Similar Genres and Artists

Both of the artists above and the music video to go with the singles inspire us with our performance and image for our artist, Alex Echo. Both are clearly very indie, you can tell this by the upbeat song and the style that they are dressed. Alex Echo has a similar image as he wears leather jackets and tends to stick with the black and white theme, he also has upbeat and playful songs.
We really liked the lights used in The Vaccines music video, we like how the lights change to the beat of the music and leaving just the silhouettes of the band. 

The Rifles - Go Lucky Timeline

0:00 – 0:32 – Musical Introduction

0:32 – 0:54 – First Verse

0:54 – 1:01 – Bridge into chorus

1:02 – 1:12 – Chorus

1:12 – 1:17 – Instrumental

1:17 – 1:39 – Second Verse

1:39 – 1:46 – Bridge into chorus

1:47 – 1:57 – Chorus 2

1:58 – 2:11 – Third Verse

2:11 – 2:44 – Instrumental

2:44 – 2:52 – Bridge into chorus

2:52 – 3:03 – Chorus

3:03 – 3:13 – Chorus 2

Shooting schedule

Date	Which parts to be filmed	Props/camera needed	Who was present
16-19/10	Barcelona segment	GoPro, suitcase/bag	Sarah. Extras = Emma and Alex
22/10	Water sections at Riverside Ice and Leisure	GoPro, Water Polo ball	Sam and Dom. Extras = Dan
24/10	Last two chorus’ in the drama studio	Sony HD, stage, microphone	Dom, Sarah, Sam and Megan.
29/10	Young boy at the park	GoPro	Sam. Extras = Coalin
4/11	Biking through the woods	GoPro, bike	Sam. Extras = Nick
5/11	First 30 seconds, leaving the house and arriving at recording studio	iPhone 5, car	Dom. Extras = Dan, Alex, Emily
16/11	Studio performance for first chorus	iPhone 5 and Sony HD, microphone	Dom and Sam.
17/11	2nd chorus in Drama Studio	GoPro	Dom, Megan and Sarah.
19/11	Refilming of bike scenes	GoPro	Sam.
11/12	Refilming of second chorus and end	GoPro and Sony HD, microphone, stage scene	Dom and Sam. Extras = Max

Our Chosen Song

This is the song we have chosen to create a music video to. The song is by indie band 'The Rifles'. It has a fast tempo, which is what we were looking for in a song.

Lyrics

The moon is waiting for me
It finds me feeling all loaded up and alone
With no one there to hold
In the art of my control I found my calling
And I've been fooling out of bars'
There's a banging in my head that aches
And my fingers start to shake like I just gave my heart away

One day to another day
I wasn't looking for a change but a change I'll better make
I'm stuck and it's not enough
But if it wasn't for luck then I wouldn't make the same mistakes

And now it's so hard to please, the way I'm feeling
Better buckle up, be all the way, I might just finally chase
All the time of yesterday, will I be leaving
But little things are never wrong
'Cause there's much pretty things like love
Pay little mind, gotta step the game
'Cause it took too long to take a walk down the temple anyway

One day to another day
I wasn't looking for a change but a change I'll better make
I'm stuck and it's not enough
But if it wasn't for luck then I wouldn't make the same mistakes

Would've said that I loved you
Would've thought those silly lies
If I could give my world to you
Would it feel like another lie

There's a banging in my head that aches
And my fingers start to shake like I just gave my heart away

One day to another day
I wasn't looking for a change but a change came anyway
I'm stuck like a sitting duck
But if it wasn't for luck then I wouldn't make the same mistakes

Other A2 Music Videos

After watching many A2 music videos on YouTube i thought that this was  the most successful. I really liked how they included pictures in a comic book effect to help tell the story by showing facial expressions. They also used them for transitions which worked very well. I also enjoyed how they included a lot of comedy in the video, this mixes well with the fact tempo of the song.
They explored many different locations which keeps the audience intrigued rather than having the whole video in one location which will make the audience slightly disconnect with it.
The acting itself was very good as they were very over the top with all the expressions, but that made it comedy.
Our music video is going to fast past and upbeat similar to this video. We are also going to explore various locations as this will keep the audience interested. 

Dom Lip Singing Task

We did this lip singing experiment to see how well Dom was able to sing a song making the words as clear as possible. This was also helpful as we were able to experiment with editing it to make sure it was spot on, we had to play around with speed etc.

Final Idea

After researching more into our idea of using an animal costume, we realised it will be very costly to hire the costumes (with the risk of it getting ruined) and train fair to the different locations. Taking this on board we decided to completely change our idea to a graphic match based video. We are going to use a handheld camera throughout the filming, as well as a tripod for the performance sections. The video is going to open with introducing the artist Alex Echo with him holding the camera, the camera is then going to go into a bag to be pulled out by someone else to film their journey and then place it back into the bag and so on.

 

We got out influence from Calvin Harris' and Ellie Gouldings music video for 'I need your love'.