Feedback From Music Video

Feedback from music video so far:


We have began editing our music video by firstly adding the song in the background and gather some shots we had and put them in place. We, added the close up shot of the spotlight on our lead singer for the opening lyrics, the shot of our singer in the studio rehearsing and the shots of them playing wide as a band. After going round the school, we showed gathered a video of feedback from pupils as we wanted to know what has gone well so far and maybe what we could change it or anything that would need improving.

From looking at the video most people thought that the lip singing wad perfectly in time and looked realistic. We knew our lip syncing would be accurate as we made sure our singer was in time with the song from the beginning.  Some people really liked the black and white effect of our music video and found it very cool and effective. Moreover, people also liked the close up of the guitarist hand movements as we see him playing it in tune with a solo part in the song which is incredibly effective.

On the other hand, most people decided that our drummer and the editing of the drumming scenes were't as effective. Some people felt as if she wasn't actually playing the guitar and that her hand movements weren't in time with the song. After coming together as a group we looked over these parts and decided we would try and speed up her playing the drums which would make it more realistic and for in time. Finally, we also felt as it would be effective if we would add a pause which we used a black screen for to add effect just before we hear the drums crash which is just during the chorus.

Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment: 

Low	Medium	High
Need to be careful of breaking or dropping the equipment at school.	If the weather is bad for example, raining or snowing it will be difficult to film.	It is a busy road and high street so many people could walk past and have background noise affecting the film.
As we are using a car injuring ourselves in or around the car.	There could be road works or traffic lights on the street. This will effect filming.	Our drummer is a young girl and we are filming in public she could be vulnerable and people could speak to her.
Damage to the car or equipment during filming.	As we our filming on a road someone may want to steal or rob the equipment and instruments of us.	As we our filming outside and using expensive equipment someone or people could try and mug us or beat us up.
Someone could trip over the wire. So we need to be careful and organized.	We could be filming in a dodgy public area in which case we will need to be cautions by our surroundings.	We have the schools instruments we need to be careful that we don’t drop any of it incase it breaks or get marks on.
Getting an electric shock from the leak in the studio.	If we film on a train or in a station we need to be aware of all the people around us as we have a lot of expensive stuff on us.	Need to make sure we don’t lose or break any of the expensive camera gear that the school has leant us.

Account Of Shoot Day 2

Account Of Shoot Day:

We decided that the main location of our music video will be filmed in our schools theatre which would demonstrate a live performance of the band playing at a concert as we believed this will give the music video that organic effect. The reason we believed this was because this is something the audience approve of due to the research and feedback that we gathered from out target audience. We had to stay after school so we could get the filming done as there was no opportunity during school hours to do so as the theatre was heavily booked up.

The first thing we did as a group was bring all the instruments into the theatre and set up the equipment in the formation the band would be playing, as were unable to do this during the day. Once we set all the equipment up, the band members got changed into their clothes which we agreed our band would wear smart clothes, suits and shirts. Furthermore, after we had all the equipment set up, clothing on and ready to film we then decided to figure out how to the the spotlights and the lights. The reason we wanted to get this sorted as we felt it would be a really effective shot to get a close up of our lead singer with a spotlight on his face as he begins to sing the song which would also get a crowd going in the concert. 

My contribution to the group was very important. Although, I am not a member of the band I filmed every shot and it was my idea to come up with the spotlight shots on our lead singer which looked extremely effective and original. I needed to learn how to use the spotlights and during this time I had to put them in the right position as well as setting the camera up in a position in which it would be a close up of our lead singer. Moreover, I made most decisions on which shots to do at a time, whether it was a wide shot of the whole band or close ups of each individual band member playing their instruments. 

Filming these shots on this day was not a problem at all. This was because, we all worked together as a team incredibly well in which made it a smoother, quicker and easier experience for us as a group. On top of working as a team, we used are experience from last year to use the camera to its full use as well as exploring different camera shots. We decided to go through the entire song from many different angles and a variety of shots over and over again. We thoughts this would be very useful and effective so when it comes to editing our music video we have many different shots from different angles and sections from the song which will enable us to choose the best shots which fit the lyrics or which suits our style. 

Idea For Music Video

An Idea for our Music video: 



After browsing 'Youtube' and looking at many different music videos I felt as if I could add something which would be really effective and cool which the audience would enjoy as it isn't in many music videos. I decided that I wanted shots in the music video which included our band rehearsing in the studio. However, after more research and looking at videos I came to conclusion that a really cool effect would be is what 'Band Aid 30 - Do They Know It’s Christmas?' use. This is when the singers are singing down the microphone in the studio, and this is a shot we added into our video. 

Development Of Idea

Our Idea: 

We decided that to develop our idea we would need to have a background story within the band. We thought of different stories and events that has happened within bands and artists within the past. However, we came to conclusion that having a relationship within our band was a fantastic idea and we could relate it back to the band 'The White Stripes'. As well as this, our star image is incredibly similar to 'The White Stripes' which is another highlight of our band.
Our Lead singer Sam Steinberg, likewise the lead singer and guitarist of 'The White Stripes' Jack White is in a relationship with our female drummer Katie Fisch, in which they met in secondary school at 17. They formed a band and began to gain a closer friendship which developed feelings.
This is very similar to 'The White Stripes' as Jack and Megan in 1996 September 21.
We felt that playing up the romance between the singer and the drummer would enhance the bands appeal as we are selling them as a rock authentic band rather than a synthetic band. Therefore, this wouldn't detract from their image. We also noticed when filming we noticed there was some sort of chemistry between the two band members.

Biography Of Our Lead Singer

Biography on lead singer

To help me write the biography for Sam Steinberg, I made a list of all the facts I wished to include:

• 17 year old British singer/songwriter from London
• Started to learn to sing from aged 10
• At the age of 16 he started to play gigs in London
• From this he started to gain attention from the younger audience and build a fan base from it 
• Started posting his own Eps and Singles on Soundcloud. 
• A&R from DefJam Records asked to him to go into their studio to record his debut album on a 1 year contract with their label. 
• Released his debut album on February 1st
• At 17 he formed a band with his girlfriend and best friend.

After doing this it was easier to structure the biography and I found it much easier to write.This is the first draft of the biography which will appear on their website. British singer, Sam Steinberg (born 14 April 1999), from London is an upcoming artist with his bands debut single 'Use Somebody"' being released in February 2016. The 17 year old was brought up in a family who all loved music, his inspiration was his grandma who used to sing all the time to him. This made him realise his only desire is the play music. At 17 Sam Steinberg began to play live gigs in small, local venues in the streets of London. He set up the band with his girlfriend and bestfriend when they all decided that they had the same aspirations and self belief to become famous and successful.

Inspiration for Instrumental

Developing our ideas of Music Video: 

During one of our media lessons, I was started listening to some music and watching music videos on 'You tube'. After watching one specific section of a particular music video I really liked the look of, I decided that it would be a good idea to use in our music video. This idea was to have our band members getting ready for their day at the beginning of the song during the instrumental. This was inspired to us by the grime artist Dave in his popular music video 'Picture Me'. This is because in Dave's video it had someone getting out of bed, getting dressed and off to work for an ordinary. We believed this will help us interact with our audience because they can relate to the normal lifestyles that the band members lived before they came famous and stars in the music industry. This can inspire the younger generation; that is our audience because it may teach them that if you work hard, no matter young background you can achieve big things. This is exactly what we are trying to reinforce in our music video throughout as are band start off as nothing and get bigger throughout as they train in the studio and eventually perform to a live audience.