Inspiration and Ideas. The Smiths, How Soon is Now.

The video for How Soon is Now by The Smiths has been a large source of inspiration in planning and gathering ideas for my music promo.
Unfortunately it has not been possible to add the video directly to my blog due to licensing. However here is the URL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U5HpeA_WSo

The Video is a mainly performance piece, actually containing live footage of the band playing a concert. The darker lighting plan and use of performance clips has influenced the way in which the direction of the music video is going.

The target audiences for both bands Flashguns and The Smiths. Of course Flashguns are going to have a much more updated and modern version of this audience. However at the time The Smiths were 'at large' the audience would be from very similar areas.

Inspiration and Ideas. Battles Tonto

Here is a video by the band Battles. This video played a big part it the inspiration for my media product. The lighting plan has been very influential. The idea of using a performance based video without any narrative is extremely appealing to me for use in my Advanced Portfolio Production. This is because this is the place that most bands will make their money, so the video is an advertisement for their live performances.

Inspiration and Ideas. T4 Live

The TV channel T4 have a live lounge where band play live sets for their audience to watch so that they can premote themselves as a live act. The stage set up and the concept behind the live lounge is very similar to how I would like to portray Flashguns in this video.

Here is an example of the stage set up and the live lounge. There was no embedded file. Damn!
Here is the URL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGc6UEZHUUg