Final song choice

After much deliberation Seher and I have finally decided which song we are going to produce a music video for, and the winner is (drum roll please...)

Full Circle by Half Moon Run!

Originally we weren't going to choose this song because after asking a few people most of them said it was boring, but after explaining our ideas and what the lyrics meant everyone who endured listening to me talk seemed to be on board with it! We've decided on this song rather than the Tom Odell song because we feel we have better ideas and a better story line for it. Also after watching both of the videos for Odell's song we don't think we'll be able to top them and we'd end up just trying to recreate something similar which would be one of those 'tragic love stories' bleurgh. Seher also came up with a good reason which was something along the lines of "we'll be filming in winter so a dark and dismal video would suit the weather" which I've decided is also reason enough! For our cemetery scene we've come up with some possible locations which are Edmonton Cemetery or Lavender Hill Cemetery as they're quite big, also the cemetery in Edmonton has a huge archway that would be absolutely perfect for one of the shots we're planning to use. I've already posted the themes and initial ideas for our video which can be found on the mind map (mind map post). We still need to discuss the lighting a little more but I think we'll be filming at dusk just before the sun goes down because it creates a nice glow!

The archway at Edmonton Cemetery

Here are the lyrics for the song:

Cap off kneeling at the back of the church,

Feeling water on your brow, if it's healing it hurts

At first a sharpish pain that returns as a thought

That the needle in your skin will bring you closer to God

And I watch as your head turns full circle

Our hope was with a coffee and a medical text

It's too easy knowin' nothing blowing off the rest

And the riddles in the pages leave at too much to guess

And the worry cracks a fracture from your hip to your chest

As I watch as your head turns full circle

We got lost in the travels in the spiritual book

Missed the beaches from Nirvana and the way that they look

And the crooks they're on the island they're killin' to keep runnin'

They're running severance on the plastic and it seems to be working

Is that the best that I can do?

As I watch as your head turns full circle

You appear even tempered though your looks will deceive

And the sparks are always flying ‘cause you drink for relief

With the heart of a child and the wit of a fool

It's a wonder why I don't try to build a wall around you

When I watch as your head turns full circle

And I watch as your head turns full circle

Yeah I watch as your head turns full circle

We spent a really long time trying to work out what the lyrics were about but even at first glance you are able to tell they are quite dark. During today's lesson we started storyboarding the music video and we managed to get down the shots and angles for the first verse and the line 'I watch as your head turns full circle'. I think we've decided to do a different shot for each line or a different shot for every two lines because we'll be able to easily narrate and show the progression of our story that way. We want to use a 360 degree tracking shot for the 'full circle' line because we feel it will demonstrate the line well. Seher and I spent a while trying to work out how we were going to achieve this shot without camera shake so we researched it on google and this was the result:

I would just like to say I think I'm going to personally hunt this man down and marry him for fixing our problem with a somewhat simple solution. I've had a word with the king of DIY aka my dad, and we've ordered the Lazy Susan thing without the plate on top and we're going to try and make this mechanism asap. Dad is even getting one of his work friends on board to do some soldering or something, no idea what that is... Hopefully it will be great!