Scanned Pieces

Lyric Breakdown

The image below, are the lyrics for the song 'Darling - Eyes Set To Kill', which has been broken down into the main vocal performances throughout the song.

The sections include Male and Female parts, with duets labelled on the image. 

Doing this will allow us to section off what video footage can be used for various sections, keeping intime with the music and genre of the song.

Digipack Front/Back Cover

The front cover for the digipack, we originally planned it to turn out like the above design, but leading onto the creation of the actual pack, turned out slightly different, using the designed front cover above, we based our design.

Front (Right):

This would have a black background, with the focal point of the cover on the couple in the center, with their hands together creating a heart in the center. The surrounding area would be shrouded in darkness, which blends into the glow of the couple, along with the name of the band displayed at the top of the cover, and the name of the digipack shown at the bottom. Keeping the front cover simple will allow for more distinguished appearance within a shelf of other album covers, allowing it to stand out amongst the crowd.

Back (Left):

The back display will be covered in darkness, following the genre of metalcore, and keeping the continuous colour scheme throughout the digipack. Allowing the tracks, logos, barcode, small print, and top image to be lit, which will allow the text and imagery to stand out. At the top will be a group picture of the band, the female lead singer in the center, with the surrounding band around. The bottom will consist of a barcode, record company, producers, etc. Including the copyright section.

Spine (Center):

The background will be dark, with the band name and album title to run along the edge, with the DVD or CD logo, aswel as the 'BreakSilence Record' logo.

Storyboard

Mind the drawing, it's not the best!

The storyboard above is what we're hoping to achieve, but as this may be very time consuming, with the props, locations and instruments, we may have to change certain sections of the original plan.

We're attempting to re-enact the original concept of the video, attempting to create the in-depth storyline, effects, filters and transitions.

New Video Plan

New Video Plan



The 'Original Video Plan' has changed, that copy wasn't finished either. This section is the new version of the Video Plan for the music video.


We've kept with the original choice of music video, from the band/song 'Eyes Set To Kill - Darling.'








Narrative:
Our idea for this section will be to create an entirely different version of the video, which will include various locations, positions, on top of keeping withint he originality of the metalcore genre, maintaining the colour schemes, and other various aspects which we feel will fit perfectly into the video.


0:00 - 0:10 - Song intro, male vocals, guitar.
0:11 - 0:15 - Black/white video memory, male vocals.
0:16 - 0:40 - Male vocals, guitar, female vocals, text overlay.
0:40 - 1:00 - Female vocals, B/W memories, guitar, text overlay.
1:01 - 1:40 - Guitar Duet, effects, missing scene section, back to male vocals, back to instrumental section, 2 guitars and 1 drums.
1:41 - 1:52 - Split screen, male/female vocals.
1:53 - 2:04 - Focus male vocals.
2:05 - 2:45 - Instrumental, focus on guitars, overlay of guitars. Flashbacks (B/W.)
2:46 - 3:25 - Female vocals, video overlay, guitars, text overlay.
3:26 - 3:55 - Cross between Male/Female vocals, video effects.
3:56 - 4:05 - Fade out, on an image of candle wax dripping on wording.


Visual Styles:
Camerawork
The camera will consist of various angles, ranging from mid shots, for the vocalists, to close ups, of instruments or objects, including dominating angles with inferior concepts, during flash backs as this shall have the biggest impact for this song.


Editing
The editing shall have various different styles, such as using video filters, and transitions between clips, for a smoother overall appearance and outcome.
Sections of the Clips shall be sped up for diverse effects, and may be cropped to allow numerous amounts of different clips to be used at once.
Overlays will be added to show the divide, or to show different side of the story, this will allow diverse over views of the song and the love between the focal cast.


Costumes
The costumes which will be used will tend to be the same throughout, for flashbacks, the costume will have to be different to the vocalist at the time, or else it shall display a bad effect on the video.


Mise-En-Scene
Some of the props we'll use shall be a various array of object, these shall be to break, to emphasise certain emotions or effects within the music video. We'll attempt to get some glass, either a vase or cup, along with maybe a 7" or 12" vinyl to break. Maybe using some candle wax for a dripping effect, with various coloured effects, it may give the impression of blood.
We're going to use the dark room for the majority of filming, as it's quiet and isolated for easier filming, and to provide the darkness to create the silhouette, along with a spotlight to uplight the backboard. 


Cast:
Male Vocals: Jame Horne.
Female Vocals: 
Lead Guitar: James Horne.
Backing Guitar: Richard McCulloch.
Drums: N/A.


Camera: Richard McCulloch / James Horne.


Colour Scheme:
The colour schemes we shall use, via costumes and props, will allow us to relate back to the metalcore genre, and bring an alternative feel, which is a more related theme to the video.
We'll continue by using a set colour theme throughout the video, using bright spot lights, to add a lit up effect to the overall video, or maybe using video filters towards the editing process, to create a range of effects, and emotions to bring the audience into the character.

MetalCore

Genre Overview - MetalCore.

What is Metalcore?

Metalcore (also known as metallic hardcore) is a sub-genre of Heavy Metal, which consists of a combination of elements from extreme metal and hardcore punk. Mainly, Metalcore is a distinguished form of the music genre, forming it's own branch off from the Metal Genre, with a fusion of punk and metal, and it's emphasis on general heavy metal elemtents, which leads to certain highlights of the metalcore genre, such as breakdowns, which tend to be a main characteristic which many followers tend to enjoy 'moshing', which consists of participants pushing and slamming into each other, with is generally associated with the metal genre.

Breakdowns:

This shows the typical variations of what breakdowns consist of.

Moshing:

The above video displays the content in which is displayed with moshing.

Foundations.

Starting mainly within the 1990's, with early bands such as Integrity, Deadguy and Earth Crisis, the earlist of these started in 1988, which influenced the form of more modern groups of today, such as Underoath, Trivium, Bullet For My Valentine, The Devil Wears Prada and Killswitch Engage, etc.

Instruments (commonly used):

• Electric Guitar(s) - Harmonized guitars riffs.
• Bass Guitar.
• Drums (Double Kick.)
• Vocals.
• Drop Guitar Tuning.

Subgenres:

Mathcore.

Began in mid 90's, started with the Dillinger Escape Plan and Converge, suggested by analogy with math rock. Math core consists of technical riffing, speed and unusual time signatures.

Deathcore.

Deathcore is defined by breakdowns, blast beats and death metal riffs. Quite similar to metalcore, which incorporate guitar solos and odd time signatures, along with progressive elements. Deathcore consists of two various genres, which are hardcore punk and death metal.

Examples of Metalcore:

• Bullet For My Valentine
• Trivium
• As I Lay Dying
• Killswitch Engage
• August Burns Red
• Atreyu
• Parkway Drive

Music Video Analysis C

Title:   Eyes Set To Kill - Liar In The Glass
Length:   4:03


Description:
This music video is one of the first ESTK brought out, it's a low budget with low effect, but it still comes across as a fairly average video, for one of their best and earliest songs, and has gained over 2.5 million views on YouTube due to this.


Textual Analysis:
Camera Work:

• Hand held camera, as it has some shaky filming, but with the cut scenes it's not really noticeable.
• Mid shots which most of the time has numerous members in the scene.
• Zooming is used quite often in this video, into and out of the focus of the center piece.
• Long Shots complimenting the range of Mid Shots and Close Ups.
• The angel of the shots used varies, from aiming up towards the focus crating a dominating effect, which moves to an overview which shows an inferior or powerless display.

Mise-En-Scene:

• Scruffy clothing, makes it intended that its a student band.
• In a plain room/studio, with instruments.

Sound:

• Recorded song, with video added afterwards.
• Microphone, with instruments.
• Stereo Sounding.
• Basic Singing, subtle and calm (Female Vocalist.)
• Screaming, loud, vigorous (Male Vocalist.)
• Shows a compilation of two different genre's of music.

Editing:

 

•  Cut Cut's of clips to show the speed of that section of the song.
• A mix of clips, edited and placed together to create certain effects during various tempo's of the song (Face paced clips during quick/heavy instrumental sections, fewer clips used during slower/slow instrumental sections.)
• Flashing Imagery, which turns out really nicely, showing the full effect of the music by video (Displayed to the right.)
• The video flicks between the instruments quite often, showing their playing technique, then back between the Female Vocalist, and the Male Vocalist. The whole band/group tend not to appear much, only during various slower sections of the song.

Original Video Plan

Narrative:
Our basic idea of our video, is to attempt to mimic the original 'Eyes Set To Kill' video for 'Darling.'
Details:
We'll use a dark location, with limited lighting, which will add to the effect of our video, adding in props and certain effects which were used within their video.
The video shall be focused on the lead singer when she's singing, and when it's instruments it'll be more focussed on the instrument playing most. All the clips will have various cut scenes of the doctor and victim, which is the storyline to the song.
During: 2:04 - 2:45, is the main instrumental section, which consists of clips of an old fashioned projector on a reel, along with the video being played, along with more of the story.


Visual Style:
mise-en-scene, camerawork, editing, costumes.


Cast:

• 5 Band members
• 2 Extras (Victim and Doctor)
• Camera Man/Director

- Lead Vocals: N/A
- Lead Guitar: N/A
- Bass Guitar: N/A
- Drums: N/A
- Rythme Guitar/Screaming Vocals: N/A
- Victim: Bass Guitar Player (N/A)
- Doctor: Any Other(N/A)
- Camera Work: (N/A)

Practicalities: 

Filming Locations:

Costumes:

• Band Members - Wearing black clothing, but mainly with their instrument for the videos needs.
• Doctor - Wearing a white gown, white hood, blue face mask and black tinted glassed, blue rubber gloves.
• Victim - Dark dress, restraints for arms.
• Lead Singer - Casual dress wear, not black clothing, necklace.

Filming Period:

For the moment, we'll use a Time Plan, this will help us set targets to reach by a certain date/time, this will allow us to keep on track with our music video.

The colour schemes we shall use, via costumes and props, will allow us to relate back to the metalcore genre, and bring a darker feel and more related theme to the video.
We'll continue by using a set colour theme throughout the video, using red spot lights, to add a red tint to the overall video, or maybe using video filters towards the editing process.

DVD Template's (Digi-Pack)

This is the cover of our digi-pack, for Eyes Set To Kill, with the album Darling.

Front/Back Cover:

The front cover took a while, due to research on what a front cover of a digi-pack consists of, we took photographs of a couple of students, creating a heart with their hands, which relates to the song 'Darling.' 

We stuck to the red and black colour theme which tends to conquer the metal genre, which helped as the 'Eyes Set To Kill' record label, BreakSilence Recordings, has a red, white and black theme, on which I edited out the white background, and replaced it to fit into the cover.

The font style used for each section.

Back Description: Futura - 14 Point.

Back Live Shows Title: PrinceTown LET - 18 Point.

Back Live Shows List: Edwardian Script ITC - 30 Point.

Spine Text: Edwardian Script ITC - 32 Point.

Front Cover Eyes Set To Kill: Edwardian Script ITC - 56.49 Point.

Front Cover Review: Futura - 14 Point.

Front Cover 'Darling': Edwardian Script ITC - 60 Point. This allotted text, has a curve flowing throughout, to try and fit the banner which we implemented, we did this by clicking 'Warp Text' and changed the settings to create a flexible title.

Front/Back Cover of the Digi-Pack:

We used Adobe Photoshop CS4, which worked nicely to achieve an 'Eyes Set To Kill' themed cover, using an image of a couple, creating a heart symbol with their hands, gives a typical view of couples in love, which relates entirely to their music, and our chosen song.

Front(Right):
We used the font; Edwardian Script, which created a delicate feel towards the band and their music, as their lead singer is female, it reflects a personal effect on the band. Using the black background, with red text, fit into the genre of Metalcore, as various bands which I've looked at, including 'Bullet for my Valentine' and 'Trivium', use these colour schemes, whether it's on their music videos, CD covers, or their websites.
I created a heart the place of the symbol within their hands, to make it clear to the audience what they're trying to create, and showing their emotion at that current period. Fading out the whole image and heart, fits nicely into the display, as it's a focus, but not the main focus.
The main focus is the white border which is displayed on the bottom of the front cover, creating the focus on the DVD title, along with the white underline on the band name, at the top of the cover.

Back(Left):
This displays the DVD logo, along with the record labels, barcode and other various information which is usually displayed on the DVD/CD cover.
Providing an informative introduction, which describes to the viewer about the band, and what they expect from this package, ontop of the list of performances.

Spine(Center):
Displays the band name and title of the digi-pack, along with the record label, and a hand-drawn heart as the symbol at the top of the spine.


Inside View of the Digi-Pack:

The inside view of the digi-pack, has the continued theme from the front/back cover, and the metalcore genre. Keeping the red and black consistant throughout the package. The background image was taken during the night, when the colour echoed from the moon was red, which fit into the genre perfectly.

The CD/DVD section (Left) was created to display the location of the disc, providing the title of the digi-pack, DVD logo and record label.

To the left of the inside cover, it displays the lyrics of their feature song 'Darling', along with the DVD symbol and record label. 

Overall, the text fits perfectly into the size of the cover, along with the red colour scheme, which fits in nicely. 

Progression Update (2)

Over the time period, we have managed to complete a version of the music video which we wanted to record. There were various problems in which occurred, such as finding compatible effects on which we would like of used, but wouldn't over-power the video in general.

Effects

We found effects which managed to enhance the video in various ways, such as the 'Thresh hold effect during the male vocals, which created a dark, appearance with an enlightening background which makes the vocalist stand out, whilst still providing the silhouette, which is what we originally planned for int he final product.

There will be a final video of the product available as soon as it's compressed and implemented into this portfolio.

-Richard