is a mind map of our ideas for our band and also a mood board of things we associate with our band. The mind map includes ideas on our band such as costume and their body language but also settings where we would find our band often and their beliefs and values which will give people a better understanding of our band.

Our documentary

here is our documentary of different analyses of other indie music videos so we could take inspiration for our own

Introduction to our band and song choice

Our chosen band is 'Contravene' and our song choice is 'What Took You So Long'.

The name contravene means 'rebel' and we thought this was very fitting for our band as they fit into the ideas that bands in this genre go against the norm and make a statement by rebelling against authority.

Contravene is band consisting of 3 males aged 19-25 from Manchester, we chose this band as we feel they are most appropriate at conforming to the stereotypes of music of their genre which is indie. Contravene share similar values and beliefs as their fans of that genre, for example the way they dress and also their attitudes and morals. From our collage you can see the overall look that contravene have, for example the clothing and hobbies. 

We have chosen to use the song 'What Took You So Long' as the lyrics of the song and also the beat conform to the indie genre. For example, the beat is fast and loud with a catchy pace and rhythm, this is seen in other indie songs such as oasis 'supersonic' and the stone roses 'fools gold'. The lyrics of this song include 'you're always bad and you're always rotten' and 'you've spent two months long sat in your bedroom' this is typical of youth to be lazy as that is a stereotype of youth and also that they are reblious. The stereotype of being rebellious is also associated with the indie genre as they are perceived as carefree and mischevious