Setting Up The Garage Band

These are the before and after pictures of the garage we shot in so it's obvious a lot of effort went into clearing the garage out and setting everything up.We had to clear out all the junk into the garden but we couldn't clear the whole garage out so we hung a black backdrop halfway into the garage so you couldn't see the mess behind it.We also got a Foo Fighters band flag to hang up so it wasn't just a plain black backdrop.We were trying to make it look 80's so we put our surfboards in there and we also brought our skateboards and penny boards to put in there so it still looked like a garage. We got the drums there in the back of my dads van and set them up along with a retro guitar amp and guitar.We also put a message out on Facebook asking if anyone had any 80's vehicles and someone got back to us saying they had a 1980's VW Sirocco we could borrow so that just adds to 80's mise en scene.

Calendar for shoots and reshoots

Digipak shoot planning

For my digipak shoot I want to take pictures of the band members in costume for the performance part of the music video. They will look like they are from the 80's for this as the performance part of our video is set in the 80's so they will be wearing 80's clothing. I want to take pictures of the three of them stood in front of the car holding the guitar and drum sticks. I also want to take pictures of the car we are going to park there for our performance as it is an old school VW Sirocco which I think will look very cool on my digipak.
I have a Nikon SLR camera to take the photos and also a tripod and some studio lights but as the shoot will have to be done outside the lights probably won't make a difference.

preparation for filming

We're ready for filming tomorrow, we've had to do a huge amount of planning for this as we've had to find 3 middle aged men to act in it, drums ,guitar and microphone, 80's clothing and a suitable garage to shoot in. We are going to use my brothers drums, and one of the other actors in the film has a guitar which is handy. We've sent out face book posts asking if anyone has any 80's clothing or anything that might help us but no one got back to us so we've asked our actors if they have any 80's clothes and most of them have.
We're going to use my Nan's garage to film in but it will need to be cleaned out a bit because it's full of junk and we're going to put skateboards and a BMX in there as well to give it more of a young 80's feel to it. Zoe's friend has her own photography lights which she is lending to us so we will have decent lighting rather than relying on natural lighting as that could have the potential to not look as good..We're getting our camera from media and another one from photography so we can film more than one thing at a time and we're also going to use a tripod for some of the shots so they aren't shaky but some of them we want to look shaky to give it a more amateur feel.
We're pretty much ready and hoping it goes well.

Research into garage bands and how they're filmed

I've been looking at a few videos that have been filmed in a garage and had a look at how they were filmed. There a few shots in the wayne's world clip were there is close ups of the guitars and then their faces when they sing. It looks like its been filmed on a hand held camera and looks quite unprofessional but it gives a more of 'garage band' feel to it. In the Weezer video you can see someone putting things in the washing machine in the background which again makes it seem unprofessional but gives it the garage band look that we want to go for.

Updated Music Video Idea

After doing our storyboard and shot list we then decided to change out idea completely as we feel that following someones life throughout the day more than likely would become repetitive and predictable.
We've decided to change our idea to a man getting bored of his everyday life but just showing the repetitiveness of him getting up everyday and doing the same thing in the morning, this will only be at the start of the video. He then goes on to get so bored of his life that we show him day dreaming/ reminiscing about how he used to be in band when he was younger. We then have decided to shoot a throwback theme of him being in a band in the late 80's - garage band theme as our performance, with him rocking out with all of his mates, but reuniting their band together to relive the "good times".  The video will entail his dream of being in a rock band and then will flip between reality and his dream.

We have got our inspiration from Wayne's World and how they have their own band and play in the garage, we also want to achieve some of the camera angles and shots that they have used to give it a more unique feeling. We also thought this time period would be a good idea because its our parents era that they grew up in as teenagers so they know what to wear and can help it look as organic as possible. Also all the late 80's early 90's fashion has come back into fashion now so will be able to recreate the fashion part of the styling for our video very easily.

 

 

Storyboard and Shot List

After doing our storyboard and shot list we then decided to change out idea completely as we feel that following someone's life throughout the day more than likely would become repetitive and predictable. We've decided to change our idea to a man in a metal institution sat at a table day dreaming about being in a band. The video will entail his dream of being in a rock band and then will flip between reality and his dream and then will end of him being in a mental institution.