Music Vid research

Music video's come in all shapes and sizes, so picking a format for one was quite hard. Since Jaggn is a rock band, of course, it is going to be a rock music video. I watched a PLETHORA of rock music videos and have really decided on four different ones as inspiration for mine.

- Red Hot Chili Peppers- Can't Stop youtube.com/watch?v=8DyziWtkfBw

- Beastie Boys- Sabotage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5rRZdiu1UE

- Weezer - Say It Ain't So https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENXvZ9YRjbo

- Kiss - I Was Made For Lovin' You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhIsAZO5gl0

All of these music videos have one major thing in common; they are all promotional music videos. I think an artistic promotional video would work best for the type of music Jaggn makes. I really like how in the Can't Stop music video, everything seems chaotic, but organized and that is something I would like to do in mine. I also really liked how they used those iconic stand-out wigs in the Sabotage music video. I would love to have some kind of defining costume in my video like that. Still not 100% sure where I am going with this project, but I am excited to see where it goes!

Song Draft

 Jaggn sent me a rough draft of the song, and I LOVE IT. It is perfect for the music video I want to make. The song is called "Top This" and gives off a Red Hot Chili Peppers/Pop/Rock (and even rap...?) vibe. I love it.

Although the song is not complete, the band is on schedule to finish the real recording within the next 3 weeks, which gives me enough time to organize and plan out the video. 

This is the draft:

Song options

 Since I am working with an actual band, the song for the video is very important. Jaggn performs both cover and original songs, so I had a lot of options to choose from. I haven't heard their original music until recently, but their music is very Red Hot Chili Peppe-esc. It's that rock n' roll upbeat pop rock, and their originals are all that. 

The band has informed me about a song they would love to do for the music video. I have not heard it yet, but they describe it as upbeat hard rock, which is something i'm very interested in. They haven't recorded the song yet but I am waiting on them to give me a rough draft.

Meet the Band!

 Meet Jaggn! Jaggn is a rock band from Weston Florida. They specialize in Rock music, but really can jam out to anything. 

On the Bass- Reece

On Lead Guitar- Justin

On Rhythm Guitar- Adrian

On Drums- Liam

On Vocals- Connor

Timeline

  

Week One:

-choose project genre -choose song for video -research genre and story ideas 

-post to blog

 

Week Two:

-continue research on project components -continue to develop story

 -land on final ideas -map out and storyboard for music vid -post to blog

 

Week Three:

-continue to research/plan project components (digital/print) -map out miscensene (costumes, film spots, ect)

-develop filming/editing schedule -create instagram -post to blog

 

Week Four:

-continue to research/plan project components -buy all costumes/ equipment

-begin production of video component -document production process (for social media and blog)

-post to social media -post to blog

 

Week Five:

-continue to research/plan project components -continue production of video component

-start edit video component -begin planning print component

-post to social media -post to blog

 

Week Six:

-continue video music vid -continue planning of print component

-post to social media -post to blog

 

Week Seven:

-research information relating to Critical Reflection

- work on print/digital components -make digipack

-post to social media -post to blog

 

Week Eight:

-research information relating to Critical Reflection -finalize video component

- work on print/digital components -post to social media

-post to blog

 

Week Nine:

-create Critical Reflection -finalize print component -post to social media

-post to blog

 

Week Ten:

-create final, overall project reflection -post all project components to blog

-Post Critical Reflection to blog

OH YEAH A LEVEL PROJ!

Back to bloggin'! Finally, the time has come to start my A-level portfolio project. For this project we had a couple options:

- Short Film

- Documentary

- Music video

- Trailer

I am choosing to do the Music Video project because I feel like out of all of the projects, I can make the best product with the music video. For my Documentary project earlier in the year, we focused on a local high school band called "Jaggn" and I plan on working with them again for this project. Since I've worked with them before, I know the members are very easy to work with, and the project should go smoothly. 

I have yet to pick a song for the video, but the band has informed me that they already have music recorded and ready to go. I still don't know if I want to do a cover of a song, or one of the band's original songs. My song decision will directly affect the style of the music video, so when I choose, you will all be the first to know!

I cannot wait to get the ball rolling on this project, and see where it goes!

JAGGN research, planning, and production process

 I had known about this assignment since the beginning of the year, and after I saw JaggN’s first performance I knew I wanted them to be my subject. When the project was officially assigned, I decided to work with 2 of my good friends who I thought would be a good help to work on it. We just knew we wanted to give an inside look at what being in JaggN was like, so that's what we did. We had a really hard time coming up with the name of the doc but eventually landed on just the band name itself: “JAGGN” being it was simple and easy to remember. We prepared ourselves by planning most of our b-rolls and creating a brief summary prior to any production. The biggest problem was time, and we wanted to film ASAP, so we planned all of our shots and interview questions in about 2 class periods.

We then immediately got to filming. Jack Sussman and I went to the lead guitarists Justin’s house to film them having a jam sesh, and film all of the interviews. After filming everything, we wanted to incorporate footage from past shows, and luckily the three of us had been to their past performances and had clips from their shows. Editing took a VERY long time. We had so much footage and had to cut down so much, it took about a week to fully edit the piece. We edited the entire piece on i-movie which had its own set of issues, but we managed to get it done. Overall, I think we planned out this project very well and I am very happy with the result.