Initial Stages

Starting at the very beginning, I settled on working with Michael Burrin, and Josh Odigie arrived in our group a little after this early union to complete the group. I always envisaged working with Michael as, despite him being quite a close friend of mine, he is a very open and honest individual, as well as a very creative and imaginative person - he will spot potential ideas that no-one else may notice. We bounce off each other well and have the ability to discuss ideas, and shoot them down if needs be, very easily. Often it is the case that when you work with people on a project, a disagreement of ideas can lead to disharmony or arguments, but I am confident that with Michael that will not be the case. Josh brings another element to the party, and brings different ideas to the table, just like Mike. He also has deep experience in the field of writing and making music, and can therefore help us when we come to picturing potential themes and imagery to suit a particular song for the music video.

As people, I think the three of us work well - we are all fiercely determined to do well, and to genuinely create a video piece which we will be proud of. The common phrase I used to describe what I hoped our final project would look like is 'not just an exercise in ticking boxes', and I stand by that. We all have the belief, and this is essential - when things inevitably get tough during the project, you need to have that belief to keep motivation up and keep everybody progressing.
Interestingly, we did decide initially to go for a film trailer, as we had an early idea for a trailer revolving round the tradition of British gangster films, and was initially envisaged as a mock 'Quentin Tarantino tribute'. Before we could really get going on this idea, however, we found several obstacles we could not overcome - for example, many elements of the video we had in mind for, such as minor-level car chases and usage of guns, would, of course, be very difficult for us to shoot, and shoot to a good standard. Also, copyrighted music rules come into play more than ever in the film trailer, in that, they are outlawed altogether (as opposed to in the music video project, where one can at least send of a letter of permission of use).

So instead, we moved on to the music video project section. All of us are huge music fans, so operating in a more purely music-orientated sphere would suit us just as well as the film trailer project.

More to follow.