Video, MySpace and Album Cover Links

Here are the videos, websites, and album covers, mentioned in our evaluation.

Every Time I Die - 'Wanderlust' : Where the idea of individual shots came from and vocalist walking down the corridor. Vocalist clothes also change when it moves to individual location. It is also mainly peformance with some concept thrown into the mix. Vocalist addresses audition as well.


Every Time I Die - Wanderlust on MUZU


Pantera - '5 Minutes Alone' : Lots of close ups and ECUs. Entirely performance based. Cut to beat and focuses on music. Dark lighting with spots on instruments. Cuts to instruments at important parts.



Muse - 'Dead Star' : Lots of instrument close ups. Dark lighting again. Focuses on music. Focus on guitar in opening riff.




Architects - 'Always' : Genre characteristics, energetic performance, headbanging, band setup and clothing. cut to the beat and quickly cut. Referenxced shots such as CU guitar and drums from side. Linked to person percentage of each member in video.



Architects - Always from Hopes Die Last on Vimeo.

Underoath - 'In Regards To Myself' : Inspiration behind the individual vocalist shots wiht stationary camera nad vocalist moving around room. Also darkly lit and same band setup.

In Regards To Myself - UnderOath

Disturbed1 | MySpace Video

Underoath - 'A Moment Suspended In Time' : Use of lyrics to inspire video. Words shown and cut to different members at different points. Mainly performance video with energy. Claustrophobic feel. Use of costume.




Alex Gaudino - 'Destination Calabria' : Lots of voyeuristic shots. Shows another genre and how ours is different. No instruments and not really about the music and more about the video content.





Madonna - 'Material Girl' : Star image motifs and intertextual references. Video focused on star image of Madonna and targets audience with Marilyn Monroe reference.



Muse - 'Uprising' - Link with single cover




MySpace - Click links to visit

A Day To Remember - Unconventional MySpace look, more unique and professional looking, common today as people move away from MySpace
Set Your Goals - Very promotional, album cover, merch and video are all on show and clear to the viewer

Architects - Introduces the band individually and follows institutional conventions, such as showing the record label, endorsements and bookings

The Saturdays - Has a more scopophilic feel, with more emphasis on a celebrity personality and look. Bio + Pictures

Alexisonfire - Has a competition on the page, a fine example of viral marketing

Album Cover

International Superheroes of Hardcore - Strong visual theme, taken from title

Oh Sleeper -  Dark, moody colours

Muse -  Has common themes with Video - Teddybears

Shoot Reflections

I felt our test shoot was useful to identify potential problems and issues. We tested the wide set up and got to grips with the new camera, the Sony HD1000E. This was particularly useful as I was going to be the main cameraman for our shoot.

Our main shoot thankfully went without any major problems. We got all the shots we needed and the band performed well and all in all everything went smoothly. Our only drawbacks were some exposure and lighting issues, but hopefully we can sort these out in post-production on Premiere.

Shot Inspiration - Going through a wall

I decided to test a certain shot to see if it would be viable to edit and film and it turns out it is possible. I keyframed one track over the other to simulate the crabbing through the wall, the cutting in the sequence is poor but it only intended to illustrate our opening and can be understood by our group members. It should be even easier to do in the final shoot due to even more wall possibilities. Here's the finished product.