Wednesday, 18 November 2009

Interview with a fan

Did you like the name of the band when you first heard of them?
Yeahh, it was pretty different. Caught your eye when you see them

Do you like the meaning of the lyrics?
Yes. They have a deeper meaning to them. Its not just the fact that what you see is what you get

How did you first hear the band?
One of my friends had come across them on my space and had recommended them to me.

What is you favourite song of there?
Alaxia – because of the guitar playing in it

What make them special?
The singer is pretty cool and has a unique voice. This made them stand out to me.

How long have you liked them for?
About a year know

Have you ever seen them live?
I have seen them 3 time in Manchester, there really good live, they put on a really good performance. Better than I expected, I think it cause of there uniqueness.

Music grid sheet

Cast decissions

Chris Fox: We chose Chris Fox to act in the beginning of the song as he is the lead singer of the band Parazali this way the audience will identify with the band more and will be familiar with the video when it appears.

James Ashwin: We chose James Ashwin to appear in the second part of the video as he is the drummer of the band. He also does a solo drum beat in the middle of the song. This means that he is important to the song instrumentally. We also wanted the video to display all three band members and not just use one.

Joe Bibby: We chose Joe Bibby to appear in the video as he is the bassist of the band; although he does not have any solos we wanted him to appear in the video to complete the band and the three stories.

Actress

Lucy Cowper: (Main actress)

We chose Lucy Cowper to appear in the video as the main actress as she is very good at acting. She is also very contactable which will be easy for us to get hold of her.

Cell mate

Directors:

Megan Lyons, Christina Massam, Ed Dobson

Producers:

Megan Lyons, Christina Massam, Ed Dobson

Client: OCR

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Date Production Schedule Started: Friday 23rd October
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Planning Started: Tuesday 6th October
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Treatment Started: Thursday 15th October
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Storyboard Started: Wednesday 21st October
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Shooting started:

Sent to client:

Post Production Started:
Completed:

Rough Cut Submitted:

Final Show Tape Completed:
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Location Equipment Required: Priestley College, Causeway Park and 14 Wychwood Avenue Lymm Cheshire.

Transport Requirements: Bus, Walking, Car

Crew Requirements: Producers and Directors. The actors: Chris Fox, James Ashwin, Joe Bibby. The actress: Lucy Cowper

Props/Costume Requirements: Normal Clothes. Props: Phone, Pen and Notebook, Suitcase, Food tray, Clock, Key Hole and Double Bed.

Spider diagram of ideas

Thursday, 22 October 2009

Lyric analysis

Tally chart on the prison cell wall Shows that the person is trapped and desperate
How long have you been there now?
Seems like a year you said, though it’s only been two days. Dramatic lyric, could have been through something very traumatic

There’s no getting out’a here reinforcing the idea of being trapped
No-one will hear your cries ‘Cries’ shows that the person is obviously upset
No-one will see you die but me ‘Die’ seems very hopeless. We see there isn’t much hope for the person

Same boring lies, same walls everyday illustrates the boredom of the person
You can’t sleep, you just toss and turn shows the stress that the person is under
Serves you right anyway Get the feeling that maybe the person has done something to deserve this

The rest of the lyrics are just repeated, this emphasizes the idea that the person is trapped and can’t escape. It gives a real feeling of hopelessness.

There’s no getting out’a here
No-one will hear your cries
No-one will see you die but me

SOLO

Build up
(No-one will see you die but me)

There’s no getting out’a here
No-one will hear your cries
No-one will see you die but me

Tally chart on the prison cell wall
How long have you been there now?
Seems like a year you said, though it’s only been two days.

There’s no getting out’a here
No-one will hear your cries
No-one will see you die but me

Same boring lies, same walls everyday
You can’t sleep, you just toss and turn
Serves you right anyway

There’s no getting out’a here
No-one will hear your cries
No-one will see you die but me

SOLO

Build up
(No-one will see you die but me)

There’s no getting out’a here
No-one will hear your cries
No-one will see you die but me

Treatment

Treatment

Artist: Parazali

Song: Cell mate

Genre: Rock

Outline of narrative:
There will be clips of the band playing and lip-syncing to the song in unplanned places throughout the video as well as the story.

The video opens with an image of a sad looking girl sat on a double bed. She looks like just an ordinary girl, and she is wearing casual clothes e.g. Jeans and a t-shirt. We will then see and image of a key turning in a lock using shallow focus so that when the boy walks away, we cannot see what he looks like. There is a montage of the girl sat in different positions around her room, as well as images of a clock to show the passing of time.

After some time has passed the boy comes back to the room and unlocks the door, we seethe door open from inside the room, and the boy entering. The boy is also dressed casually. He walks over to the girl with an apologetic look on his face and he hugs her softly. She hugs him back but a cut to her face shows us that she has not forgiven him for locking her in there. The couple leave the room holding hands and head downstairs to the lounge where two other boys are sat in casual looking clothes. They look up at the couple briefly, and then turn their attention back to the television they were previously watching. They sit down with the other two. The three boys laugh and talk with each other, but the girl sits there quietly.

The couple are walking through the woods looking happy; we assume it is a new day because their clothes have changed. He smiles at her and she smiles back, but as she turns we realise from her facial expression that she still isn’t happy. There is a flashback to them being genuinely happy in the same woods and then it goes back to present day. We see them talking and he suddenly looks a mixture of offended and angry. We don’t see him do anything to her, but we assume he has as the next time we see her she is sat in the room on her own again and the has some bruises on her arm.

The girl is stood in the kitchen holding a black phone and reading through it. The camera shows us a close up of the screen it reads ‘Can’t wait gorgeous x’ with ‘Laura’ written at the top. We then see her face and she looks hurt; we assume the phone belongs to the boy. The boy then comes into the Kitchen and smiles at the girl. She walks over to him and hands out the phone, a confused and hurt expression on her face. He also looks at the screen but seems very apathetic about it. He simply walks out of the kitchen without saying a word to her, she is left looking unsure.

We are back in the bedroom and the girl is hurriedly packing a bag full of clothes. The boy walks into the room in a manner that suggests he had no idea of what she was doing. He freezes and looks at her shocked while she stands perfectly still staring back at him. We see them start to argue and him lashing out, but we don’t see what is actually happening. We then see the girl sat in the bedroom on her own again. She has a black eye and looks broken down. We leave the video here so that it ends as though it has come full circle. This is used to symbolise that she’s never getting out, relating to the lyrics.

Crew: Megan Lyons, Ed Dobson, Christina Massam, Lucy Cowper, Chris Fox, James Ashwin and Joe Bibby

Resources: Camera, Tripod, Instruments (guitar, drums) Key, Phone