Casting

Chapter Twenty-Seven

We have come to the stage where we will look at who is going to be in our music videos and how we will cast them. We will not audition our cast because we have already seen them work and know their background training. One of our actors is a trained actors from drama school, and the other has a background in media work. The band have musical experience and some are already members of a band.

Our first Actor is Adam Grant:

We looked for a similar looking actor as our second and we found actor James Hartman:

Our lead singer and hero Ted Jackson:

And Our Guitarist Dave Fonseka:

Writing to the Record Company

Chapter Twenty-Six

Two of the team have written a letter to the record company, asking permission to use their clients music.

Prop List

Naming the Band

Chapter Twenty-Five

I was asked to come up with a band name for the group. The BandNameMaker website is a good one because it gives you tips on what suits the band and there's even a generator which will do it for you.

Some suggestions were:

Mansion Highway
Previous Evil
Choice of Smoke
Up and Rising
The Cheated

These were all made using a generator.

Editing Animatics

Chapter Twenty-Four

Kristina is currently editing the 9 minutes we filmed on Friday. Kristina enjoys editing on Adobe pro because she finds it really interesting, we have put her in charge of the pre and post production editing. She also take music tech which allows her to hear the beats really well and make sure the piece is musically corresponding to the visual. 

Storyboard

Chapter Twenty-Three

I have finished our storyboard and we have uploaded it to slide share so you can see it. We have a lot of slides and spent the day filming them for our animatic.

Make-Up and Special FX

Chapter Twenty-Three

We looked at frozen make up for our music video. Sasha Ward-Smith is a student who studies a lot of special FX make-up and we have discussed the possibilities of making someone look frozen.

There are a lot of videos on youtube showing tutorials in frozen make-up and making someone look iced up. We decided using someone with a beard really works because it adds effect.