Caitlin and I have been looking at music videos to help us with our new one and we found this one, not only does it fit what we're looking for perfectly but it's also now one of my favourite music videos ever!

The song is quite heavy in places and goes hand in hand with the zombie apocalypse. Such zombie films such as the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead use heavy rock music in it (Drowning Pool - Bodies) and Zombieland has Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls (which is possibly my favourite filming opening ever created). We are using an acoustic song however which deviates from the stereotypical zombie song, but I think it still works and creates a good atmosphere while telling a story as well.

This video is quite tense and
We'll stick to our storyboard and hope to start filming on Thursday, weather permitting.

Storyboard

You're A Zombie Now

[verse]
You said you loved me for my brains
I didn't know you meant to eat them
And maybe I'm insane
I thought together we'd defeat them

When the skin was falling off your head
You told me that was just a rash
You stumble around like the living dead
And your favourite song is the monnnnster mash

[chorus]
I know what I must do
Cause you're a zombie now
You're a zombie now
I'm breaking up with you
Cause you're a zombie now
You're a zombie now
You're a zooooombie now

[verse]
We've been on the run for seven weeks
When I met you I was smitten
We battled through the infirmary
You didn't tell me you were bitten

[bridge]
The hardest part for me is having to decide
Should I cut off your head or put a bullet between your eyes

[chorus]
[chorus]

Ch-ch-changes!

At the last moment, Caitlin and I have decided that we are going to do a different song and make a completely different video. We have found the artist, Sam Hart, and found a song by him, You're A Zombie Now. We messaged him and have his permission:

 Caitlin and I have drawn the storyboard and that will be uploaded soon.

Social Realism - Fresh Meat

Fresh Meat is a TV series for Channel 4, created in 2011. It's about a group of people in their first year of Uni and things don't go too smoothly for them. There are a group of 5 'freshers' and Howard who live together in a flat outside of the fictional University in Manchester.  

I think Fresh Meat is very socially realistic. It has a lot of awkward moments in it and things go wrong a lot of time which is how life is, especially for students at uni.

Quadrophenia Case Study

Director: Franc Roddum

Production: The Who Films, Polytel

Release: UK - 2nd November 1979
Gross: SEK 1,678,408 (Sweden)

Quadrophenia was made in 1979, 14 years after the date it was set in. In London, 1965 there was a strong hatred between the Mods and the Rockers, and this film depicts the lives they lead and real events that happened within a fictional story.

I think the audience of this film is aimed at youth, particulary youth from the 60s and 70s as they can relate to it most. I can't see older people watcthing this film who didn't live in this generation and it's quite a cult film. On the IMDB almost 7,000 people have voted Quadrophenia to have a rating of 7.1/10 which is quite high. A high percentage of the votes were from Male users and not from the US which I thought was fitting as its quite a male orientated film. The 2nd highest was people aged between 30-44.

Reviewers on IMDB are saying that the film is almost too lifelike and they didn't like it when they first saw it because of that. One man said 'I hated this film when I saw it as a teenager back in 1979. The reason was the movie was realistic--too realistic! I identified (in some respects) with the main character Jimmy, and his life was bleak and depressing. Seeing it over 20 years later, I love it! It's a superb mix of the 1960s British "Angry Young Men" films, the Who's great album and 1979 sensibilities.' I find this really interesting as he was an American reviewer and this is a very British film, so this shows that this youth culture of the mods and rockers was a worldwide (well at least UK and USA) trend.

Plans

Actors

Zombie extras:
Amy Walduck
Ed Brown
Abi Ward
Caitlin Moll
Holly Finch
Kiefer Moll
Ben Spencer
Catrin Hamer
(Anyone else who wants to be a zombie)

Guy - (unknown)
Girl - Becky Bigwood

Locations

Hindringham
Woods in Hindringham

Equipment

JVC x 2
Tripods x 2

Audience Research Survey!

We made a survey on audience research for our music video. Please do our survey.

Final Storyboard