Performance Location

so we are thinking of using a blank canvas type room ,a s i sighte din the last post, Matts room may work, but is a bit small, I am going to take some photos of my room and if we took the stuff out it may be more suited.

Performance Area / Bedroom

i think it would work well if we could use a location that is a sort of blank canvas, similar to the room in the first 12-25 seconds in this vid.

Painkiller - Freestylers - Feat. Pendulum & SirReal


If we can find a location like this at short notice, it will go with the grafitti and grungeyy / old film look we are after, juxstaposing it.

Tattooo

just found a better pic of what they are like,

Costume

Quick post, as we are thinking of a twisted messed up ortagonist, i;ve just realised of got some tattoo sleeves, so if we want liam can wear them and his arms will be covered in markings. Like Michael from Prison Break.


So kinda like the arms , not torso though. i think it could enhance the charcter, and make it more visually interesting perhaps.

Reflections on FINAL IDEA

The group have finally got our idea, and i think for it to work as it is going to be a challenge we need to mimick the shot structure in the original Kate Perry song.

The group meeting today we progressed from using a strong narrative to a largely performance dominant video. this is going to decrease the complexity in the video i think, as we wont have to find as many locations and it reduces complications on filming permission.

Although we want it performance based, i think we still need to use some segments of narrative, wih are not connecrted, rather a selection of highlights to amplify the lyrics of the song. Plus break up the perormance.

The song has a twisted dark sound, i think that we could use grungy textures imposed over the performance parts of the video, as Liam discussed in the meeting.

Some possible shots to relate the main protagonnist to the boy whose life he is messing with, could be him and the lads in a pub. Boy is at bar with girlfriend, protagonist gives a twisted glance, and we pan to see the 2 at bar. Although relating to the sony and theme the emphasis as a group is that the shots breaking up performance wshould be clever camerawork, and highlight frame composition rather than the content.

I think we need a shot in a club, and as the song is all about kissing a boy perhaps have to include this. But it may take things too far.

The line 'I’ve got my whole damn crew, come on what you gonna do' i see as having an agressive shot , perhaps we could have him and his crew walking into the club, whilst Liam lip syncs this line. In the sort of resevoir Dogs style. With clever angles and camera movements , which could be cut to emphasise the music. Disjuncive edits, etc can work with our song as it has a distinctive rythm.

Structure

As we are doing a song in response to Katy Perry's 'I Kissed a Girl' i think we should use a similar shot structure and performance based video, but with different content, effects and editing to portray our entirely different interpretation of the song.
We should show our aggressive character straight away rather than objectifying him, perhaps with a TV smash. instead of soft safe editing, we sould illustrate the more edgy, and aggressive artist + song with abrasive cuts to challenge our audience.

As we feel the song is sinister and somewhat narcissitic i think we should utilise colou effects to illustrate this, high contrast with black and white would do so.

Big Inspiration

The mise en scene and in particular the dress code, of the singer in this video are what i believe the group should aim for in our video with the Cobra Starship song. The video also uses interesting black and white effects. The lyrics are all direct address, and the editing is on the beat but also somewhat sporadic. I believe it is portraying a similar tone and character that we should for our video, and when editing and editing effects i think we should be influenced by this style and adapt it to our own form and song.