New Group

I have to decided to break off from my group and work independently to create a music video for my band. I believe this will help me to learn more about producing a music video as i will be involved in all aspects of production.
The video will be performance based as it is a fairly musically challenging song and this is the aspect i would like to focus on. This is a common theme of heavy metal music videos as they often focus on musical skill as opposed to image.
I need to discuss ideas for the narrative section with the group. The demographic for the music is the teenage/ young adult market so it will need to be a fairly modern and current narrative.
The song has both heavy and chilled sections and this will give me the opportunity to use different camera techniques to reflect the style of music.

Project Brief

To produce a promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music promo video, together with two of the following three options:

o a website homepage for the band;
o a cover for its release as part of a digipak (CD/DVD package)
o a magazine advertisement for the digipak (CD/DVD package).

Dream Theater - Lie (Video)

This video makes use of fast tracking shots which really compliments the high energy nature of the song. This is similar to the technique we are going to use, but ours will be a much slower shot to hopefully lend the video a relaxed atmosphere.

Initial idea

For our coursework we will be making a music video. Our concept is to hav a slow and long tracking shot down the middle of a street and either side of the road we will see two people growing up. This will fit the theme of our written song as it is slow and melodic and the overall theme is that of love. I think depicting two people growing and living before coming together at the end of the video is a good image. We can also repeat the cycle of images with the couples own children growing and repeating the same experiences as their parents. This shows that love and life are enduring themes, and would hopefully lend the video an uplifting feel, something that would add effectively to the message of the song.