Chosen Genre/Song/Band name

After looking at lots of different bands involved in the indie etc genre of music e.g Foals, Passion Pit, Friendly Fires, The Vaccines etc. We have finally decided on basing our music video on the song "Radar Detector by the band, Darwin Deez" whom are an American indie band.

We chose this genre of music as we felt it would be the best for us to create a performance video and for us to find the right looking style people for the band as we know people who have the similar look to the band Darwin Deez. The song which we have chosen is reasonably slow and can be easy for us to imitate.

If we were to chose a band such as Kasabian or Oasis, it would have been more difficult to find the correct looking people as theses bands have a whole different look to themselves. They all look a lot older than other band members and have facial hair, long hair etc. This is why we have chosen a Darwin Deez song to make it easier for us to find members.

Twitter feed

https://twitter.com/OdessaSoviet

Above is a link to the twitter feed which we have created for our band @OdessaSoviet. This twitter page will be used to post any relevant news and action for the band. Information about the band and filming will be posted on this twitter account for any followers/fans of Odessa Soviet.

To do list - by 06/10/13.

• Storyboard
• Animatic
• Final shoot location
• Exact equipment list
• Props
• Feedback evaluation

Locations

We currently plan to use a village hall for the draft video as it will be an ideal location with bare walls etc. Other locations that may be more ideal for our final shoot are places such as empty shops up for rent as they have unpainted concrete walls/pillars throughout that would give it a look that would match the indie genre, also we could use a white room such as a photography studio which would mean we may be able to use better quality professional lights. With all these being unavailable an outdoor performance in a wooded area could work well as seen in many other videos. the problem is an outdoor shoot can only be done with weather permitting.

Digipak Analysis 3 - Disclosure Settle

Clothing Ideas

The items of clothing above is just a quick example of the type/style of clothing which our artists could be wearing or something similar. This style of clothing is the match to what other indie bands could possibly dress like. Ensuring that we stick to styling our band members as "indie" as we possibly can will help us to create the look which we are going for. Indie styling could come across as old and retro looking which is another factor which we shall be trying to create. Giving the correct look to the audience is a very crucial part to the music video so we need to look into everything to do with this genre of music so the band members can be styled correctly. Also with the clothing and look of the artists it will then help the audience to identify what the genre is along with the music. One very obvious factor about this style is the artists looking fairly scruffy e.g messy hair, facial hair, untidy clothing. We shall try and suit all these areas of the look by finding the right people for the band and dressing them accordingly.

Digipak Analysis 2 - Jake Bugg