Music Video Ideas: Band Location

Deciding on where the band would be filmed was an important factor in our decision making process. The band shots will make up around 40-50% of the music video, which means that they need to very well organised and filmed.

We looked again at the video for Mallory Knox's "Oceans". In the section of the video where the band is being filmed, they are stood inside a large grey studio, with lights and equipment surrounding them. We really liked this idea, and decided that we would incorporate it within our video.


We also liked the video for "You won't last long in the desert" by The Blackhand, as it featured the band performing amongst sand dunes near the beach. We thought it would be an interesting idea to film the band outside, and we were going to use the school field for this task.

Organising these locations will require lots of planning. These are the tasks that we need to accomplish.

• Gaining permission to use the Studio for filming
• Gaining permission to use the Cargo Trolley to transport the instruments
• Gaining permission to use the lighting rigs.
• Organising a time period for filming and ensuring costume and props are available

We have already ensured that we are able to use the Instruments after we sent a permission slip to the Music department.