Our music video explained Part one.

The story behind our music video is not unheard of but we have tried to make as original as possible. It begains with a streotypical 'Geeky' looking boy in his room. The representation of this character is questionable as the definition of 'Geek' is not a fixed term. Everyboy has there own interpretation of what this term means. So with this in mind we developed a character that to all of us came across as a 'Geek'. We did this via props and costume. for example; in the bedroom we have PacMan posters and a simpsons duvet, with Starwars things dotted around. The geek himself has quite messy hair showing that he doesn't care too much about his apperance, which is part of the narrative itself. He has quite typical clothes, normal looking shirt, but the main part of the costume includes a pair of quite commical glasses.
The Geeks bedroom from our anamatic.

The Geek.

The whole narrative focuses on how the geek is always overlooked by people. more importantly by the girl he likes. The scene where he is walking along the corridor behind her shows how shy he is and that he is embarressed. As the song goes on the character develops through the help of the band members as they are quite 'popular.' Its also quite ironic that the geek actually has a MuteMath poster in his bedroom and they turn up to help him and his self esteme.
The band memebers are represetated as the complete opposite to the geek. They are confident and this comes accross in there costumes and through the narrative. For example the band members hair, is instantly recogniseable as we took examples from everyday people walking in the street, it shows that they take care in their appearance. The clothes they wear include tight 'skinny' jeans and tight tops showing that they like being looked at and they are comfortable about themselves and their well established image. Also their body language reflects that of a confident group of people. Unlike the geek who has a weak and reserved personality showing isolation.
A band Member: the lead singer.

The location featured in our video includes the geeks bedroom mentioned above, the Performance part is being filmed in our school hall with spotlights on the different characters, this is so the audience can focas and be attracted to each character. The target audience may also be attracted as the age we targeted may still be at school, or older people will remember being at school, this helps the audience relate to the characters. The scene with the geek and the girl in it is also set in the school.
The performance part of the video in the school.

Effects and lighting: Due to the low budget we have been quite limited with use of these. However we were thinking of adding some animations if possiable, providing we have enough time during the editing process. These will include some writing moving around the characters head, similar to that included in the People in Planes video 'Pretty Buildings' which is on the blog. The use of the spotlights and the transition between some shots is crucial as it shows the geek being 'transported' to another part of the song. For example when he goes from getting his hair cut by other members to having his room and clothes changed.
The spotlight transition.
Animatic to come!