Brown Bread Music Video 1

I offered to do a little more crewing for Brown Bread the other day when I heard they were shooting a music video-what I'm most interested in going into at the moment. We had a very early start at around 6.30 and then an intense shoot up until about three but all in all it was a very satisfying day.
I was general handyman, moving sandbags and digging holes for poles with barbed wire. As the pictures suggest it was a WW1 themed video so the band and actors needed a suitable hostile environment. The cold weather and perfect fog were a good start but for added realism the crew and I were all told to make a medley of "trench screams" whilst lobbing dirt down upon the cast to simulate various explosions.

Revised Storyboard

Here's a revised storyboard, it's basically my last one but with an extra frame.

More Spoof News

I thought that this was just a move (well worth a watch) but it turns out there are legions of spoof clips online made by "The Onion". Onion news makes a business of spoofing everything in a American style and puts out regular you tube videos.

A News Story

I thought I should get the dialogue sorted. It should end up being about a minute long. The more observant of you will notice a change needed in the storyboard.

News Anchor:

And we are getting some breaking news just in tonight coming from Leeds with reports of an unidentifiable blue object moving at extremely high speeds through the city centre, we should in fact be able to go live to our roving reporter Peter Zeitgeist right now, peter...

Peter:

Thank you James, I'm here in the city's pedestrianized centre where only moments ago many witnessed what could only be described some form of blue ball moving at hight speed aaand err take a look at some footage that was shot just now. All eye witnesses confirm that said object was in no way hostile, however many are still remaining cautious throughout their afternoon.

Bystander 1:

I wus jus cumin out'a Ainsleys and at first I just thought it were me cataracts playing up but then I saw that every which way folk were being pushed like ninepins and that.

Peter:

We have in fact now identified the object, it is here and none other than a bizarrely dressed jogger! Err Sir may I ask who are you and what is the purpose of all this?

Man:

Robotnic..... (sonic tune coming from tinny headphones) he's going to....... must....... COLLECT RINGS!!!!..... (running away) complete ZONE!!!!!!

Peter:

Well as you saw there james there doesn't seem to be any motive for these actions but we'll keep you posted, I've been Peter Zeitgeist back to you in the studio.

The Streak

Obviously our visual effects man is going to have more to say on this but my initial idea on our blue streak running through the city is somewhere along these lines. Not sure how to knock something like this up in After Effects but I'm sure it's perfectly simple.

Radiophonic Workshop

One of my tutors showed me this the other day with regard to my game environment music but I thought it was also a good insight into how industries can develop. As the video shows at this point in history the boundaries between sound design and composition started to blur a little what with the demand for hi-tech sci-fi sounds and all of a sudden people had to work with and in many cases invent new ways of making sound. It started to become more about inventing a technical processes of making the sound rather than just making a sound from already established means.

Late Music Video

Just realized I never put up my finished music video, here it is.