Website

Here are some screenshots of some of the main web pages. They are not final for instance the start page will probably have a different picture as its background and also the photos will need to be added to the photo section and the same with the videos. However the basic background and formation of things are done so this should give good sense of what the website will look like at the end. If you have an suggestions the please don't hesitate to comment on this post. You can also look at the active website using the link at the top of the blog. here are the screenshots.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9vZ-m7JSM0 This link shows some shots from Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a dream. Unfortunately embedding was disabled. It shows some exellent examples of how the Snorri-cam can be used.

We have decided to make our own snorricam after looking into it. I have been given the job of lead designer and creator, so here is my initial sketch I went of.
I managed to find on the Internet a picture of a snorricam that looks quite similar to this one. So I modified the image to my own needs and drew this to show people what I was on about



After that I got the wood required and started to create the snorricam


I cut all the wood separately and then put it together afterwards.




I encountered a prblem here because I drilled the holes on the wrong side of the straight piece of wood. Because of this I then had to re-drill some of the holes to match my mistake.


The many holes around the outside was done intentionally, so that I could move the arms and ajust the angle and hight of the snorricam to suit all needs.


This is the final peice, on the wood side of things. As you can see it does look like a partially created snorricam.



I had initially thought about using string or some kind of straps to hold the board to the body, but I came up with the idea of undoing the straps of a normal bag and passing them through the pre cut holes. This way it is easier to undo, more comfortable, easier to carry, my bag will still be usable afterwards and I can also carry anything I need for filming in the bag itself.




The main problem however was going to be attaching the camera to the end, without it wobbling. My first idea was going to be, placing a flate plate on the end that the camera could be screwed directly into. However the problem with this is that I wouldn't be able to move the arms without pointing the camera at the ceiling, because I wouldn't be able to ajust the camera's positioning.


But I asked Mr M and he allowed us to use a broken tripod to try and use to conect to the end so that the camera could be directly attached to that. After a quick trip to the design technology department, we managed to cut the end of and attach the tripod head and neck to the bottom peice of the wood using some jubilee clips.




So that is our snorricam, we will soon be posting some footage of the snorricam in action.

As well as are main project (the music video) we have to do two auxiliary tasks that link into it. One of which being a magazine advert for the band, hence the test shots of the light graffiti on the guitar, further down the blog. The other being a website for the band. We have started to design some of the aspects that we will incorporate into the finished product, mainly in the form of layout and structure. To do this we looked at a cross section of different styles of music and artists, and their websites.

We looked at these artists and found out that the same layout is kept throughout, with some exceptions

http://linkinpark.com/

http://www.rihannanow.com/

http://www.redhotchilipeppers.com/home.php

http://www.blackeyedpeas.com/

Most of the time they use a bar along the top with links to other aspects of the website. These include videos, images, tour dates and normally some form of fan club where people can register and keep track of whoever it is they are following. So we intend to keep the conventional style of website structure and include some of these aspects into our own work.
Also these websites include a lot of imagery rather than text, so that is also we will try and imitate in our website.

So we are thinking about using the Snorri cam. We think this will be a really good technique and will give our music video a new dimension and will link in with our intended dreamlike feel we are trying to create. This video was just something I found when I was reasearching how we could create this technique ourselves. God bless youtube.

SnorriCam Idea

James remembered that on 'That Mitchell and Webb Look' they use something called a SnorriCam in one of sketches. He thought it would look cool in our video so we investigated further. Mick Jagger's song 'God Gave Me Everything I Want' uses this as the concept in its video and maybe we can incorporate there ideas into ours. Here is the video.




The differcult bit is going to build the SnorriCam which is attached to the body of the thing its following. Therefore will are going to be doing some test shots to see if it is actually possible to do at our budget.

Audience Research

This question is to help us with some of the decisions we are facing in the production stage of our music video. Please leave a comment underneath telling us your answer.

Should a rock video contain the conventions and themes of the genre or do you think it is acceptable to only use certain aspects?