Update of what I have done so far

Key:

• The lyrics
• Plans for this line and ideas
• Lines and shots that I have completed

Medium shot of him playing guitar, he is not centered, he is off to the side on the left

I am a one way motorway  Extreme closeup of him singing in the microphone
I'm the road that drives away  Walking down the road singing, hands in pockets or holding his guitar,                medium shot, or long shot.
Then follows you back home   Walking down the road with guitar on his back, facing away from the camera
I am a street light shining   A shot of a streetlight at night, panning from right to left
I'm a wild light blinding bright   Medium close up of him singing and walking up and down slowly, tracking him
Burning off alone  Shot of a fire burning

Closeup of the guitar being played. Outside?

It's times like these you learn to live again  Medium close up of him singing and walking up and down slowly, tracking himIt's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again

I am a new day rising  Extreme closeup of him singing in the microphone

I'm a brand new sky
To hang the stars upon tonight   Panning shot of starry sky
I am a little divided  Medium long shot of him on the sofa playing guitar and singing (use better lighting this time!)    Want to change this though... Still not happy with the shots on the sofa

Do I stay or run away
And leave it all behind?

Ohhh

It's times like these you learn to live again   Extreme closeup of him singing in the microphone cut between that and closeups of fingers playing pianoIt's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again  

It's times like these time and time again

Ohhhh Ohhhhhh Ohhhhhhh Ohhhhhhhh Uhohhh Medium long shot of him on the sofa playing guitar and singing (use better lighting this time!), cut between that and closeups of fingers playing piano

Ahhahh

It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again

It's times like these you learn to live again!  Extreme closeup of him singing in the microphoneIt's times like these you give and give again!
It's times like these you learn to love again!  Extreme closeup of him singing in the microphoneIt's times like these time and time again!  Extreme closeup of him singing in the microphone

(Slower and quieter) It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again  Extreme closeup of him singing in the microphoneIt's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again  Medium long shot of him on the sofa playing guitar and singing (use better lighting this time!) zoom out as it fades

Lyrics and Ideas/Plan

Key:

• The lyrics
• Plans for this line and ideas
• Lines and shots that I have completed

Medium shot of him playing guitar, he is not centered, he is off to the side on the left

I am a one way motorway  Extreme closeup of him singing in the microphone
I'm the road that drives away  Walking down the road singing, hands in pockets or holding his guitar,                medium shot, or long shot.
Then follows you back home   Walking down the road with guitar on his back, facing away from the camera
I am a street light shining   
I'm a wild light blinding bright
Burning off alone  Walking down the road singing, hands in pockets or holding his guitar,                medium shot, or long shot.

Closeup of the guitar being played. Outside?

It's times like these you learn to live again  Medium long shot of him on the sofa playing guitar and singing (use better lighting this time!)
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again

I am a new day rising  Extreme closeup of him singing in the microphoneI'm a brand new sky
To hang the stars upon tonight
I am a little divided  Medium long shot of him on the sofa playing guitar and singing (use better lighting this time!)Do I stay or run away
And leave it all behind?


Ohhh

It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again  Extreme closeup of him singing in the microphoneIt's times like these time and time again

Ohhhh Ohhhhhh Ohhhhhhh Ohhhhhhhh Uhohhh Medium long shot of him on the sofa playing guitar and singing (use better lighting this time!), cut between that and closeups of fingers playing piano

Ahhahh

It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again

It's times like these you learn to live again!  Extreme closeup of him singing in the microphoneIt's times like these you give and give again!
It's times like these you learn to love again!  Extreme closeup of him singing in the microphoneIt's times like these time and time again!  Extreme closeup of him singing in the microphone

(Slower and quieter) It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again  Extreme closeup of him singing in the microphoneIt's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again  Medium long shot of him on the sofa playing guitar and singing (use better lighting this time!) zoom out as it fades

More unedited opening clips:

For some reason Blogger won't let me upload the third clip... It is a medium shot of him playing guitar on the bench.

I have filmed the opening scene of my video. I filmed about three different ones so I now need to choose one and start editing it.

Here are the unedited versions:

This one is my favourite, I think this will be the one that I use as I feel that it links better to the conventions of the genre.

Weather forecast for tomorrow...

The forecast summary:
Persistent rain clearing away northeastwards during the morning with some prolonged sunny periods for most places. Chance of showers developing, some of these heavy, and staying rather windy.

I will be able to film at about 5pm tomorrow. I would like to try to film during the "golden hour", before sunset which is at about 6pm tomorrow. I will do the opening shot of him multiple times and decide at home which is the best one. I'm not entirely sure what locations yet, but there is a wall of graffiti near my house which could be quite effective. We could also try it indoors against a wall.

Opening Scenes

I really like the opening of this video; an extreme closeup of him singing into the microphone. I can't use this as the opening in my video because the song opens with guitar rather than vocals. I can however use this shot in another part of the video.




This is the original version of the song that I had chosen (I'm doing the acoustic version). I like the opening shot of this; a medium shot of him playing the guitar, but he isn't centered, he is slightly to the left. I could use this shot then  cut to the closeup of him singing into a microphone.

Update

Since my last post, I have been editing the footage from my practice scene, I will upload it to youtube muted then post it on here, this is because I haven't downloaded the song just yet.

I plan to do some filming on wednesday when I can see my actor. I'm thinking of doing the opening scene with him. I need to figure out what I want to do for the opening scene first... If it's outside and it is a bad day I will have to do another part of the video with him.

Copyright email to Sony

 

Dear Sir/Madam, I am an A Level student currently studying Media Studies at Biddulph High School, my task is to produce a music video for my coursework project. I am writing to you to ask for permission to use Foo Fighters - Times Like These (Acoustic)as the soundtrack for the video I will produce. I have no intention of gaining profit for this piece of coursework - it will be for educational purposes only. Thank you for taking your time to read this email, hope to hear back from you soon.

Thanks, Kirstin.

Practice scene

I started filming yesterday, it was just to get my actor comfortable in front of the camera and to get me comfortable with using it and just to get an idea of what I want it to look like. The lighting was awful because we did it inside with no natural light in the evening so it was quite dark and the picture quality turned out bad.

Brainstorming Ideas for Video

I want my video to have conventional elements from the Foo Fighters' videos such as All My Life and Times Like These; these videos are the type of video that is just shots of them singing and playing their instruments rather than a humorous storyline - this is what I am aiming for in my video.

• Closeups of him singing
• Closeups of him playing guitar
• Medium shots of him playing
• outside
• inside on the sofa
• quite laid back
• extreme closeups of his mouth singing
• extreme closeups of his hand plucking guitar strings
• Walking down the street, long shots, closeups
• On the chorus, the repetition of "Times like these", shots of different clocks

Times Like These lyrics

I am a one way motorway
I'm the one that drives away
Then follows you back home
I am a street light shining
I'm a wild light blinding bright
Burning off alone

It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again

I am a new day rising
I'm a brand new sky
To hang the stars upon tonight
I am a little divided
Do I stay or run away
And leave it all behind?

It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again

Song vote

I have asked 15 people from my target audience to choose one of these songs they would like to see me create a music video for.

Foo Fighters - These Days                            4

Foo Fighters - Walk                                      4

Foo Fighters - Times Like These (acoustic) 6

John Lennon - Working Class Hero             1

In conclusion, my target audience would like to see the song Times Like These (acoustic) in my video.

Another Song Idea

Foo Fighters have two types of videos... One is the humerous storyline type which I talked about a couple of months ago when doing my initial research into this genre, and the other is plenty of shots of them actually playing the music. This video of the acoustic version is slightly different as it involves just Dave Grohl and his guitar and some of him playing the piano. I really like this video and the version of the song and I like that it is just him. It could work quite well with my one actor.

Song Idea

I like how the only sounds in this song are his voice and the guitar, making it easier to make a video around one person (I only have one actor). I'm not quite sure yet what my video will be about, I will have to do more research.

GENRE CHANGE AGAIN!!!

I have decided to change genre back to rock/indie and try to research solo artists in this genre, such as Jeff Buckley, Frank Turner, Johnny Cash.