The Animatic

Above is our animatic for Electric Feel

Music Video - Prop List

• Two microphones with stands
• Bass guitar
• Guitar
• Synth
• Drum machine
• Sofas x2
• Beer Kegs
• Cigarettes

• Led lights
• 'Throwie' lights
• Stack amps
• House standing lamps
• Red plastic beer cups
• Strobe lights
• Uv lights
• Glo-sticks
• Smoke Machine 
• Disco Ball
• Coffee Table
• Coloured Contact Lenses

Timeline

The Timeline was important for us to work out in which key parts of the song certain events were going to happen. This is essential as in our heads, it all works but if it doesn't work on paper, we need a new idea. Through making the timeline, we soon discovered that our narrative was going to be very short, and gave us the idea to review it.

Which record label is our band signed to?

I think our band would be signed to EMI, as it is one of the major British labels, which is important to 'Lanmou', being a British band. Among others, EMI have signed the following artists:

• Iron Maiden,
• Gorillaz,
• Pink Floyd,
• Radiohead,
• The White Stripes.

Our target audience is likely to be in the young adult arena, aged between 15-25, of both male and female. However they may also appeal to an older generation, as many of the band's influences have come from the hippy era, as well as modern day artists. The audience will also be predominantly within the social classes of BCD, as they will identify with the band more easily, having had similar background, and/or experiences. 

Storyboard

This is an initial draft of the storyboard, which I made as we were trying to clarify our ideas. As we saw from work last year, these will continue to change throughout the project, with new drafts coming in as the idea progresses. Mainly, we need the storyboard for our narrative element, so that everyone has the same concept, and if each group member has a shot at directing, they can pick up where the previous one left off.

Research into CD covers by Relevant Artists

Whilst not being strictly similar to our proposed artist, the Stone Roses have employed a similar album cover design to the one that I am proposing. They went along the lines of a non-descript approach in which the first thing you notice is the band's name, followed by the lemons, which stand out against the 'paint splatters'. This cover works because it is bold and memorable.

The artwork of Jon Hopkin's Opalescent is quite similar to the concept that I came up with, very loose brightly coloured shapes that can be interpreted as whatever you want them to be. This reflects 'Lanmou's proposed attitude, carefree and hippy-ish. 

Sonic Youth are more similar to 'Lanmou' in terms of musical style and this is reflected in the album cover, the country scene conveying a sense of freedom and innocence of days gone by. Also I liked the style of writing on this album cover, the messy white scrawl giving off a pretence of not caring about their image. On the contrary, it defines their image, because a lot of though obviously went into this album cover, even though it may not look like it.