Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Crushing Blows

Tomorrow and Thursday I will be directing a music video for a local band called the Crushing Blows

You can see their T in the Park performance here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00j38zy


Deborah, Amy and John have been selected to be involved in this project based on their work on the Heritage project.

There will be more opportunities like this in the future...however, it will always be based on work produced and effort. So if you want to work on these projects in future you know what to do people

Meeting tomorrow

Deborah and John - we are due to start work at the location @ 10am in Derby. If you arrive at college for 8.30 we can have a quick chat and then I will drive equipment over. There will be a taxi booked for you from outside the Winery.

Hope you are looking forward to it?

See you tomorrow!

15 comments:

  1. hey its john, it keep signing me out when it opens a window for some reason :s Any way, yeah im looking forward to it :) see you tomorrow XD

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  2. I am so looking forward to it!
    8:30 is fine, where do we go to meet you? Just the office? :)
    And do you have an estimated time for when we'll be finished? Just so I can maybe arrange a lift home from college.

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  3. @deborah, just come to the office and we'll have a quick chat in CS003

    regarding finishing time...we have been cleared to film as long as we like and I will likely be working late on the project...

    However, I realise that people need to get home so I can arrange a taxi to pick people up and take them back to college when feel that they are ready to go

    shall we say 6 for the taxi back to college?

    also, bring warm clothes, no heels (if it's old wood floor it will damage it) and a packed lunch

    should be fun ; )...(I will check msgs on here all evening so any questions - just ask)

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  4. Okie doke! :) I'm fine with any time, I just needed to know a time to pass on to my mum, or make sure there's a bus. Six is okay with me.

    Do we get to know a little bit about the concept for the music video? Or is that what the chat tomorrow morning will concern? Just curious :)

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  5. i will sort taxi back tomorrow...

    il chat a bit in the morning but the concept of the video, which will hopefully come across, is that the band are isolated in a house and the world is a fast (perhaps dangerous) place that moves at a million miles an hour...its dangerous to leave

    we will project images onto the walls where the band are performing...timelapses, brawls, animals....

    one of the implied ideas is that we (i.e. people) are safest in the arms of a parent - a fetal position....which is going to be presented in a rather ambigious way

    there will be many strange images - milk pouring in a fridge, a black rose - its all rather disjointed (to say the least)

    there isn't really a narrative...its more of a mood piece...but there will be banging of drums and strumming of guitars ; )

    that make any sense???? haha

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  6. long explanation...the short answer would be its about isolation...

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  7. It makes sense to me, I can imagine what things might look like. I really like the idea of the projections onto the walls. Sounds like installation art, haha. I'm looking forward to it even more now I know a bit of the concept :)

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  8. Holy Mackeral!Jelousy is creeping in lol..(tears)why did I have to book that open day at Manchester!!( I do get to do a bit of shopping too..not all bad..) Well I will be even more excited on Thursday!!!!! Will be great to see how it all works together.Mark -do you know the start time for Thursday shoot? :)

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  9. glad it makes some sort of sense...its definitely going to be something that comes together more in the edit

    @amy...thursday will be roughly the same sort of start time. will confirm on here tomorrow though...

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  10. really buzzing for this music video tomorrow and yeah im fine with any time :) as long as it takes :)

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  11. It was so fun :D looking forward to tomorrow :)

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  12. Do you know what time you want me to get to college? If I dont hear I'll be at college 8.30am :)

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  13. looooooong day! just got in from filming... thanks for today john and deborah - glad you liked it and you both were great! excellent work!!!

    @amy we'll be starting at 10am - hopefully filming by 5 past...taxi will leave college at 9.25...we dont need to carry any gear so you should be fine to get there bout 9

    tomorrow will be more intense as we've got a lot to do so i think we'll stick to one role - hope thats fine with everyone (???)

    john - tech man (mac, projector, etc)

    amy/deborah - up to you who does second camera

    amy/deborah - up to you who does lights / third camera (on certain scenes)

    see you tomorrow!...and thanks again!!!!!

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  14. Thats ok, i figured it may be late post.
    No probs,I`ll chat with Debs on roles.
    Looking forward to it!!!

    Catch you tommorow :)

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