Contact with the band/artist

I emailed Arctic Monkeys' recording company Domino to ensure that all legal issues are covered in terms of me borrowing their song to use for my music video. This allows the company to acknowledge that I am aware of copyright issues and I have also respected their band's music by politely asking to use their song.

Song Lyrics - Crying Lightning

Outside the cafe by the cracker factory you were practisin' a magic trick and my thoughts got rude as you talked and chewed on the last of your pick and mix

Said you're mistaken if you're thinkin' that I haven't been caught cold before as you bit into your strawberry lace

And then a flip in your attention in the form of a gobstopper is all you have left and it was goin' to waste

Your past times consisted of the strange and twisted and deranged and I love that little game you had called cryin' lightnin'

And how you like to aggravate the ice-cream man on rainy afternoons

The next time that I caught my own reflection it was on its way to meet you thinkin' of excuses to postpone

You never look like yourself from the side but your profile did not hide the fact you knew I was approachin' your throne

With folded arms you occupy the bench like toothache, stood and puffed your chest out like you never lost a war

And though I try so not to suffer the indignity of a reaction, there was no cracks to grasp or gaps to claw

And your past times consisted of the strange and twisted and deranged, and I hate that little game you had called cryin' lightnin'

And how you like to aggravate the icky man on rainy afternoons uninvitin' but not half as impossible as everyone assumes you are cryin' lightnin'

Your past times consisted of the strange and twisted and deranged and I hate that little game you had called cryin' lightnin', cryin' lightnin'

Cryin' lightnin', cryin' lightnin'

Your past times consisted of the strange and twisted and deranged and I hate that little game you had called cryin'

Cryin' lightnin', cryin' lightnin'

Your past times consisted of the strange and twisted and deranged and I hate that little game you had called cryin'

Research into a Music Video Director; Chris Applebaum

Chris Applebaum is an American music video director, who has worked with a diverse range of artists, including:

• Rihanna
• Hilary Duff
• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
• Mandy Moore
• Natasha Bedingfield
• Fountains of Wayne
• Miley Cyrus
• Demi Lovato
• Selena Gomez
• Britney Spears

He has also directed commercials, most notably the notorious Carl's Jr commercial featuring Paris Hilton. Twenty-one of his music videos have become #1 on MTV. He won MTV's Music Video of the Year in 2007.

An example of one of Chris Applebaum's music videos is the video for Fountains of Wayne's song, Stacy's Mom in 2003
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZLfasMPOU4&safe=active

12th July

Today I finished my script I had been working on, as well as my shot list. These are both step by step ways to plan what I want to happen in my music video, and when. The idea of a shot list is that if someone were to read through it, they could film my music video themselves due to the detail involved. Filling out the shot list included shot type, for example master or single, camera shot, for example mid shot, long shot etc. and also a description of what's happening, amongst other categories.

5th July

I have now chosen a song to fit my music video idea, Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLsBJPlGIDU&safe=active
I have also begun developing my ideas for my music video such as the intro and outro. For the intro I've decided I'd like to display the band members finishing off their drinks in a pub, to them then leaving the pub and entering the car. The outro, after the car journey, will show the band leaving the car and entering a venue through double doors. As the double doors close, there will be a poster on the door advertising an Arctic Monkeys gig, to portray that they were on the way to their own gig the whole time to perform.