Baseball bat

At the moment we think that the main character in the video should be very violent and destructive, and we think his weapon of choice should be a baseball bat. We think he should use this as a prop throughout, smashing up the room as well as glass bottles and possibly even cars outside on the street.

Let's

Get a baseball bat and film me destorying coffee tables and hitting books and possibly even a car
We also thought we should get some sugar glass in the shape of a bottle and smash that as it would reflect the troubled mind of the main character aswell as showing his inner turmoil and violent tendancies.

Also we think we should make it look as if I am naked with really tight shots of my thighs and lower stomach.

Performance style:

In terms of personailty and visuals we want to add layers of meaning. ALso his insecurity, instability/ split personality as a character cries out for a mixture and dramatisation of emotions. I think this video really helps to show the performance style whihc i feel would really turn out project into a masterpiece :)
note:

• look at the excitement/ bouncing around the place
• look at how powerful he connotes his emotions through his pronounciation
• EYES!!
• action code of headbanging really works though i think it is overused in this video.
• the gritty progression of the main artist. -sweatiness, scruffiness-
• general abstract and awkward behaviour. -his self paranoia as well as aggression (looks almost drug induced)
• effect of static camera and use of fast tracks to the artist.

The Prodigy-Firestarter

Matt

Logo

Was just mucking about on Paint Shop Pro and knocked up a quick band logo for HRH idea. Was wondering what everyone thought. The distorted font and the black on the white make it distinctive, whilst it is still pretty ambigious as to what HRH stands for and if they are actually a band, which would help create audience interest. Tell me what you think!

Writing on the Screen?

What's everyone's thoughts about writing on the screen?
see my post here and post some thoughts either as comments or on the group blog!
http://latymermusicvideo08liam.blogspot.com/2008/09/writing-on-screen.html

Style of music video

This video gave alot of inspiration in terms of style to me and matt and i wanted you guys to see what it looks like.
We like the way that the performance is in a more mellow style, almost black and white, compared to the brighter colours featured during parts of the narrative. Furthermore we like the performance of the singer in terms of his emotion and his interaction with the camera.

Tattoos:

Going with the image of our artist i think our idea of tattooing will really work. Not only does this give the artist character and charisma outside of his music (i..e. what made him get this tatoo? what does it mean to him? does he follow a faith? etc.) Also it is highly generic to 'alternative rock'!!!! This would make our artist appear more tradiitional rock influenced as a pose to the mainstream tame artists (care about their image- feminine in this sense etc).

It would also be important that the tattoos are those which are current, fashionable and aesthetically pleasing and would be recognisable to the artist!

Possible Tattoos:
Tribal styles:

Large Back pieces:
(red dragon^)

Sleeves:

Examples of current tattoos:

We will have to discuss this at the next meeting, and also play around to see what looks best on the artist for example before/at the test shoot!

Psycho Image

The main guy in our music video will have a deluded aura about him. We think that he will be jealous of the other guy in the video, because he has stolen the girl from our protagonist.

We want him to be completely obsessed with revenge and give him a very emo look.

Inspiration for this idea:

Memento - the way the main character writers phrases on himself with tattoos to remember things. This is a very interesting and powerful image and will reflect the character's fixation.

Paramore Riot Album cover - I like the style of this cover as it shows emotion through quite a visual image and reflects the compulsion of the character. The random nature of both the font and where the words are written also depict the mindset of the character as being confused well.

Liam