First Day Of Filming With Jack

On the Sunday of January the 15th myself and Matt travelled to London to film the London Eye and Jack doing his performance shots. During the train journey Jack phoned Jay to let him know he couldn't perform in our music video, once Jay let Matt and I know of the situation we all thought the video would be a huge doubt.

The day progressed and we went to the London Eye as we had no character to film, however once we arrived at the Eye it was closed! This day was planning out to be a disaster, as we had no character to film, and no London Eye. The events of the day casted doubt over the group and I as our whole video was in jeopardy, however our luck soon turned whilst traveling home.

During the journey home, Matt asked his friend Glenn Rice if he would be interested in being the main character in our video. Luckily for us he said yes, this helped our group greatly as Glenn is part of a band (called Go-Zilla) and therefore is a natural musician. He also makes his own music videos for his band so his knowledge for certain shots and camera angles will provide us with great help.

Glenn Playing The Guitar 

Here is a photo of Glenn playing his guitar for his band, he can also play the drums which adds to his musical ability. With Glenn having a strong musical ability it will work as our advantage as he also knows how to lip sync to the lyrics, this will make our video look more professional and original. 

Jack's Music Skills

Below is a mp3 player which shows a short audio clip of Jack playing the guitar. On the basis of this clip he is a talented musician which is a good sign for the video, as he can therefore actually play the guitar instead of pretending.

After listening to this clip the group and I need to make sure that Jack learns the lyrics to our song, if he can learn to play the song on the guitar that will create a more professional image for our video. However learning the lyrics are vital for the video as it needs to match the audio, otherwise the visual and the audio will not flow continuously. Luckily our chosen song has relatively simple lyrics, so learning these should hopefully prove easy for Jack.

The song's lyrics are shown above which shows some simple lines, this is due to the chorus 'What a life!' being a main feature of the song. We may however, edit the song so that it is not the full length, as the ending lyrics of "woo hoo" may be too repetitive which would prove difficult to have different shots.

Our Artist

The image above shows the artist of our video, he name is Jack Thomas and is Jay's team-mate at their football team.

He is a keen musician who sings and can also play the guitar and piano. His passion for music makes him an ideal character for our music video as he can learn the lyrics to the song 'What A Life', and he can actually play the guitar so it doesn't look like he is simply putting his hand over the strings.

Due to the fact that he plays live music on a regular basis we may gain advantages such as his advice on certain shots or location, as he could give us a musicians perspective on the video. With him being a natural musician he is therefore confident in standing up in front of audiences, so filming in busy areas such as London should not cause a problem.