Help Yourself

De Shamonix Using Music Video's.

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Gigs Gigs Gigs

To get a bit of an insight into the vibe of the band, and the sort of people they attract to their gigs me and John have been up to 4 of their performances all over London..hoping that it would provide us with a target audience for our video and ancillary tasks.

The first thing we noticed at all of the gigs was the average age of the people watching. The majority of them were between 20 and 25, YAKS (young adventurous keen single) with disposable incomes as they are either still living at home or at university, so are relatively worry free, reflecting the image that the band give off with there stage presence and lyrics.

As far as demographics are concerned the male to female split at the gigs was roughly 65:45, so fairly even. I don't think this was effected by the music itself, but more so by the areas they were playing in. This was the same for race, there wasn't any particular race that appeared to be bigger fans of De' then another, the race simply reflected the area the band were performing in.

One thing that did stand out at all of the gigs was the class of status of the people in attendance. This was always C1, C2 and C3. Middle to lower classed people, with nobody from the upper class at all. This is quite clearly because of the music, the band are trying to appeal to this C bracket, rather than the upper class.

We asked the band themselves who they thought their main audience was, Tel the lead singer told us " Well it always seems to be the youngsters at our gigs, ya know what i mean? I guess our music reaches them more then the olders, or maybe it's just another night for them to get smashed. You never see any snobs at our gigs either, only normal working class people like us, which is how we like it..But we could get anyone out of there seats! "

This research has been very useful for us, and has turned out to be time well spent. Our final pieces of work will be heavily influenced by what we've found out from going to the gigs.

Route to Camden

Before we set off up to Camden we have planned out our journey as part of our risk assesment.




This is the route we will take to arrive in Camden, it is very straight forward and only involves 2 trains.








This is the route we will take when we have to walk from Camden Town Underground Station to The Dublin Castle to record the gig. It is once again a very straight forward journey, and involves us walking down a main road, so there are no real risks of being robbed for the cameras or tripods.










This is a printscreen of our final destination from google maps. This will save us from confusion if there are various pubs down the road, as we know what it looks like.

Love / Hate Lyrics

INTRO

Its the dead of the night, i don't know what iv'e become
I got the Devil in my vains i'm baptised by the morning sun
I gotta make the call the sureal become so real
The things i thought were beautiful have lost there appeal
his lonesome midnight stranger hopes these wouds he's caused will heal

CHOURUS:

Shoulda seen it coming now the damage is done, LOVE don't over complicate it,

HATE don't over complicate it
Don't talk about my feeling cause my feelings are numb, LOVE don't over complicate it,

HATE don't over complicate it.


the room feels like ice the worlds all outa fun
You know life has no escape route for a blind fool on the run
for excusses 'm searching beg or i steal
All the things i thought were beautiful have lost there apeal

CHOURUS

Feeling so uneasy on the death train home
I been acting kinda crazy you been to much on your own
Your tongue lashings hurt like you crack the whip
Whats the point in all this freedom all you do with it is this.

CHOURUS

OUTRO

Shooting Schedule

First Draft Storyboards

These are our first draft storyboards, they are only a rough guide to help us when we are filming with the layout of each shot. They will most likely come under change when we begin to film.

Instant Success

Just a day after emailing De and i've had a reply already! Proving that Facebook is a very good way to get speedy answers from the band, and as you can see reading the reply, their looking as if they're going to be very supportive towards us, and help us out with questions.

Communication with the band!

As De have their own Facebook fan page, we decided that Facebook was a good medium in which to contact the band, as it is a quick and easy way to speak to them. So i emailed the band once we had decided on which song we want to create a music video for, asking for the lyrics.

Email To Venues

As we're hoping to film De Shamonix live at a few of their gig's, we have had to create an email to send to each venue, asking for permission to film. Here is the email we are sending out:

To whom it may concern,

We are writing to you to ask for your permission to film ‘De Shamonix’ at your venue. We are A-Level media students at ‘The Windsor Boys School’, and are planning on shooting a music video of the band for our A2 coursework. Two of our group members are related to the bass guitarist within the band, thanks to this they have come to us and asked us to make a video for one of their songs . We will only be filming for part of De Shamonix's set, no other artists will be recorded. As far as the crowd and safety are involved, we will not interfere with either the show itself, or any of the audience. We are only filming with a handheld camera and a tripod, so there will not be much clutter whatsoever. A response as soon as possible would be appreciated, thanks for your time.

Yours sincerely, Void Productions .

De Shamonix..Who are they?

Formed in the summer of '07, North London based band De Shamonix have built up quite a reputation from their high energy live shows. With a walls of feedback, infectious melodies & a thudding rhythm section, the group have been compared to the likes of Primal Scream, BRMC, & The Rolling Stones and continue to make waves on the London scene.

The band goes as this; Tel Kershaw: Lead Vocals, Gavin Lee- Moody: Guitars, Andy Taylor: Drums & Dan Hughes: Bass

Since the release & launch of their single 'Help Yourself' in '08, the group have continued their onslaught on the Capital playing a number of gigs & showcases in venues such as The Marquee Club, 93 Feet East, Camden's Proud Galleries & Highbury's Relentless Garage, recently supporting Amy Macdonald with a successful set at the Colossal Club Night This Feeling.

See and learn more about the band at;

www.myspace.com/deshamonix

http://www.facebook.com/pages/De-Shamonix/117647958254627

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Initial Ideas

We have initially came up with numerous different ideas for our A2 coursework. We have decided to definitely create a music video, here are the few options we came up with:



Kings of Leon - Use Somebody



Blink 182 - Miss You



The Libertines - Don't Look Back Into Sun



De Shamonix - Help Yourself



De Shamonix - Love Hate





We listened to each of the songs and analaysed the genre of music they belong to - all fell within the rock genre, but had different sub-genres such as pop rock and indie rock. We also at the same time reviewed the videos that were already released for these songs, each had their own different style, and created a look for the band. After looking at all of these bands and their songs we have decided to go for De Shamonix, as they are an un-known band, meaning they have no set style as of yet. This gives us complete control over what we do with the music video. We have decided to make a video for the song 'Love/Hate' as it has a quick tempo to it, and has a catchy chorus.

A2 Begins...

So after a long year working hard to get our 2 minute opener complete, and be prepared for the big test, the entire Void Productions group managed to get A's!!!

So with AS out of the way, and being well on the path to an A in A level Media Studies..let the hard work begin!

After the overwhelming success last year, we've decided that Void Productions is a guaranteed route to an A, so we've stuck together for another year. Incase you haven't read my AS introduction, the members of the group are;

John (second from left), Mase, and myself.

This year we had several choices of tasks to choose between, and we've ended up going for the music video. Our task is to create a music video for any single we like.

The more original and un-heard of the band, the easier we thought it would be to create a high standard music video, so we've decided to do a video for my cousins, and mason's brothers band, De Shamonix.