Ideas for cut aways

We decided from the very beginning of the process that we did not want to have cut aways that included narrative. Therefore we needed to think of some ideas to use as our cut aways. We decided to look at a variety of different videos for inspiration and this is what we came up with:

• The band stood against a plain wall and graphics being projected onto them. (The XX - Crystalised)
• 'Behind the scenes' shots of the band - loading, unloading, setting up, tuning etc
• More personal shots of the band - chilling & down time
• Blooper type footage  such as 'Girls by The 1975'
• Using the split screen idea as a cut away 
• Random urban location shots with and without the band 
• Plain graphics on their own 
• The band performing but in different locations (outdoors, in the middle of the street, in a field)
• Use of lighting and shadows to create contrast from the performanc

We decided that in our video we are going to:

• have random but choreographed footage of them being carefree and portraying the cheeky, energetic persona of the band
• we also decided to have footage of the band walking around the town, again having fun and connoting the upbeat tempo of the music
• we decided the more 'random' footage we have the easier it will be to create the quick editing pace by cutting between the different locations and footage 
• the first lot of cut aways will be the band setting up their instruments
• we decided that we are going to ask for permission off the local hotel to let us use one of their rooms, one of the hall ways and possibly their 'backstairs' to film footage of the band having fun and chilling in their room. One of the ideas was to have the band running down the stairs of the hotel, maybe writing in their hotel room, and just generally chilling in the hotel

On the 22nd of September we contacted The Kings Head Hotel in Darlington to inquire about possibly using one of their rooms, and corridors for filming, They got back to us to confirm that they are happy for us to do so and we need to ring back with dates and times. We plan to do this by the end of this week.