Thursday 30 October 2014
Tuesday 21 October 2014
Treatment
Treatment
The ideas that I have for my video are based off play-through
videos from bands around the world, as it’s a common type of video for this
genre of music, I plan to use my house as the location as previously said and I
don’t intend to use the entire band, as it’s hard enough putting a whole band
together and getting them to learn a song, and the band that I am in live at
various distances from each other (Whitstable, Brighton) which makes being in
the same place at one time isn’t plausible, as we often struggle to practice
within our free time, also due to the genre I am limited to the amount of
people I’d be able to use for the video as some techniques used for playing it
aren’t simple and easy to do, thus making the authenticity of the video hard if
someone isn’t able to actually play the song. I plan to just use guitars, bass,
and vocals, as drums would be far harder to keep on top of which is a shame. I
want to mainly focus on the guitars because it’s based for a play-through
video.
The costumes won’t be much of a problem for this video, as
the people in the video would wear clothing that is specific to the genre
itself, these items include:
- Skinny jeans & baggy short
(black or blue/band merchandise)
- Baggy t-shirts or vests (black or
white, also burgundy)
- Beanie
hats & snapback hats
- Mainly
canvas styled shoes
- Baggy
hoodies (Black/White)
Also the misc-en-scene with the video will obviously include
a guitar as it’s what we will be playing the song on, I intend to also use the
typical associated items that band would be assumed to have in a situation as
this as a touring situation or living the “rockstar lifestyle”, so scattered
around the room will be items that are relevant to parties and items that would
be seen if a group of friends were hanging out, such as alcohol, playing on
game consoles, typical laughing and generally being stupid together as what
friends do.
The editing for this video I intend for there to be a new
camera angle or shot ranging around every 2 – 4 seconds, the camera angles that
I want to use will be based around the angles of the guitar as that’s my main
focus, these will include high angle shots for pointing down the neck of the
guitar for a demonstration of what’s being played, also connected with low
angle shots from the guitar. Wide angle shots of what’s being played along to
the song. I do not intend for many of my camera angles to be steady as I prefer
angles when they’re panning or moving around which I learnt from last year, as
many/all of the shots that were used tended to still or with a slight pan here
and there. Whereas this year from just message around with camera angles in my
free time I’ve noticed the drastic difference in effects given off when the
camera is moving.
For editing in my piece I would like to experiment with slow
motion depending on the frame rate of the camera, of course not all of the
shots will be in slow motion but I want to be able to utilise it and test
myself as I am yet to experiment with editing further than just basic cuts. As
I said previously I wish to edit to camera angle every 2 – 4 seconds and very
rarely go over, the editing must stick to the beat of the track and go in time
with each riff of the song.
I want to use lighting for when the guitars are being played,
although the guitars being used have a gloss finish rather than a satin or
matte finish and the light may reflect, I wish to make it obvious that the
subject of the camera angles is the guitar, I will stick to high-key lighting
throughout my video due to the whole point of it is to be visible as I want
there to be an obvious target, I will use slightly more low-key lighting when
it comes to shots that aren’t about the song being played also.
Sunday 19 October 2014
Inspiration
The whole point of being in a band is to have fun, to spend time with your friends and do the things that make you happy when you write music, so I'm taking every single band I listen to as my inspiration, every band that breaks out from the underground local scene and makes it big always have the same state of mind, always to have fun, and now you're getting paid for it! I want to be able to recreate this fun atmosphere of a group of friends in my video.
Saturday 18 October 2014
Representations of a rockstar
Some stereotypes the resolve around rockstars are that they smoke, drink, that they're rebelious and other things like that. The movie This is Spinal Tap (1982) displays the stereotypes perfectly, the moral of the story is that the band called Spinal Tap go out on tours as an English rock band group, performing and doing the stereotypical things that bands would do. Throughout the movie they're shouting louding, pretty much always smoking, not paying attention to others around them and just being self centred, and wanting to stand out above everyone else. In my music video I want to create some stereotypes of rock stars. Like that's seen in This Is Spinal Tap.
Inspiration from another student
From watching this video I have gathered things I like about it, things I have seen for inspiration in mine, this guy doesn't have any lyrics in his video much like my song doesn't, and I also like the use of slow motion in his editing, he edits the slow motion along to the beat, sometimes speeding it up or creating cut shots to a very short time forward in the same shot, which he demonstrates at 1:05 - 1:11 very well, he manages to keep very close and on time with the beat and it's something I want to be able to make clear in my video as well, the slow motion in this video can display the slow calming beat to the song which fits perfectly.
Wednesday 15 October 2014
Friday 10 October 2014
The Overseers
Sunday 5 October 2014
Tumblr moodboard
I made a Tumblr to post images for inspiration for my video, I've never used Tumblr before this but it's a popular blogging website for photos. I've used this Tumblr to post inspirational photos and GIF files (small videos) for my video.
http://orbit-of-the-overseer.tumblr.com/
http://orbit-of-the-overseer.tumblr.com/
Saturday 4 October 2014
Explanation of Logo
As I've previously stated the reason that I have chosen the name Overseer, that we're overlooking the small community in which my band partakes in. The logo I've created represents the sparse amount of bands in a local scene that play, and the small amount of gigs that are put on for smaller bands rather than larger ones. I've changed the kerning of the text the separate the letters, this is due to the small amount of bands in local scenes and gigs, as they're spread out and normally have to travel to get to gigs to play, I've also used a very clear and obvious font, this is due to the lack of vocals, as bands with heavy demanding vocals tend to have very scratchy unclear logos, whereas bands that use only the instruments to create the sounds, tend to have lighter more readable logos to attract more of an audience rather than just the people in the metal scene.
Friday 3 October 2014
Tab for the song on guitar
Song: Crewcabanger
Artist: Chelsea Grin
Tuning: Drop A - AEADGBE
Tab legend:
h - hammer on
p - pull off
s - slide
[x] - pinch harmonic
" - tremolo pick
0.00 - 0.06
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--0-2-1-4-3-0-2-3-0-2-1-4-3-0-2-1----|
|--0-2-1-4-3-0-2-3-0-2-1-4-3-0-2-1----|
|--0-2-1-4-3-0-2-3-0-2-1-4-3-0-2-1----|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
0.07 - 0.13
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--0-2-1-4-3-0-2-3-0-2-1-4-3-0-2-1----|
0.14 - 0.29
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-0-2-1-4-3-0-2-3-0-2-1-4-3-0-2-1----|
|-0-2-1-4-3-0-2-3-0-2-1-4-3-0-2-1----|
|-0-2-1-4-3-0-2-3-0-2-1-4-3-0-2-1----|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
0.30 - 0.56
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------5"------------5"-----------4"-----------4"-----------1"----------1"----
|5"-8"----8"---5"-8"----8"--4"-7"----7"--4"-7"----7"--1"-4"----4"--1"-4"---4"-
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--------0"-----------0------0-0---0-0---|
|--0"-3"----3"--0"-3"---3"---0-0---0-0---|
* * * *
0.57 - 1.21
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----5---------5---------4---------4---------1---------1----------------------
|-5-8---8---5-8---8---4-7---7---4-7---7---1-4---4---1-4---4---0-3-7-3---0-3-7-3
1.24 -1.25 Left: |-----------| |-----------| |-----------| |-----------| |-----------| |-3-3-3-----| |-3-3-3-----| * * * Right: |------| |------| |------| |------| |------| |-2-2--| |-2-2--| * * 1.26 - 1.39 |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--0-0-0-0----0-0----000---| |--0-0-0-0----0-0----000---| * * * * * * *** |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |--0-0-0-0----0-0--000--000---| |--0-0-0-0----0-0--000--000---| * * * * * * *** *** 1.43 - 1.55 |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--0-0-0-0----0-0----000---| |--0-0-0-0----0-0----000---| * * * * * * *** |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |--0-0-0-0----0-0--000--000---| |--0-0-0-0----0-0--000--000---| * * * * * * *** *** 1.56 - 2.22 |----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |------5"------------5"-----------4"-----------4"-----------1"-----------1"--- |5"-8"----8"---5"-8"----8"--4"-7"----7"--4"-7"----7"--1"-4"----4"--1"-4"----4" |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |--------0"-----------0------0-0---0-0---| |--0"-3"----3"--0"-3"---3"---0-0---0-0---| 2.26 - 2.52 |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---[5]--| |--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------| * |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---7"-4"-6"-3"--| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------| * * * * * * * * * * * * * |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-----------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4---------4-4-4--10"-7"-9"-6"---| |-5-5-5-5-5-5---[5]---5-5-5-----------------| * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2.53 - END |------------------13h17s18s17-13----------------------13h17s18s17-13--------| |---------------15----------------15----------------15----------------15-----| |------------14----------------------14----------14----------------------14--| |---------15----------------------------------15-----------------------------| |---12h17-------------------------------12h17--------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------12h16s17s16-12-------16s17s16-12-------16s17s16-12---------
|-------------14----------------14----------------14----------------14------
|----------13----------------------13----------------13----------------13---
|-------14------------------------------------------------------------------
|-12h16---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sweeping Harmony:
|------------------10h13s15s13-10----------------------10h13s15s13-10--------|
|---------------11----------------11----------------11----------------11-----|
|------------10----------------------10----------10----------------------10--|
|---------12----------------------------------12-----------------------------|
|---10h13-------------------------------10h13--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------9h12s13s12p12-9-------12s13s12-9---------12s13s12-9---------|
|-------------10-----------------10---------------10-----------------10------|
|----------9------------------------9----------------9------------------9----|
|-------11-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9p12----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Thursday 2 October 2014
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