Hi and welcome to my blog where you can see the research, planning and pre-production work of a new music video for Daft Punk's Around The World. You can also find on here sample footage, rough cuts, behind the scenes and other vodcasts, weekly podcasts, and ongoing reflection on the process. Please use the links list provided to quickly find what you looking for!

Saturday 16 February 2013

Muse Magazine Ad Deconstruction

TC - Retro Mania


Simon Reynolds explores in his book Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to its own Past the way in which current pop culture constantly references its own history and how it is influenced by it. For example high street shops like Top Shop selling clothing to young people today with images of Blondie and Resevouir Dogs on them (own one) as well as tie dye everything. As well as the recent surge in older music videos and acts being showcase and advertised on you tube or music video TV channels. Reynold explains how such a surge in 'Retromania' at present has caused the pop following public to reach a 'tipping point' and questions wether our sense of nostalgia is preventing us from moving forwards and thus looking back and creating new from old. Our act daft punk could be argued to have taken hold of this Retromania by simply not changing. They have therefore become popular as they once were before in the early 90s. They have kept hold of their 'original' audience as well as gaining a new one, a younger audience who are attracted towards their Retro existence.

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Wednesday 13 February 2013

Rough Cut Two Audience Feedback

We showed our latest rough cut to ex-media student Sean Burke, who provided us with some feedback.

Tuesday 12 February 2013

Rough Cut Two

Here is a new, extended version of our new music video, which I mentioned in my previous rough cut update.

Monday 11 February 2013

Avicii Magazine (Genre Specific) Ad Deconstruction

This was an advert for a single, not a digipak, but I still think that it is relevant.



Saturday 9 February 2013

WL - Shooting Schedule #20

This Sunday we are going to hopefully be filming the final scene for our video. This will include staging a party scene at Tom's house. The set up will include a strobe light, projections and general party footage. We will film the footage on the DJ decks as well as the traveler reaching the venue. We will need to get a large variety of shot types in order to fill up the time at the end of the video.


Footage to get:
  • Traveller entering venue
  • Party footage
  • DJ decks 
  • Misc projection and strobe

Location: Tom's house 
Equipment: HD Cameras, tripods, figrig
Group members: Tom, Will, Andy

Shot List: 
  • Projection setup
  • Traveller entering venue
  • Other people entering venue
  • High angle shot of queue
  • Shot of feet in line
  • Match on action of traveller opening door
  • Snorri cam shots in party
  • Feet shots
  • High angles in party
  • Shots of projector
  • Traveller heading to DJ
  • Putting headphones on
  • Adding the Around the world CD
  • Tracking shots around party

Wednesday 6 February 2013

Audience Feedback: Online Questionnaire

I just created a questionnaire for people to fill in as audience feedback. It will be posted on our Twitter account and linked on Facebook. It can be found at:

http://freeonlinesurveys.com/s.asp?sid=jgv0ox120hzrpf9196058

Friday 1 February 2013

Magazine Ad Layout


Rough Cut Update

We have filmed new footage and changed the idea slightly since our previous rough cut. While this is not a new rough cut, it does demonstrate the slightly new direction we are taking our video in.

WL - Shooting Schedule #19

This sunday we are going to hopefully be filming the final scene for our video. This will include staging a party scene at Tom's house. The set up will include a strobe light, projections and general party footage. We will film the footage on the DJ decks as well as the traveller reaching the venue. We will need to get a large variety of shot types in order to fill up the time at the end of the video.
Footage to get:
  • Traveller entering venue
  • Party footage
  • DJ decks 
  • Misc projection and strobe
Location: Tom's house 
Equipment: HD Cameras, tripods, figrig
Group members: Tom, Will, Andy