Myspace Banner

Hey guys, I'm just in the middle of making a banner for the Myspace page and I'm a little stuck....

Which one, in your opinion, looks better?

 

I kinda like the second one, just 'cause it's a little different, but yeah...thoughts, please..?

-Selina-

MySpace

We've made the MySpace and we've also a Twitter account for The Cold Ones. Progress :) Haven't really done anything to it yet seeing as we're probably not going to actually use this name, but it's good to actually have a MySpace done and experiment with what we can do a bit...
www.myspace.com/thecoldonesuk 
http://twitter.com/thecoldonesuk
Mia & Selina xx

Ending

This is actually killing me. Fer sure. Thinkthinkthink...Lol right now, I'm up for the strangling ball of DEATH! I don't know...do we go for dramatic and risk making it look riDICulous, or do we leave it with such a cliffhanger it makes people want to chew their heads off?! [I fear I may have to edit this post in the future] How about something simple with me laying on the ground, smothered in leaves as you walk off...or something? I'm clearly not in the right frame of mind, atm...I just think I'm free :)
How about something to do with mirrors as a cover..? I dunno, I think the whole reflection-of-oneself could play a big part in it...we can still have a looksee. And I think we wanted costume to be kinda casual. I think. Something representative of the genre, with a dash of her unique element. I'm not sure. GREAT.


-Selina-

The sun'll come out tomo-oh who am I kidding..?!

OKAY, this is probably going to be our most difficult shoot to date, HURRAY, illness is just on the horizon!
I think we should meet at Oakwood station, just in case...at 12; the sooner we get it done, the sooner we can get out of there!
Ummm, you raise an excellent point Mia; the whole thing about the albumy stuff is that it's not supposed to be in the same location as the music vid, right? Which means ANOTHER LOCATION is needed...didn't Miss B say something about setting up a shoot in school, with a green-screen thing..? I might be making that bit up, but it's always an option...
Is anyone else completely confused, or is it just me? No? GOOD.
BRING ON THE FUN.

P.s. I should be at yours around half eleven, Mia :)

-Selina-

Name Ideas

Ooh, that's quite helpful actually, thanks Miss B and Miss D! :)

While watching New Moon today [I know, we're keenos :)] we came across the name Violent Delights, which we thought was pretty cool...but THEN, we had an even better idea to change it to Violent Desires

It doesn't have to be the band name, we were thinking more album name....what do you guys think??

-Selina-

Editing

We're about halfway through the post-production stage of our project and, surprisingly, things are running rather smoothly! We've managed to piece together a rough video structure, with only a few gaps here and there, but we're making good progress. The main focus of the feedback we've been given is:

• The cross-cutting between the forest and the tunnel, when the girl wakes up, is not entirely matched correctly [angles are ever-so-slightly different..!]

• The shots of the girl lip syncing in the tunnel are too long - we need to tighten the frames up a tad

• Some shots are confusing/don't work well together e.g. the CU of the hand on the tree cut to the girl circling the masked fuguuu on the stump [like, wth is that all about, man?!]

• Make all the shots in the tunnel the same colour; apparently the dingy look is aesthetically awesome [it's not YOUR video, Ryan!]

• THE FIRE-SPINNING IS GOOD. HURRAH. MORE FIRE-SPINNING, PLEASE.

So yeah, we've received pretty constructive stuff from teachers, media students and royalty alike which is no doubt only going to help us through the rest of our editing. We may have to reshoot a few things [the waking up sequence] and we DEFINITELY need to shoot an ENDING of some sort, but let's save that for another post :)

Safari, so good...

*Three cheers for Group 4*

-Selina-

Someone, call the doctor....

Hey guys, you probably are all well aware that I'm rather poorly atm and I just wanted to let you know that I won't be in for the rest of the week... :(
I hope that doesn't put much of a dent in our plans; we're pretty much editing 'til the cows come home, right?!
But yeah, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO - knowing I can be of assistance even when I'm away from the edit suite is somewhat comforting :) plus it'll help with the boredom! [If I can muster the energy to do so, of course!]

Sorry for the inconvenience, but this evil, masked-genius will be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed in no time [I hope!] :)

-Selina-

S-S-Selina would like to share her thoughts...

Okay, first off, what a great find, Mary! And I agree with Mia, the shot of her on the floor surrounded by the others is something we could [possibly] try...HURRAY for forests [and good ol' Flo]!

Hmm, I have a piece of a broken mirror, which could be used so I'll bring it along today and we shall see :)
ALSO, we may/may not need new candles-the last ones are in a bit of a state...but that work to our advantage anyway.

The shot list has been printed and will accompany me to the shoot, never fear :)

I MAY BE MISSING SOMETHING, BUT I HAVE TO GO NOW 'CAUSE MIA AND HER MUM WILL BE VERY ANGRY IF I'M LATE [AGAIN]

See you all sooooooon

-Selina-

Selina says [finally!]

HEY GUYS,

SORRY for missing out on the whole planny-ness...but I have read all the posts and am totally up-to-speed with it now!

MARY - I can bring the black blazer that you were wearing on Tues if you want [sorry, no pinstripes!]

Also, I'll have a look for white materialy stuff too...and bring all the usual stuffs we need

See y'all at half two [she says!]

-Selina-

Smoke pellets

Selina - http://www.diytools.co.uk/diy/Main/sp-39-3399-18954-monument-1470f-smoke-pellets-pack-of-10.asp - there's the link to the website to get smoke pellets.
Mia xx

Trent Park

Being really bored at home, I decided to go to Trent Park to look at the foresty bit, as suggested by Jake Wynne. This is what I found:




I love the tall, straight trees; if we could shoot here early in the morning/just before sunset we'd probably get a really wicked, eerie look [I particularly like the lighting in the last pic]

There's quite a bit of woodland surrounding the trees, which we could use for the 'interaction' between the characters as well







Finally, I found an interesting little path, which I didn't follow all the way down 'cause it creeped me out a little, frankly.. But it's quite narrow, so we could have shots of the girl 'following' the masked figure down here or something along the lines of that..




Overall, I think the location has great potential for us to produce some fantastic shots in, and I think we should definitely consider using this place at some point in our vid to mix things up a little... What do y'all think?

-Selina-

Mia, Mary & Cam techniques

Okay, even though I'm not gonna be here for the shoot, I thought I'd put my two cents in [after all, I am in the group too!]

ABSOLUTELY AGREE with the both of you - couldn't have put it better myself! Loving the shots of the forests at dawn - def something I'm up for doing...even if it's just getting location shots without the characters [that way you'd stay nice and warm, Mia :)] Oh, yeah and I like the Ace of Hearts thing - I think if we could get a little bit of the good ol' intertextuality in it'll give us quite a bit to talk about come eval time.
Although I'm not entirely sure about shooting on the tube thing - it could go horribly wrong and detract from the whole 'otherworldly' stuff...

Really, the only one thing that rings a bit of an alarm bell in my head is the Alice-in-Wonderland-esque fast-motion background shot thing; I haven't the foggiest how we'd achieve that...BUT I DID FIND THIS:



Obviously we're not using the same post-production programme as the one in the video, but at least we can kind of get the gist of what to do to achieve a similar effect. There's also a lot of other weird effects on this channel, which you might wanna check out: http://www.youtube.com/user/CyberLinkChannel

I've also been looking into changing the frame rate, so as to get a slow-mo effect [I'm guessing it'll work for fast-motion too]. The internet's not being very helpful by suggesting that the frame rate on a digital camcorder cannot be changed [only the shutter speed can], however I did come across this little piece of info on Yahoo! Answers that says: "This effect is achieved by recording at (super) high speed and playing back at just 24 frames per second." I'm not really sure how useful that is [it seems pretty straightforward, really], but we can always ask Ryan :)

-Selina-

Barnet Concil Enquiry

Hey guys, you know I e-mailed Barnet Council about that abandoned house? Well, they finally got back to me; I can't print screen it 'cause it's too blurry, so here's just a copy-and-pasted version:

Request Reference: 90027623

Dear Miss Mir,

Thank you for your e-mail.

I have checked the details of the property you have mentioned, this property is not council owned.

Before you are able to gain filming permission, you will need to know who owns the property and seek their approval. I have included the telephone number for Land Registry, who will be able to advise who owns the property.

Land Registry :01792 458877

To film within the borough, you will also need filming permission. I have included the telephone number for 'Reel Film' who provide filming permission.

0845 402 2998

We hope you find this information helpful and if we can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact us or visit www.barnet.gov.uk for more information about Council services.

Yours sincerely

Helen Shodeke

Customer Services Officer

So yeah...it may be worth giving them both a call...or not!

-Selina-

Masks

Hey guys, I found some really good sites for all things costumey. I think we could incorporate the use of these cool masks in our video:

http://www.escapade.co.uk/Masks-sale.asp
http://www.carnivalstore.co.uk/catlist.php?cat=765&stpos=20

-Selina-

Locations

Some brighter pics of those bits in Grovelands Park:

Epic Journeys' Launch - Band Style/Image

LILY ALLEN

ARCTIC MONKEYS

THE BAND
We wanted to go for a trendy, high-fashion look for the boys so we thought they could wear smart jackets and blazers, while still keeping it casual with hoodies and jeans. The outfit fourth from the left is quite typical of the indie genre, so we added it in for good measure.


Similarly, we think the girl should be wearing quite catwalk-esque dresses, sexy and fashionable, with a twist; Dr. Marten boots and a trilby. We feel this gives the band more of an edgier, unique look, making them easily distinguishable from all the other indie/alternative bands in the industry today.

The intended audience for this band are predominantly [female] 16-25 year olds, as we agreed that this is the typical age group which is interested in this genre of music. Furthermore, dedicated followers of fashion will also be hooked by the band's sense of style, as they are always dressed in all the latest trends. By styling the band in this particular way, we are able to widen our audience demographic, which is always a good thing!

Recce Recording!

Location Recce!

Yesterday we went on a bit of a hunt for locations, so we decided to record us discussing the day's findings while we looked through some photos we took. It's in the above post. This is a selection of the photos showing the key things. Might want to listen to the recording at the same time to have them explained :)

Mia xx

Our Treatment for the Pitch

So we pitched to the rest of the group and the teachers last night - needless to say, it went really well! Everyone seemed to like our idea and track choice, so that's all good! We did get quite a bit of feedback, which will be posted up soon, but for now here's our treatment for 'Fences' [bear in mind this will probably change now]

'Fences' Treatment - Selina, Mia, Bhavika and Mary

-Selina-

Paramore

Seeing as we're doing a track by Paramore, I've decided to do a little bit of research into them!

Paramore is a Grammy-nominated American rock band that formed in Franklin, Tennessee in 2004 consisting of Hayley Williams (lead vocals), Josh Farro (lead guitar/backing vocals), Jeremy Davis (bass guitar), Zac Farro (drums), and Taylor York (rhythm guitar). I think it's important to know that all of their songs are written an produced by themselves - who they are comes out through their lyrics.

Paramore's music has generally been regarded as "emo", "pop punk", and "alternative rock". Lead singer, Hayley Williams explains how "the band isn't just a short pop-punk girl with red hair and a spunky attitude. The music is like us, it's aged differently." Williams has gone on to comment about the female aspect of the band saying that Paramore is not "this girl-fronted band" and it makes "music for people to enjoy music, not so people can talk about my sexuality."

Their target audience is predominantly teenage males and females, who listen to this certain genre of music. Paramore tend to market themselves on the internet the most, with Twitter, Myspace and Facebook accounts, which helps them reach this younger, tech-savvy generation of consumers.

Their videos are usually performanced-based and always contain CUs of the members during instrumentals/key musical points. Their song 'Fences' is from their second album Riot! (2007). While trying to find a meaning for what the song is about, I stumbled upon this answer:
'It means that when you're famous, everyone is watching you and looking up to you. and that once you are famous, you can't turn back because every one knows you, and you can't let fame get to you.'

-Selina-