Costumes!

Because of the track being from the sixties, we have decided to use sixties inspired costumes, or if this cannotbe done, clothes that look like clothes from this time period.

The fashion was all bright colours and crazy, bold patterns. For the women, they often wore very short dresses and skirts with high boots.

For men, there was lots of big flared, high waisted trousers. Again quite bright, crazy patterns. Not as much as the women though. The dress for men in the sixties was quite smart, almost suit like.

Storyboards!

We have done some storyboards to help us plan our video, and make the filming of it easier with our guides there. We may not stick to them exactly, for instance, if we had an idea which seemed great talking about it, it may not look good on camera. Or we may not be able to do it.
Here are the storyboards;

Location!

For our video we will need to use someone's house, and it is best to use one of ours. Since our song is old. We have decided to set the video, around the 60's.

This could make finding a location rather difficult, with all of the modern cars, signs, decor etc.

We all have relatively old houses, mine was built around the sixties and Chloes is over a hundred years old. We think that Chloe's house would be best to use because mine looks too modern inside and out, and mine and Gaynor's don't look as, conventional, as Chloe's does from the outside.

Location choice 1 - Chloe's house.

 Location choice 2 - My house

Location choice 3 - Gaynor's house.

Song Permition!

Becaus we aren't using the original version of the song, we have found some covers of the backing track from our song 'Do Wah Diddy. Chloe messaged a couple of people on youtube asking their permiton to use their track. Here are their replies;

Do-Wah-Diddy lyrics!

There she was just a-walkin' down the street, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
Snappin' her fingers and shufflin' her feet, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
She looked good (looked good), she looked fine (looked fine)
She looked good, she looked fine and I nearly lost my mind

Before I knew it she was walkin' next to me, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
Holdin' my hand just as natural as can be, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
We walked on (walked on) to my door (my door)
We walked on to my door, then we kissed a little more

Whoa-oh, I knew we was falling in love
Yes I did, and so I told her all the things I'd been dreamin' of

Now we're together nearly every single day, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
A-we're so happy and that's how we're gonna stay, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
Well I'm hers (I'm hers), she's mine (she's mine)
I'm hers, she's mine, wedding bells are gonna chime

Whoa-oh, I knew we was falling in love
Yes I did, and so I told her all the things I'd been dreamin' of

Now we're together nearly every single day, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
A-we're so happy and that's how we're gonna stay, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
Well I'm hers (I'm hers), she's mine (she's mine)
I'm hers, she's mine, wedding bells are gonna chime

Whoa-oh-oh-oh, oh yeah
Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do, we'll sing it
Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do, oh yeah, oh, oh yeah
Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do

VH1 Music Videos!

We have looked at a selection of videos from VH1, they were from different years varying from 1996 to 2001. The videos we saw were from established artists, so they are able to do much more extravagant things than we can, given the equipment and money that we have. However we can try and get ideas from the different camera angles and editing effects used in their videos. Adding to this, the majority of the videos we saw are relatively modern and wouldn't fit with our song or 60's theme.

Chosen pitch!

We have chosen to use 'Do-Wah-Diddy' by Manfred Mann. This idea seemed to please everyone and it ticked every box. It is a pop song, meaning it's up tempo.


This is helpful for us for several reasons;
It will help us to make the video more interesting, with us being able to cut the shots in time with the music.


We are planning to have a main boy, who will also be the lead singer of the band. He would be surrounded by 3/4 girls, all made up, and trying to get his attention. Then a very natural, pretty girl walks along the other side of the road, catching his attention. At this point, he walks over to her, showing the audience that they are a couple - to the dissapointment of the other girls.


As they walk down the street, the strangers surrounding them all burst into dance, along with the music.


Throughout the song, the action will match the lyrics.

Pitch 3!

Adele:

The third pitch is Adele, 'Hiding my Heart'. This is a slow song, which could be a help or a hindrence. Slow songs are usually the less successful ones because the shots are too slow and they have nothing to entice the audience. But this song is quite narrative based which could really work, if it's done well.

Genre: Soul


Track: 'Hiding my Heart'

Dresscode: Girl - smart/casual clothes, quite wintery looking. Thick knit cardigan.

Boy - Casual, day-to-day clothes. Jeans and T-shirt.

Camershots: Medium-long shots, showing her in the windy field. Close up on instruments. Memory shots - medium/long.

Basic Plot: A girl has lost her boyfriend. There will be lots of memory shots, of better times, when they were happy together. She is singing about him and the past.

Here is the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibWYROwadYs

Pitch 2!

Evanescence:


We chose to use Evanescence, Made of stone, as one of our main ideas because it is very different to anything anyone in our class is doing and also from past years' videos.

We could never attempt to recreate a video by Evanescence because of the amount of special effects and money that goes into them. We would however make our video unique but fitting.


Genre: Rock


Track: 'Made of Stone'


Dresscode: Quite dark, gothic clothing. Girl - Long dark dress, with a long black coat, like a cape.
Boy - Black/dark jeans. Grey hoodie. With the hood up making him appear mysterious. One half of his face visible.


Camera shots: Close ups to show the movement of the mysterious males mouth. This will be followed by a blurred shot of her, suggesting that she's not listening. There will be lots of close ups to add to the drama, and the performance will be featured to make it more realistic.


Basic Plot:


Here is a video of the song; 'Made of Stone' - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaPD5fppfpE