Genre

The genre of the band we've chosen is 'indie-pop'. Their use of steady beats and electronic\pop-style sounds put them in this genre.

A typical music video in this genre would usually consist of random, irrelevant shots, e.g an abandoned warehouse, the sky, wires etc. They would include the singer/band members in the video, but they wouldn't be the main feature, being shown only a few times. 

Iconogprahy that is often used in indie-pop videos is the black and white effect. This adds a sophistication/calm to the video. 

Typically, our chosen genre's music videos will use a narrative. Often using a relationship, be it friends or a couple. We too are going to follow in this convention by using a narrative following a couple.

Evaluation

This is our filmed evaluation of our opening :

Premiere

We were able to premiere our films in front of the school, which gave us a great opportunity to not only see everyone's films on the big screen, and all of the A2's music videos, but to get feedback on our film , and to see if everyone enjoyed it as much as we do! The feedback we were given was really positive, when asked what they would change about it , the main response we got was the ending was slightly too long. So, given the chance to redo, we'd change that. However , they all said that the sound was excellent , it really helped build the tension, and they thought it was creepy (which is what we wanted!) and many commented on the interesting shots we used, the CCTV  and split screen. So, all in all, it was an really good chance for us to see what others thought, and we're really pleased with the comments we got!

FINAL FILM

At last! Here it is, Surveillance.

Couch Potato Productions, Sinister Pictures

Our first production company we decided to name 'Couch Potatoes' , because our prelim exercise used the song 'One Potato', so we felt it fitted nicely. We then settled on 'Sinister Pictures' for the second production company name, as we felt this one was more in keeping with our horror theme.

Music

We got the majority of our soundtrack off of a website 'LGFL sounds'. The website states that the sounds are for the use of exams, such like ours, and that it isn't copyrighted.

http://www.audionetwork.com/faq/20

That's the link for you, just so we have ourselves covered. The sounds we've used are 'Vampire Playground' (I'm gonna find the other two names on friday and put them on here)

New Title

Sorry Heather!  A new title has been decided, Kat expressed that she really thought we should steer away from anything to do with school, mainly because the biggest part of our film is the CCTV footage, and suggested that we name it with something more in keeping with that. Which I too thought was a fantastic idea. SO, 'Surveillance' has been the chosen one! It's such a great word, and fits perfectly with the theme of our film. It doesn't give away too much either, which is another plus. 'Surveillance' will be finished soon! Keep your eyes peeled.