On the first day of class we assigned ourselves into production groups. I’m in a group with Andrea, Ella and Rohan’s favourite name… Jenny. Andrea and Ella both had a band in mind to create a video for but we ended up going with Andrea’s friends Mollusc and their song A1 Anxiety. I’m not entirely sure what genre you’d classify them but I’m guessing its something like ‘darkwave/electronic/punk’. It’s not the kind of music I personally listen to but I think the track gives of lots of creative possiblitys in terms of a music video. After hearing the track we all decided the video has have a dark and creepy vibe. Rather than trying to plan a narrative out we started to think of locations we could use to as a creepy backdrop. We came up with the idea of an abandoned warehouse and/or forest. Although both locations would come with the difficulty of having to use portable power and the last I heard Andrea was unable to loan a generator and hiring one would be expensive. We also walked around the University and realised there were some greats buildings amongst RMIT that would look great at night if lit correctly. Although it is probably too late to get permission to film. So we currently we are trying to work out the location of our shoot.
We have forumlated a cult-like theme for a video, with extras all dressed alike in a creepy manner. Andreas idea to recruit lots of extras would make for an epic video although I hope we aren’t bitting off more than we can chew as it has made a production alot bigger and therefore more difficult.
Something I need to think about is how are we going to light the scene in order to get that creepy vibe. By using harsh light we can create dark ambigious shadows. For some close ups we may choose to only light one half of the singers face to give them a mysterious dramtic look. Furthermore by moving the barndoors on the lights while shooting we can create an effect of moving shadows.
Luke