Website

Nobody's Boys Website!

I have spent the last few days creating a website for our band. I thought that we should go for a minimal design for the website.

 

This the home page, and there a few pictures of the band that you can flick through to get a feel for the band

 This is the tours page, which shows the fans where and when the band are touring

This page is called About us. It says a little bit about the band, where they come from around the world and how they met.

And this is the contact us page. It gives the fans and costumers all the details for their social networking and record label. There is also a space to 'drop a line' and to say something to us.

Finished cover options

OPTION 1:

FRONT:

BACK:

OPTION 2:

FRONT:

BACK:

CD cover photo shoot and options

bailey.mariella's photostream on Flickr.

We have done a photo shoot with our band, and we have got a few different options to choose from for the CD cover front and back. Here are our favourite photographs from the shoot.^

Evaluation of music video shoot

• The day before our shoot, we had access to the media studio in the afternoon so we built our three wall set. We also got all the props together and organised them in order of the scenes that we were going to be shooting in, so everything was set and ready for the day! We also printed up our calling list and shooting schedule to make sure we could get shooting as soon as possible in the morning and were organised on the day.
• When I woke up on the day of shoot, I felt like we were prepared so I wasn’t too worried or nervous. We had done a lot of preparation the day before so we knew what we had to get on with when we got to school. 
• We were extremely well prepared by the time we started shooting. The only things we needed to do was make sure that all the sets were ready to be swapped over each scene and before we started shooting, we needed to do our actors make up and make sure their costumes were all correct and suitable. 
• We felt that all of our sets were very realistic and well organised which is what we were going for. The first scene we shot was the graduation. This was a very simple set with blank walls and a camera. 
• In the group, we all had different roles. Charlie was on the camera filming, I was taking notes throughout the day and I did the play back, Sophia did all the make up, photography and did some camera work and Liv was doing the play back sometimes and was filming with the camera on the tracking shots. We all brought props in for the set.
• I think that I took thorough notes, that I could reflect back on at the end of the day, making sure our shoot was a success. The notes have also helped a lot with our evaluation. 
• The main problem we had on the day was time. We were shooting on a friday which is the shortest day of the school week, we finish at 16:30 instead of 18:00. This was annoying because it meant we had a limited amount of time in the studio and we wanted to go on location in the afternoon to shoot our band. Because of the time issue, we had to cut the classroom scene and we had to change the location shoot to on set in the studio instead of in the barn. We ended up doing the band shoot in the studio with a white minimalistic set, but it still looks good!
• I dont think that we had a specific scene that was more successful than the others. It all went really well.
• The one part of the shoot that I wish went better, was the fact that we didn’t get to go on location. In the afternoon we were scheduled to go to a barn to shoot the band. We unfortunately didn’t have enough time. So we had to make different plans to shoot the band. It still turned out well, but it was slightly disappointing. 
• I think that as a group we organised our actors well and we didn’t have any problems with them. We casted them to make sure they were going to be easy going and not too high maintenance. 
• The part of the shoot that I enjoyed the most, was shooting the band. I think that it was an exciting, up beat and exhilarating atmosphere. It was the easiest to shoot too as the band were straight forward and the lead singer knew his words perfectly. This was the shoot that went the best for us as a group.
• I think that our production group worked so well as a team. We all agreed on everything that we did, and there was no arguments or complications. We all shared the roles through out the day and there was no specific person leading the way. 
• I think that the lesson I have learnt, from shooting my music video is that you need to work hard as a team to get stuff done. You need to be extremely well prepared the day before and have your cast 100% confirmed before you start shooting. These are the most important things that I took from my shoot. 
• Overall I am really happy with my group, and how we worked together. We got everything that we needed to do done and we all contributed to the day. 

Costume confirmation

This is the costume that we are going to use on the day. We want to keep it realistic and simple for the actors. All the costume will be provided by us apart from the boys outfits. We will have a meeting with each member and discuss what is needed for the shoot. We will try and provide as much as possible for the girl as we have a lot of it in our closets. The boy will also need to provide his costume too

Band name FINALLY decided

Test Shoot

On monday we did a test shoot with our lead singer in our band -Harry Lawtey. We did a short piece with him lip-synching to our song ‘Naive’. We then took a couple of stills on one of the locations where we would like to do our photo shoot.

Here is the test video:

Here are photographs from the photoshoot:

Photo shoot

We have come up with three locations we would like to shoot for our CD and digi pack:

The Studio:

This is a clean shoot against a white background. This photograph focuses on the band without any distractions. The boys can be messing around (like in this photo) to show the audience that they do have fun and aren't always serious.

The Roof Top:
One of the best things about Hurtwood is the view that we have looking over the country. We think that having the boys on a roof top shows a bit of a rebellious side, but also that thoughtful side as it is quite peaceful and where they can be alone with their music.
They may have their instruments here.

In the woods:

This is an organic artist location. It is keeping in touch with nature and not getting caught up with all the synthetic makeup and the synthetic life.
We want to get across how chilled they are as a band. Possibly having one member smoking. Although this may come across as something that would detract audience members, it's that look that shows that they are good boys slightly turned.

Preparing for shoot!

The shoot is 2 weeks away, so we need to make sure we are on top of everything and everything is ready to go! Here is a shooting schedule and a call sheet:

Call sheet:

 Shooting Schedule:

We have a problem with our shooting schedule because we have worked out that we don't have enough time in the day to shoot everything and to go on location. On a friday we finish school at 16:30 and we are not due to finish in the studio until 15:00 which is a problem because we dont have time to get to the barn! Therefore we are potentially going to have to go and shoot on location another day. We will just have to see how the shoot goes on the day