My band: CANTERBURY

http://www.canterburythankyou.com/




Canterbury are an upcoming unsigned indie/rock band already gracing the stage in and around UK live venues. They formed their band in 2005 whilst at still at school members are James, Luke, Ben, Mike and Scott. Since the summer of 2007 the band evolved musically and began to write more music, tour intensively and record their new album thus producing a new and larger fan base. Canterbury released their free and highly downloaded album 'Thank You' (canterburythankyou.com) and also created limited edition CD versions, the album has now been downloaded over 10,000 times.



My songs: I have permission to use two songs, here is an image of the email I sent to Canterbury and with their written permission:



The first song is 'Lost in the Basement':


I have chosen this song because I like the pace and the lyrics, I think it is a catchy song and when I listen to it I have many ideas that occur in my head for example, cuts between narrative and performance based, like the band performing in a dark room with lots of colourful lights flashing in time and moving in time with the pace of the music.

The second is a song called 'Friends We're More Like a Gang':


I have chose this song for similar reasons the lyrics have good suggestions for narrative and the pace of the music is good and I can match it well.
Also this is one of the songs the band doesn't have a video for, they already have a video for the following songs; Gloria:


Calm Down:


Eleven Twelve:


And Set You Right:


It is obvious that all the videos have something in common, they are all performance based with a small part of narrative. I think the Eleven Twelve video is interesting because it follows the band on tour allowing the audience to feel connected with the band as if they are there.
The Gloria video is very well made, the footage is slowed down however the singers are is sync with the over laid track. I really like this about the video because it makes you interested and even though it is simply performance based it uniqueness still engages the audience.
The Set You Right video is also performance based, however its colours and fast paced editing keeps the audience fully engaged. The pace of the editing and the pace of the music are very well in sync and there is lots of movement and lots of aspects to look at like the crowd and the band thus keeping the audience engaged at all times.

I think for my video I will try to keep the performance aspect to blend in with the other videos and as it will build a sense of familiarity with the audience, also as a rock video conventionally there usually is a performance by the band. To do this I will try to catch the band on tour dates and record them performing the songs and film their crowd, this will build a sense of realism for the viewer.