Storyboard

Setting

I did some research around school and managed to find a clearing in the woods which would be perfect for our setting, because there are trees surrounding it, but a big enough space it to look like a party.

Codes & Conventions of Genre

Different types and styles of music are divided into genres - or categories - to show what style of music they are. The genre is reflected in their music videos via the editing, camerawork and mis-en-scene.

Our band, the Prodigy, belonging to various genres including electronica, synthpunk, rave, dance-rock and alternative rock.

In order to show this, we have chosen to represent/use the following things in our music video:
- a dark, sinister setting (shows it is not a sugary sweet pop video)
- the performers will be mainly in black/edgy clothes
- the props are going to contribute the hedonistic/pyschadelic atmosphere (unrealisitic and trippy like their from a dream)

Our camerawork will consist mainly of a lot of low angle and close up shots of our performers to show they have dominance. We will also use the camera hand held for a lot fo the video in order to create that grungy, dark, organic look.

The editing will be very fast cuts, slow and sped up motion.

Cast List

Performers For band:

Holly Findlay. - Singer

Walter Daley.- Guitar

Otto West – Drums

Will Bodner- Bass

Hector McAllister – Dj

Abbi Douetil – Main Girl

Extras:

Andrew Irving

Ellie Wilson

Sadie Middleton

Amy Rumble
Jess Wilson
Peter Bergin
Will Barlow

Bella Spaeight
Ella Robinson
Tilly Goodridge
Talisa Vergsen

Nat Holley
Ian Heritier
Jana Page
Freddie McGaw
Paula Riemann

Tom Barnett
Emily Rhodes
Laura Bowman
Marina Hambro

Merlin Talard

Props List

These slides were made by another member of my group, who was in charge of the props list putting them on the blog in this format it is easy to see which props we n and also the overall look we are trying to achieve.

Costume List for the Woods

The costumes are supposed to reflect the mad/dream-like theme of the video. The fact that the costumes don't have much relevance with each other but are all out of the ordinary and have fantasy elements, but with sinister twists such as the creepy masks and full gold body paint. In researching the costumes I used search engines such as Google images, and ebay to see if I could source them easily.

Band Research

The Prodigy:


They are an English electronic dance music group
Pioneers of the Big beat culture, along with artists such as Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim
Sold over 25 million records worldwide


The group's brand of music makes use of various styles ranging from rave, hardcore techno, industrial, and breakbeat in the early 1990s to big beat and electronic rock with punk vocal elements

The Youtube clip below shows the Prodigy performing live at Oxygen Festival.


Target Audience: Mainly men, late teens to late twenties although some girls really enjoy the Prodigy too. People who enjoy the grimy, club scene. Festival goers, mosh pits etc. People who enjoy quite heavy music and something they can really move to.

Research

For our woodland scene, we were worried about how we could create that mythical, fantasy atmosphere. On researching some videos on Youtube, we found some which fit the criteria and kind of look we are hoping to achieve in our video.




This video is the Smirnoff advert.
The things that appealed to me in this video was the darkness interjected by candles and fair lights. I also liked the costumes and masks making the whole thing a bit like a creepy fairytale.

Florence & The Machine - Dog Days are Over
The idea that she is being followed by these weird, clown-like people is the similar to our idea of the girl being stalked and watched by the people in the wood. ALso, the setting is the same, giving us a good idea of how we could create variety with shots.

Foster The People - Helena Beat
Whilst the setting is completely different, the idea of the supernatural and wierd being integrated with a normal person comes across in this video, in terms of costume and make up.