WS - Swillob Update

We are well into the coursework now and as a group we feel it will be beneficial to look at what we have and haven't done so far.


So far we have:

• Formed as a group - Swillob Productions
• Created a group blog, picture and a logo for our group
• Looked at and considered the codes and conventions of music videos
• Decided on a band and a song to use for our video
• Pitched and planned a first, original idea for a video
• Looked at the history of Muse (The band whose song we are using)
• Viewed music videos by our chosen band, Muse
• Made an 'Ultimate Guide' on Muse
• Looked at the original 'Bliss' music video
• Researched the online footprint for our chosen song, for example fan created videos on YouTube
• Researched the meaning of the lyrics for our chosen song
• Looked into the Alternative Rock genre, the genre that our song is from
• Researched important directors in the music video industry and directors who actually go against the expected conventions of music videos
• Set up Facebook and Twitter pages to interact with people online who may be interested in our video
• Created a treatment for our music video
• Altered our idea based on feedback that we have recieved
• Looked into track and artist record labels
• Looked at other music videos and films for inspiration for our video.
• Deconstructed a lyrics sheet to try and give us ideas
• Created a storyboard for our video, as well as an animatic.
• Created Podcasts and Vodcasts discussing where we are on he course, what we plan to do and to explain decisions we have made during production/planning.
• Produced three pieces of sample footage

What we need to and plan to do next:

• Create a digipak for our music video
• Create a magazine Ad for our music video
• Film and edit a final version of our music video