Animatics

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Kristina has finished our Animatic and it is cut to fit our music perfectly, hopefully it should help massively when editing our final music video. It gives a visual aid to the final product.

Our Shooting Date

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Our shooting date is now set as 24th November.

We have decided to shoot the poker game in the morning, set up in the studio.

We have been granted permission to shoot in the afternoon at Rawling's butchers, in their meat locker, and the band will be shot in the afternoon.

I am currently sending out emails to the actors and band to see if they are available for the shoot. 

We are still searching for a brass section, MILES RUSSELL is a possible option.

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.