The goal of the music video project was to have both Web/Audio students and Film students work together to create a song and video that they would later present in front of their fellow peers. We were required to collaborate with a somewhat random group, produce an original music composition, produce a music video for said music, and each create a t-shirt and concert poster, which you can view below.
The group was chosen by the teachers at Freesytle Academy. Before the project started, we all took a survey on how much musical talent we had. With this information, the teachers were able to create somewhat equal groups and divide the Web/Audio students and Film students between the create groups.
And thus, the band Fatal Error was born. With the powers of Maxwell Evans, Daniel Petti, Morgan Mclain-Smith, Alex Kim, and Thomas Hoke combined, we were able to create the greatest music video of all time. Daniel and Alex were in charge of the filming, while Thomas, Morgan, and I were tasked with acting and create the music. In the end, I was the major actor in the film, as I didn't think I could do much else. Daniel became god-like, and basically summoned the music video from the depths of heaven out of nowhere. Thomas played a very large role in the metal portion of our songs, as he was the only one who knew how to play anything metal-related. Alex also helped with a large portion of the filming, and overall just being good emotional support. Finally, Morgan helped a lot with creating the lyrics and making sure the group didn't fall apart.
Throughout the production of the music video, I learned a lot about how to actually make music. While my fellow group members did a larger portion than me when it came to music, I feel like I was still able to at least learn something about the process of creating music. I also learned a few extra tips for Adobe Illustator, like how to image trace a picture so that it blends in with the rest of the art.
Special thanks to Kevin van Dyke, for being our drummer and extra in the film. Also, thanks to Anna Wang for allow us to beat up her sister's Rav4 and letting us borrow her bike. Finally, thanks to all the Freestyle teachers who gave us all those deadlines and helped us whenever the adobe products would inevitably break.
If you would like to download the mp3, you can find it if you click here.
If you would like to download the video, you can find it if you click here.
These are the lyrics for our band's song. The majority of the song was written by Daniel Petti, with additional assistance from Morgan McLain-Smith. The inspiration for our song is that we get very angry at many things, and we wanted to base the song off of our hatred for said things. The lyrics are all about how a regular guy gets pissed off at everything, and as the song goes on, he slowly derails. The main portion of the song is calmly sung with pianos and violins in the background, while the chorus consists of heavy metal guitars and drums.
If the lyrics are too hard to read down below, I have also uploaded the lyrics to textuploader.com, which you can view right here.
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Here you can see the efforts of my Design class.
To your left you will see my poster design, which all of my adoring fans will hang upon their bedroom walls and gaze at it with glee as they blissfully fall into a deep sleep.
My inspiration was Cthulhu, the Great Old One, because I consider the band to be mostly metal, and Cthulhu seemed pretty metal at the time. I mean, what's more badass than a demon squid diety? Nothing, that's what.
I tried to make the actual Cthulhu picture very subtle, where it sort of fades away into the darkness at the bottom. The poster also lists all the band members, and the time/place of where we last played. Overall, I'm pretty happy with how the poster, and Cthulhu, came out.
To the right of the poster, you will see my t-shirt design, which all of my adoring fans shall wear each and every day as they go along with their meaningless lives, happily showing it to everyone around.
The inspiration for this was Cthulhu, as the poster and t-shirt had to look similar. However, I went with thorns, red waves, and a brighter Cthulhu this time, as I wanted to spice it and make it so it didn't look exactly like the poster.
The Cthulhu design is also a lot more simple than the poster, because I figured the t-shirt should be more simple than a poster you hang on your wall. It was very hard making the t-shirt design look like a t-shirt rather than a poster, but I think I was able to make something that people would wear. While it was hard at first, I think the final design is something I can be proud of.