Media Video

Our video…

We decided that we wanted to make a video to a song of an Indie or Soft Rock genre

We listened to various songs over youtube and we eventually agreed on a song

The All-American Rejects…

The All-American Rejects are an American rock band formed in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1999.

They have sold over 10 million albums worldwide They have released 3 studio albums

Our Band

The Falling Sound

We chose this name because from researching band names, topics about sound and the use of ‘The’ at the start of a band name, was common

Our Song…

The song we have chosen to make a video for is…. ‘Fallin’ Apart’ by All American Rejects

We have chose this song because: It is a good length It’s played a good tempo The lyrics could be used to make various

different themes

Lyrics Can somebody save me?

Cuz I’m thinking maybeThat you can take me piece by pieceThen you got your reasonsBut I didn’t need themAnd either way I’m on my knees yeahYou knew when I was wrongYou say that I’m derangedI can see that you’re uneasy and its not gonna changeAnd no matter how far

Wherever you go I’m crawlingEither way you’re breaking my heartWherever you go I’m crawlingEven when we’re fallingEven when we’re falling apart

Lyrics You say that you’re leaving

Say that you don’t need himAnd I'll I do is give and you just takeI guess that I knew itI can’t make it through itBut I’m gonna try this anyway

You knew when I was wrongYou knew that I’m derangedI can see that you’re uneasy and its not gonna changeAnd no matter how farWherever you

Chorus- Wherever you go I’m callingEven when you’re breaking my heartWherever you go I’m crawlingEven when we’re fallingEven when we’re falling apartYeah looks like were falling apart

Lyrics Anyone got it where the roses sleep

I can make you anything you wanna beWhen my bodies close to meI can give you anything you’d ever need

When I fall to the floorCuz I can’t feel anymoreYou can have my heart girlYou don’t have to steal anymoreWhen I look to the starsWherever you are

Yeah wherever you areWherever you go I’m callingEven when you’re breaking my heartWherever you go I'm crawlingEven when we’re fallingEven when we’re falling apart

Narrative…

• The video starts with a performance for the band. When the lyrics start it cuts to the narrative.

• The narrative starts on the Tyne Bridge, facing out onto the river with the lead singer/actors back facing us. Camera pans to the left to show he is singing.The story is about the lead singer (actor) gradually falling apart from his girlfriend.

• The video cuts to a field where the actor and his girlfriend appear to be having a good time. He stops and picks up a red envelope which has a photo inside which contains him and his girlfriend in another location. The camera zooms into this image and this becomes the next shot as the picture becomes live. Eventually she begins to fade from the narrative and the audience is lead to think about whether she is real or not. A key location is Alnwick Gardens where she runs away from him in the maze and he isn’t able to find her.

Narrative cont…

• Throughout the song it cuts to him on the bridge where the camera is panning around his head. The song eventually ends on the bridge where the camera pans from the right side of his face to the back. And we see the full circle the narrative has done. The songs fades out and the last shot is of his back and the river. The audience is left wondering whether she was real or a hallucination.

The performance is going to be shot in Night Lights (sound and lighting company) warehouse using there professional lighting and sound equipment.

Motifs + Symbols

The photo zoom to the next location

The shots at the Tyne Bridge, to show the beginning and the end

Locations…

Tyne Bridge

Durham Town

Locations…

Alnwick Gardens

Warehouse – Performance scenes

Locations…

Bamburgh Beach

Possibly Leeds City Centre

Influential lyrics…

‘You can take me piece by piece’- gradually falling away from his girl

‘In your garden when the roses sleep’- maze at Alnwick Garden

Killer Shots…

360 degree spin at the start on the Tyne Bridge

Zoom into the photo to enter the next flashback/location

Long shots of the location, to set the scene

Editing FX

The video will have to link together scene by scene at a significant point

The use of fades to connect the photo to the video

Costumes,Props,Actors…

BandLead vox, rhythm guitarRyan Young, who is already a front-man of a band Drums-THE StenhouseLead Guitar- THE J RilesBass- Matt HarrisKeys- David Murphy

Costumes,Props,Actors…

ActorsLead male actor- Ryan YoungFemale actor aka. girlfriend,- Vicki Hay

Costumes,Props,Actors…

Mise en SceneLighting- Bright and powerfulCostumes- Checky shirts, skinny jeans or chinos, hoodies for less important band members

PropsInstruments- 2 Electric Guitars, Bass Guitar, Drum Kit, Microphone/Mic stand, Keyboard and Keyboard standRed envelope and photosPA and Lighting

We hope you approve sir!

From Jordan, Euan, Catherine and Vicki