Chosen Song

He Never Shows - Pom Pom Squad



Lyrics

You are the shadow in the doorway
Gently bleeding on your pickguard
Wrapped around your finger

You said you wanted to steal me away
So I packed a bag, but you never came
And I know that you don't owe me anything
I'm just sick of loving meaning waiting

And you are so hard to hold
He'll call you up but he never shows

Why do you act like you don't when you do,
Just because I used to like you back in high school?
You've got your checklist of shitty excuses
And I've got a habit of making boys like you my muses

And you are so hard to hold
He'll call you up but he never shows
And you are so hard to hold
He'll call you up but he never shows

We chose this song because of it's length, because the song is short it will be easier to a music video as less footage is needed and it is unlikely that we will have to repeat shots or find ways of filling the rest of the song which is a problem previous music videos have faced. In addition, the song's lyrics can be used for the narrative, which will be easy to structure because of the song's clear sections, such as the second verse. However the music video would probably be more successful as more of a performance video which is a convention of the indie rock genre. As the song has a clear beat and clear vocals, the shots will be easy to sync to the beat as well as the performance or lip sync parts will most likely include.

5 Years Time Remake

Evaluation 

Aesthetic
The locations for the shots that we found to use were good as they looked as close to the original video as we were probably going to get with the lack of budget and limited time frame, as well as other limitations we faced when organising and finding locations. The shots outside were successful because of the weather at the time and their likeness to the original, especially the final shots, as it was sunny which helped the shots look more aesthetically pleasing and more similar to the shots outside in the original video. The pub was a good choice to film instead of the other potential alternative at the time which was the Study Hall at school, with the wood paneling, but that location was used for a shot later in the music video, for the pub shots it wouldn't have worked as well as an actual pub. For the shots inside, of the band and group dancing, the location on its own wouldn't have been successful, but the white sheet used as a backdrop and the lighting made those shots successful. However, during the shots of the band inside, the sheet wasn’t big enough to cover all of the wall in the classroom. The props were useful for creating a similar and successful image, especially the shots with the ‘5’ balloon and the instruments. The costumes used for the outside shots were very similar to the original, except the shorts and shirts were white instead of yellow, but they were as close to the original we could get, and they helped make the outside shots successful.


Teamwork
In terms of roles, we were given specific roles and jobs to do before filming, but when it came to filming, most people abandoned their roles and just did what they could to help. When we were filming, a few people had nothing to do as there were two people in charge of filming and choreography, and the actors were mostly in charge of bringing and sorting out their props, which meant that lots of people had nothing to do, so there could have been more jobs or roles for people, or we should have kept the role we assigned before filming, but the way we did it got the filming finished in time and seemed easier to do it the way it was at the time. The scheduling was successful as we managed to use almost a whole school day for filming and got most of the filming done in that day, we managed to organise the hour or two at the pub well, so we had all the actors, props, cameras etc. for the hours. We organised and scheduled the hour or two at the pub and the full day filming to fit in time everyone had available or could make available (e.g. enrichment).