Production Log

This is the production log for my band, Tear Down. The band focuses on the genre of post- Grunge and alternative, which makes my group’s job hard to find the specific element of post-grunge. It is difficult since it is such a niche genre and audience to the band but does open up the possibilities of new ideas.

Plans for Location:

For the location my group and me plan on setting up a dark area, which is lit by candlelight giving it the lowest key lighting possible. We have a friend with a shed that we can use in order to make some of the video in which our band members will feature. We will not show anything else happening in this scene except for the band members playing their instruments and the lead singer singing and pro forming other actions such as looking at old photos and enjoying his solitude. We need to find a wooded area where we can shoot individual scenes just showing the lead singer. This is because we chosen the song based on the backstory and past of our lead singer therefore it technically is his story.

Costumes:

We have had a real struggle when dealing with the costume design since it is such a niche genre the band does not seem to wear to "grungy “of an outfit but do not dress as casual as someone doing a here such as R&B.  Means we have to get the happy medium between the two. We have decided on going with the ideal black theme so this includes hints such as leather jackets and trench coats but not going any further with the jet black hair or anything along them lines. In a way we have attempted to make the band loo normal but make their style of music different in hope that others will not judge the genre based on a certain few with the black and the constantly depressed feel to the music.

Actors:

We had some trouble again with the actors since many of the people who were originally willing to help me have decided to back out. This has caused problems and has made us result to using one of my friends from outside of the school. This will cause problems if we need to use any of the equipment, which cannot be taken, out of the school since I cannot bring people in who do not attend the school. We have only decided to go with three people within the band in order to save the time of not only us but also others who are going to be used within the scene. We have accepted the help of a friend who is also studying media in return that we help him and we have also enlisted my friend from outside of the school, we have decided that in order to build up numbers of the "band" I am going to be placed within the sequence as well.

When it comes to the actors we have attempted to keep the feel of grunge by keeping the long hair of one friend and the piecing’s of another, as of me I will need to dress myself up to look the part in order not to stick out within the video. We nee to do one job and that is we need to convince the audience that we can preform the part as well as an actually band.

Checklist:

We haven't got many things for our checklist but what we have got is not very major and can be acquired with ease.

1  All band members

2  A garage to place our scene

3  Some "grungy" and black clothing

4  Possibly some black hairspray and fake piercings 

5  Some possible wooded area locations to acquire