Video Inspiration

Kaleidoscope video inspiration. Although the song is very upbeat the kaleidoscope effect gives it  very mellow and fun feeling - something we hope to achieve in our video.

Crystal Fighters - LA Calling

 

HAIM

HAIM is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. The band consists of sisters Este (born March 14, 1986), Danielle (born February 16, 1989) and Alana Haim (born December 15, 1991), along with drummer Dash Hutton. 

HAIM's sound has been described as "nu-folk-meets-nineties-R&B." HAIM has been compared to 70s soft-rock legends Fleetwood Mac; however, they insist that their influences are a bit more up-to-date, revealing they are big fans of 90s girl groups TLC and Destiny's Child, and of Kendrick Lamar, Jessie Ware and Azealia Banks. Consequently, their music sounds a bit like folk-rock with a few R&B/hip-hop stylings thrown in for good measure. 

"What's really funny about this 'overnight success' is that we've been playing together for over 15 years,"

3 days ago The Guardian

Danielle Haim

Falling Lyrics

"Falling"

I hurl into the moment like I'm standing at the edge (I know)
That no one's gonna turn me 'round
Just one more step, I could let go
Oh and in the middle,
I hear the voices and they're calling for me now (I know)
And nothing's gonna wake me now
Cause I'm a slave to the sound

And they're calling,
Don't stop, no, I'll never give up
And I'll never look back, just hold your head up
And if it gets rough, it's time to get rough
They keep saying
Don't stop, no one's ever enough
I'll never look back, never give up
And if it gets rough, it's time to get rough
But now I'm falling, falling, falling
Falling, falling, falling,
Falling, falling, falling, falling, oh

Now we're going down,
And I can feel the eyes are watching us so closely oh
I'm trying not to make a sound
Cause I'll be found out somehow

So keep calling,
Don't stop, no, I'll never give up
And I'll never look back, just hold your head up
And if it gets rough, it's time to get rough
They keep saying
Don't stop, no one's ever enough
I'll never look back, never give up
And if it gets rough, it's time to get rough
But now I'm falling

Into the fire feeling higher than the truth
(I'm falling)
I can feel the heat but I'm not burning
(But now I'm falling)
Feeling desire, feeling tired, hungry too
(I'm falling)
Feels like I'm falling, yeah
I can hear them calling
(I'm falling)

Into the fire feeling higher than the truth
(I'm falling)
I can feel the heat but I'm not burning
(But now I'm falling)
Feeling desire, feeling tired, hungry too
(I'm falling)
Feels like I'm falling, yeah
I can hear them calling
(Now I'm falling)

Falling, falling, falling
Falling, falling, falling,
Falling, Falling, falling, oh
Oh and now I'm falling

Falling, falling, falling
Falling, falling, falling,
Falling, falling, falling, oh

Falling, falling, falling, falling
Fall yeah
And now I'm falling
Falling, falling, falling, falling
Fall yeah
And now I'm falling

Into the fire feeling higher than the truth
(But now I'm falling)
I can feel the heat but I'm not burning
(I'm falling)
Feeling desire, feeling tired, hungry too
(But now I'm falling)
Feels like I'm falling, yeah
I can hear them calling for me
(I'm falling)

Into the fire feeling higher than the truth
(Now I'm falling)
I can feel the heat but I'm not burning
(I'm falling)
Feeling desire, feeling tired, hungry too
(Now I'm falling)
It feels like I'm falling, yeah
I can hear them calling for me

Never look back, never give up
Never look back, never give up
Never look back, never give up
I'll never give up
I'll never give up
[6x]

Polydor E-mail

Here is the copy of the email we sent to Polydor Records:

Dear Polydor Records

My name is Lucy West and I’m writing to you on behalf of my A-level Media Studies group of Enfield County School, in North London.

Our coursework project this year is to produce and record a music video with a song of our choice. Having research numerous tracks, we feel as a group ‘HAIM - Falling’ would be the best song to produce our music video around. As fans of the band we feel both enthusiastic and excited at the prospect of potentially using this song.

The use of the song as well as the production of the music video is solely for educational purposes and we have no intention of selling this music video for a profit. Furthermore as a group we are fully aware of copyright infringements and the consequences that can occur, hence our desire to contact you requesting permission of use for this song.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries or concerns regarding our request.

Thank you,

Lucy West on behalf of Anna Nguyen, Rachel Hunter and Sinead McGovern of Enfield County

We sent this e-mail to obviously ask permission to use the song as there might be problems with copyright. It also informs the record company that we want to use the song for our A2 media course and not for any copyright reasons. 

Email

Here is the email to notify the record company that we will be using this song for our media production.  

Mood Board

Just a mood board in the form of a prezi presenting our thoughts and ideas. 
Location ideas: Brick Lane - famous for being artsy and creative.
Alexandra Palace - Able to get sunrise/set shots perhaps silhouette shots as well.
London Bridge - I particularly liked this location as you can see most of london in the background and the lights from speeding cars would create a great background for stop motions photographs.

Dawn and Dusk represent the one day which we still like the idea of. The #yolo has a few meanings. One being a support to the 'one day' having fun and realising that You Only Live Once, a message we might send through our music video. It also signifies the youth of the characters and society's modern day take on life.

The costume is just an idea, the clothing is representative of perhaps the rock indie genre. However i think floral prints and flowy costumes could also fit in our music video ideas. 

Music Video

Interesting video on music videos and how things have changed. Teaches us to be incredibly creative with a zero budget!

For this video we need our eyes to be extra peeled for great locations to film our 'having-fun-not-a-care-in-the-world' kind of video.
From Pete's blog.

Also love the credits at the end..

The Videographers Guide Ep. 1 - The Music Video from Hypebeast on Vimeo.

Slight Change

So of course as history repeats itself, we have changed our song. Sinead wasn't too keen on the song, I wasn't too keen on parts of the video concept - the present day dull jobs part in particular and i think we all agreed on the song being too repetitive. 

As a group we quickly decided that we wanted something more upbeat with a variety of beats which we could easily create shots to fit into.

After watching Katy Perry - Roar which is very much Katy Perry-esque, our video concept seemed rather bland in comparison. 

As a class we also looked at OneRepublic - Counting Stars, which again, made me think our video concept was a little too thought out.

So after a few suggestions we've decided on the band Haim, for our new song and the song we've particularly liked is Falling.

This song gives us more freedom to experiment with the different beats and speed of the beats. The female voice also gives us an advantage as we are now thinking of including lip syncing. Although we were against this idea from the start we think that with this song, in collaboration with the shots and narrative, hopefully won't look bad.