Past Student Work

http://vimeo.com/20244147

This is the link to a past student work by former Thurston 6th Student David Hodgson - Lorente. The video is an interesting blend of 2 music video ideas the concept and the narrative music video. The video uses interesting and well done video and practical effects and skilled editing to really make the concept and fine tune a loose but interesting narrative. Keeping it interesting all the way through. In contrast to the idea behind my music video which is more focused on Performance than effects but still has elements of concept and relies heavily on the edit. 

Recording

Today I am preparing  to record the music for my music video doing an unofficial cover of Bob Marley's famous song and my favorite Marley song, Redemption Song. The song means a lot to me and I think it suits the video perfectly the evocative and powerful lyrics married to the soulful and simple guitar make it a close to perfect tune. I am going to record an acoustic cover of Marley's acoustic version, recorded with music student, former singer in BurySound winning band Head Full and close friend, Casey Chick.  The version above is my favorite of any and the video captures the essence of the song and of what Bob Marley's music means, the individual and the community living in harmony and understanding from music, preaching to the masses.

Storyboards 8 9

These last 2 pages show the ending to my music video, the hippy giving up and having a smoke/cup of tea, whilst the professional slaves on with a solo, the hippy is shown preparing to sleep rough whilst the professional sits at the end of his set, judged in a different way to the hippy, on his genuine skill and not his lifestyle.

Storyboards 5 6 7

These next storyboard panels show how I am further contrasting the music with the video, the most skilled parts of the song going to the professional persona whilst the vocal and more heartfelt lyrics being left to the hippy. The juxtaposition and way the environment around each persona becomes more important as the video progresses tells us more about each character and how although one looks a lot better than the other, only one is truly free.

Storyboards 4

This is the most stylish shot of my music video planning, the fast pan and track around the character from his 'hippy' persona to his 'professional' one is the main point of contrast in the music video. The shot sequence will look good when filmed and is the point of the video where the concept really comes out, where the duality of the character in his 2 forms is most shown to the audience.

Storyboards 1 2 3

These are my first 3 storyboards, they outline the music video with a chilled and interesting introduction before I begin the main concept of the video, which is the duality of the song and of people in general.