Narrative Ideas + Film Planning

We took Forest's ideas they wanted for the video and plotted them down on a spider diagram in addition to our own ideas. We had traditional ideas such as walking around cambridge while singing the song, but overall we were most interested in thre idea of filming with an audience of toys as it was an interesting and adds a good degree of humor (which engages the audience well). We decided that we really liked the idea and wanted to focus on that. But before we start arranging for the collection and purchasing of these toy props, we would need to decide on when we were filming. Ideally we would have liked to film it this following weekend (5th and 6th) but unfortunately I'm away for the entirity of it. I wanted to be there for filming so we suggested that we film next thrusday. There was a problem with this as their lead band member (Henry) would only be able to film this saturday while only two other band members (Jack and Peter) would only be available to film on thursday for a couple of hours. We were running out time so I told the band that we would be willing to do something with only two band members available.

With only two members available, we'll be unable to do something sophiscated such as the toy idea because it'll require a lot of effort from numerous people, not to mention it wouldn't work as well with only two members. We'll have to do something more traditional; I was thinking of going to a nice scenic area such as a lake and having them rest thier backs agaisnt a tree while singing. We could then do cut-away shots in our time to another narrative to make the video more interesting. We'll keep in contact with the band to see if anything changes.