Response to a Track Jack Clark

The track that I have chosen is ‘Can’t Start Again’ by Give Get Given. www.myspace.com/givegetgiven
This track belongs to the British indie rock genre. This is easily established due to the grittiness of the singer’s voice and typical indie sound of the instruments. Also the band manages to crate a very British sound through the instruments and the singer which adds to the genre of the track.
This track is capable of representing both lo fi and high fi video sequences due to its lyrical meaning and sound of the song. This is due to the gritty sound of the track which could be emphasised through lo fi sequences, or high fi sequences which could emphasise the meaning behind the lyrics.
I think that Cage The Elephants ‘In One Ear’ video would suit this song perfectly and their could be many aspects of this video that could be taken and used in Give Get Givens video. Also some aspects of various Arctic Monkeys videos would suit the song very well.

The video would start off with the band starting a live set inside a private house party. Everything can be fairly calm until the burst of the song. Once the burst of the song occurs the video becomes very high energy. This will be done through the acting in the video by using the very lively crowd and band. But also through camera work. This is where some of the Cage The Elephants filming techniques would be used. The camera will make its way through and around the crowd until it is on stage behind the band facing the crowd. This will then cut to a shot of a camera shot behind the crowd facing the band. Throughout the video there will be many different shots with quick paced editing and jerky lo fi cameras.
Only one location is really needed for this video and that could be a house party or another live performance in something like a warehouse. Either way the performance will have to be very intimate with the crowd so the venue cannot be very big. This will add emphasis to the high energy factor of the video.
To give the video a true sense of reality the only characters that we would use would be the band themselves and then a live audience who are all fans of the band. This would be very beneficial to the idea of the video as people would be genuinely reacting to the music in that way rather than acting.
The only suitable effect that I can think of is a grainy filter over the shots to add to the grittiness of the video. Maybe a red filter could go over the top to add to the sense of high energy. During filming the camera could be very jerky and quite unstable to add a sense of very high energy.
We would not need to employ anyone as we would use the band and their fans to set up a genuine performance. All of the filming and editing etc we are capable of doing our selves. However we would need to find a suitable location with the owner’s permission.