I have successfully completed the song for my music video collaborating with my previous interviewee Louis Quinn. This was a long process as we had to work together to examine the correct sound and feel I was trying to explore through the music he was producing. This process involved a lot of team work, expression and communication. We spent a long time working on it and I am extremely grateful for his time and putting up with me pushing back certain ideas and mixing and matching concepts. It was almost like a giant puzzle we were both putting together. However, in the end the music came out exactly how I wanted and Louis was happy (and tired) from our collaborative experience. This really taught me how to interact better with musicians and gave me a huge insight into the old and new media devices and tools we were using.

Writing the script/treatment on a typewriter was extremely hard and I’m not 100% sure I am completely happy with the finished product. My thought process without being able to press backspace as much as I needed was tiresome and a little frustrating. Although I really enjoyed the connection between myself and the keys, and the wonderful sound the typewriter produces, I think this experiment was fun, but in the future ill stick to traditional script writing software. A lot of planning and paper went into this process before the script was completed.

Wiring an old black and white television so that static could move with the sound of the music was probably a little dangerous… The technical process that went into this was very confusing for me but having someone else to help me made me extremely lucky to achieve the final product for my production.

Hiring equipment from RMIT for my shoot was easy. The guys in building 9’s loans room were extremely helpful and catered to my needs for all required equipment.

Unfortunately, after a long back and forth between actors I had nobody available on the day to use in my shoot. This is where improvisation came in to play and also a trip back to the typewriter for a script change was necessary. This was probably the hardest ordeal during the production process.

Luckily on the day of shooting I had Nicholas Paton as my DOP. He worked well with the camera and followed my directions extremely well. We also had Louis on location too so we were able to get a great shot of the inside of an old piano playing along to the song he produced for me. Production went smoothly and the owner was nice enough to give us space and shoot anywhere we liked within the location.

I am now up to the post production process and will be editing this video clip myself. I am happy with the shots we got on the day but may go out alone to film some extra shots that relate to the video/genre. If so, back to the typewriter again (oh no).

Project brief 4 Work in progress:

As a result of my academic progress throughout the semester I have chosen to collaborate a cluster of ideas I have been sitting on for the past few months. In this project we are asked to use only old media or a mixture of old and new media. I have chosen the latter as I believe its important to contribute to both ideas as old media is dying out, why not use it in areas that we can no longer with newer technology and ideologies?

Overall I am hoping to produce a music video based around old aesthetics, music, technology and new technology. Yesterday I had an appointment with the owner of North Melbourne’s Lithuanian club to view the interior and architecture of the space I could potentially work in for my music video. This was a huge success as I underlined I was a student filming a low impact film clip, he agreed to let me film there next Wednesday morning, empathizing with me as he is a previous student of RMIT and wavered any fees. The architecture and interior design at this establishment was old and a little medieval looking and reflects Lithuania well, also contributing to the aesthetic of the old feel I am looking to create in my film clip. I have also hired a camera, lighting and dolly tracks from RMIT and have ask Nicholas (Max) Paton to assist me in the production of this video.

I am producing music with my former project 3 interviewee Louis Quinn as we both bonded over the process of creating music with a mixture of old and new technology. We will be creating music on an electric guitar, hoping to create a spooky and surreal sound to match what I am hoping to produce physically and creatively that till mesh well with what my audience will be viewing with their eyes.

I now need to produce a short script which I am hoping to create on a typewriter. As I’ve only ever used script software for all my productions it will be interesting to challenge myself by using a typewriter and seeing how my thought process changes when typing on a completely different device with no other distractions besides the object I am using in front of me.

Now thinking more deeply about my music video I will possibly have some actors involved, but mainly want to focus on old aesthetics during the filming process. For example, I am hoping to place emphasis on an old Fender guitar and the small intricate details that make up the guitar itself. I am also going to re wire an old television so that static moves on the screen with the music, adding to the old aesthetic feel, and the mixture of old with new.

During the editing of this video I am hoping to have a lot of long shots with not much cutting, and possibly adding filters or even black and white to attribute to the old feel I am looking to re create. Overall this project is still young and a large work in process that I need to put some deep thinking into.