I found out about this project before Christmas and knew straight away that I wanted to do a music featurette. I really enjoy watching them, and finding out in a more personal level about the bands being interviewed. I like seeing them in a natural and informal way.
Ideas for the featurette:
-TOPCAT PRODUCTIONS ??
-MTV/T4'esk style; They are casual, young and funky in the style of editing, questions asked etc- quite tongue in cheek.
-Stop Motion for the introduction? We had an idea of fridge magnets moving around spelling out the titles, productions etc.
-We definitely want to use a photo montage in perhaps the middle of the piece, with the bands' own music over the top of it, just to make things more interesting.
-A 'backstage' view at some points; giving an exclusive feel for the audience watching.
-An ACCESS ALL AREAS .. get the audience to feel as if it's an exclusive insight to their "fav" band
-Including other aspects of their lives; for example jobs they do outside the band, degrees/ family etc. I think this will be effective as you get to know them all in a personal way.
-We want to shoot some of the footage on-stage for a point of view of the band, looking out into the crowd. 'The Final Gig,' and the build up.
-archive footage...perhaps shot in black and white.. grainy/ sepia; to give it a more antique look with the soundtrack on top.
-interviews.. We want to use different environments for the questions. We were thinking maybe one in a bar; showing the social side of the characters. We want it to be casual, like you know the person in a chatty manner, and cut to different shots of footage... Almost like the person being interviewed is narrating over it.
-Transport; We were thinking about shooting the journey there to set the scene for the introduction. I was thinking my car driving up there.. Get shots of the road signs... Chloe can drive up next to me to get action shots of the drive.
-I think Brighton would be a wicked city to shoot this featurette in. It's notorious for its' retro streets, and successful bands and has definitely been branded a funky place to live. Beach, Bands, Good times!
-Perhaps presenters? This is following the T4 style, where the presenter is sitting in with the interview, to create a more relaxed feel; and makes it a lot easier to introduce different parts of the show. Chloe would be an awesome presenter! So we will see..
-The beginning should be unusual.. I want the audience to not know straight away what they're about to watch; to intrigue them to keep watching. A shot starting off blurred perhaps, with the crowd cheering fading up... speeding up and then jump straight into introducing the band members.
-Pieces of footage showing the band members preparing for their gig; Song writing/ practicing/ tuning up etc.. We want to show just how passionate and dedicated they are with their music.
-specific shots.. peep show'esk? (POV) walking into the venue.. rip ticket etc
ESCAPE TO SEA!
I chose this video as an example as I think it had some good ideas in which we could develop on.
I liked the beginning sequence, as we are introduced to the members of the band, but not properly, so there's a bit of mystery, and shows a bit of their personality straight away.I also liked the journey sequence the creators used; the use of spotlights, and street lights creates an interesting repetition. We were thinking about filming the journey to the venue to introduce and familarise the audience with the narrative of the piece.
The shot of the band on the stage was also really effective. I liked how you can see the vibrations of the tracks but keeps the camera so steady. It shows a short snippet of the band and what the programme will be about.
-WICKED SHOTS!! LA/W/A/POV/OH/OS/ ETC ETC ETC
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I think the piece is edited quite well, (the beginning section of the band members could have been better). Obviously our group project will be going into more depth but the ideas they have portrayed are a good starting point when thinking about editing and the different shots we want to include to make an effective featurette.
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