Our location ideas consisted of an outside area and inside a house. To fit our condition we have to use at least two locations, which fit rather well with our idea.

We decided to eventually film at Harry's house as it fit best and had an accessible garden. After a series of debates we decided to film it in the daytime, and a night time would be harder to film during summer hours.

Update: We still plan to film at Harry's house, however Harry wishes to film at a later time. We also still plan to use both the garden and inside, especially the kitchen, living room and bathroom. We did consider filming at a park or another public location, but it wouldn't fit our idea and would be more difficult without any inside space, also breaking our condition.

For our casting ideas we planned to cast a variety of backing people for the setting, as well as a main lead. Harry suggested Charlie Frazier to take up the role, not only because of his history of acting, but also his appearance to the role. Our backing individuals will hopefully be comfortable on camera, and match up to the intentions of the video.

Update: We still plan to use Charlie Frazier, and also have backing individuals planned. Due to people being unavailable, we may have a shorter amount than we originally planned, but will aim to use these as much as possible to make the shots work.

Our format for the video is going to be fully narrative, with a series of band shots cut between the clips to give it a steady balance. We plan to film our video chronologically and then rewind the footage during the editing process to resemble the 'last nite' title of the song. We plan to use slow motion for some more arty clips.

Update: After planning the storyboard out, we decided to remove any band shots and replace them with some slow motion shots of glasses, people etc. This keeps the narrative flowing and frequent.

At hearing 'Last Nite', Harry immediately thought of the idea of watching the music video backwards as the main character remembers or the audience watch what happened 'Last Nite'. This type of narrative would allow us to play with camera shots, content and techniques to create aesthetically pleasing reversed footage. 
The idea would start with having the band, introduced with The Strokes written in fire, which would begin the backwards filming.

Then the video would consist of shots where the character:
Passes out and having something drawn on their face.
Takes shots.
Their silhouette dances against the wall.
Going to the toilet.
Throwing up.
Smoking.


All of these would align with the backwards narrative, so the end of the night is first and the video itself will finish with the main character (Charlie) passed out on the grass outside with 'The End' written on his forehead. 

In preparation for A2 coursework we have been given a trail effort over the next month to produce an original music video, and accompanying original CD cover for the release of the song, I will be working with Harry and Rosie. We have the song Last Nite by The Strokes.

We have been given the following songs to choose from: