Discussion on the 'Performance'

Today on the 21st January we all met up for breakfast at a local cafe in Woodford Green where we thought we would discuss the performance side of the music video. As we had already filmed the majority of out narrative we decided to film some performance if not all of it. We decided we would discuss performance as when it comes to editing the footage we already had, we could incorporate the right balance of narrative and performance. The first decision we had to make was to decide the location of where we were going to film the footage. Lewis kindly said we could film this at his house, this would also allow consistency within the video as the performance would be set in the same setting as the opening scene. This way the audience can identify the link between the performance and the narrative.

The next thing that we discussed involved costumes and props. As the band's name is 'No Name' we thought of how we could relate to this through anonymity. Lewis owned a few Morphsuits which we all thought we could use as the costumes hiding the band's faces relating to the band name 'No Name'.

Example of a Morphsuit

Lastly on the topic of Performance we discussed the props that would be used in the footage, the obvious thing would be the appropriate instruments used in the soundtrack. Lewis already owned all of the instruments that could be heard in the soundtrack which was lucky. We all found this very helpful. These instruments involved a:

• Guitars
• Drum Set 
• Tambourine 

I felt that these were the most appropriate instruments for the performance as these are the instruments you would hear in our soundtrack. We then discussed further props that would be involved which could create a quirky feel to the footage, this involved lighting and smoke. Lewis luckily had some friends that owned a smoke machine as well as LED lighted balloons which could be used to add quirkiness to the footage. I couldnt have been more pleased when hearing news that we had access to these props as they would introduce codes for the conventions of an electronic music video that we wanted to convey. The lighting could also code for the genre of music being electronic. These extra props include:

• A Smoke Machine 

Example of a Smoke Machine 

• LED Lighted Balloons 

Example of LED Lighted Balloons

• Floodlights 

Example of a Flood Light

• Flashing Siren Lights

Example of a Flashing Siren Light

This concluded our discussion on the performance but one last point was made before we finished which was when were we going to film this footage. We had to consult Lewis as it was his house we were using. Lewis decided that we could film this piece of footage a week from now on the 28th January. Overall I felt that this discussion was most helpful indeed as it produced ideas that were heavily involved in connoting an elctronic dance video by using typical conventions such as a party theme and vibrant colours.