Friday, 22 November 2019

MONTHLY VODCAST 1 Initial research/ideas + influences, the song, pre-prod, upcoming


The artist/song
  • I wanted to make a music video with someone who would also be enthusiastic about the project
  • Asked indie local electropop artist AEM, who only had 1 music vid so far if she would be interested
  • others xyz
    • very enthusiastic
    • Is just finishing mixing the song, fake, now
    • I am doing an interview with her this weekend about the meaning of it (social media - how to build, how useful, how she uses, how she engages with audience/brand/expectations of the vid/her musical influences/visual influences, intertextualities/her audience/primary/sec, interact/queer imagery/how does she access music video/any thoughts on UGC vids (spontaneous or no)/album art for digipak (say ideas if I do))
    • Website - font sheet (headings/banner fonts)
    • What she expects from the vid - electropop, specific, for one of your own (2qs)
    • female artists on video she's found interesting
    • colour/colouring - run through thinking (heathers)
    • webisodes, staggard release

Pre-production
  • Started general and genre conventions research
    • Had some issues with getting it done to the standard I wanted
    • Taking longer than originally planned
  • Still been doing research on a range of conventions - Merch, effects of convergence and digitisation, how the music industry has changed, Goodwin
  • possible influences form those (understand and apply) - 5-6 likely influences
  • Initial ideas
    • Some initial ideas for the video: gender bending date idea (Butler), dual identity/self sabotage idea
    • Developed dual identity idea into looking at what's authentic/fake, self-sabotage/self-care
    • Some narrative - Heathers intertextuality, croquet scenes (one based off of Heathers, the other Alice in Wonderland)
  • The dual self is Winona Ryder from Heathers and Christian Slater (mr robot tv show, link), but both women - non-chronological and unclear whether or not they're the same person or in a relationship
  • 2 sample clips so far
  • Performance location scouting
  • Influences: 
    • Arian Grande - Thank u, next
    • Iggy Azalea - Fancy
    • Pixies - Silver Snail
    • Alice Phoebe Lou - Skin Crawl
    • Novaa - Club Paradise
    • Megadeth - Hello me
  • Social media - instagram finally working, twitter

Next month

  • Finish lyrics timing sheet
  • Make final vid plan
  • Some sample shooting (with or without artist, experiment with things like powdered paint)
  • Finish general/genre conventions research

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