For our animatic we have a series of footage, including performance, which we will overlap and use transitions to mix the two types of footage together to keep a fast tempo and show some footage of the band in action. The story line that we've interpreted is very similar to the original lyrics but we've adapted it to our own style hoping to add to an already entertaining record and music video.
i like this video because it is performance based and has a story to it. i like the way it uses fast cuts between the performance and the story and its something i would like to use.
This is a video from Taylor Hawkins other band The Foofighters. The song is callled EverLong. i like this video because it doesnt follow the normal conventions of a rock video.
we intend to use the lyrics from the music video very metaphorically , for example "Woke up in my Head " is the first sentence in the song. We will use some clever editing to crop a still image of a head onto a template, then add some footage of someone waking up to overlap the persons forehead to get the effect we want.
Woke up in my head Good times never end With bad back to bend Close my eyes just in time Hands that I won't shake Bones that I can't break It takes time to change Fall in line, one more time
Louise, it's me I'm a dead man walking down your street Louise, it's me I'm a dead man walking down your street
Climbing up your walls (I'm not your acrobat) Diggin' in your holes (I'm not your sewer rat) Falling down your stairs Pull my light one more time
Louise, it's me I'm a dead man walking down your street Louise, it's me I'm a dead man walking down your street
Louise, it's me I'm a dead man walking down your street Louise, it's me I'm a dead man walking down your street Louise, it's me I'm a dead man walking down your street Louise, it's me I'm a dead man walking down your street
It takes time to change
About Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders My name is Taylor Hawkins. I play drums in a band called the Foo Fighters. I really love my gig, but like a lot of drummers I am a frustrated songwriter; have been for years. About a year ago I found myself at my bro's house, Drew Hester, recording some tunes. Just fucking around, really. By the way, Drew is a drummer as well. He plays with Joe Walsh among others. Drew is not a frustrated songwriter, he is a frustrated producer/engineer. Anyways, we started recording some tunes in his shitty living room/bedroom/studio that consists of a $2000 Pro Tools rig and a couple hundred dollars' worth of microphones (see kids you can make an album, too.) I enlisted the help of Drew's roommate Gannin, a ripping guitarist/funny motherfucker. Once we started recording we couldn't stop. We were having too much fun. The songs piled up, averaging a song a day. Somewhere along the line I decided we were making a record. Fuck sound quality, fuck analyzing song structures, fuck all that stuff. We are making a record. After finishing most of the songs we decided we needed the best bass player in town to glue this shit together. Enter Chris Chaney. You need rock? Call Chaney. You need Afro Cuban fusion hip hop? Call Chaney. You need bass on your dog food jingle? Call Chaney. I think you get the picture. Chris came in and finished the bass for the album in about a day. We finished the album. Now we are ready to put it out there, warts and all. I hope you enjoy it.