About My Band

 (Here is a picture of Mint Ive playing at Splendour)

The name of my band are named "Mint ive". They are a unsigned band formed in Nottingham. They have been together since the year of 2006, and are arguably one of the biggest unsigned bands in Nottingham with a massive fan base. They are a four-piece band, Will Lillejord (vocals, guitar), Joel Mulvany (bass), Dan Wright (drums), Oliver Chetty (guitars) brought together through the love of rock and roll and music.

The reason I came across this band is due to the fact my Brother knows Joel (bass player) and through my brother I have gained a lot of knowledge of the band, I have watched them at gigs, I have heard many unreleased tracks from them and always have been a fan. Mint Ive have performed at many famous and well known gigs and arenas, for example they played at Splendour in 2008, a well known music festival in Nottingham and also performed at Nottingham's famous Rock City. They have numerous songs on Itunes and amazon. Mint Ive even supported the band "The Maccabees" their gig was shown on Channel 4. 

Mint Ive genre of music is good old fashioned Rock and Roll, are the generic rock and roll band, 1 vocal, 1 on bass, 1 on drums and 1 on guitars. The definition of Rock And Roll is a type of music with a heavy beat and very simple lyrics but with a strong meaning, and that is what Mint Ive epitomises. The target audience for Mint Ive try to target is around 18-30. The reason behind this because the lyrics are quite meaningful and are pretty complex. They target this age because they sing about going out on the town, drinking, drugs, girls, relationships and just the night life in general. That is another reason I have chosen this band, due to me being the age of 18, I can relate to the music and gives the meanings of there songs an even deeper meaning to them which is really important effect for me when I listen to music.


They are big fans of Nottingham Forest and are often going to games. They have often said there heros is Brian Clough.


Mint Ive also have numerous videos on Youtube, from music video to even documentaries, here are a couple of their videos on Youtube.


 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx_zeMYG5Yw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AaqNqAH-dI

Video Review- The Kooks- She moves in her own way

The Kooks- "She moves in her own way" is a song released from the album Inside In/ Inside Out. The album was first released on the 1st of July 2002, the video was then released on the 26th June 2006.

The first shot we see is the camera facing down at the road and moving forward, the shot then pans out and we see a coach travelling down a motor-way. The first thing we think of is the band is on tour. The next shot we are shown is the band on the coach; Jamming and singing along to the songs. During this video, there is a lot of different locations and different shots which suggest the band live a very hectic lifestyle. The video is shot abroad, there is a lot of shots such as shots of mountains, the locals, and shops.

Throughout the video, the band are in numerous different places in the town, on the street singing with the public, on the beach viewing the scenery and messing about with the band and also beside a pool. Later on in the video, the director starts to film at night, this is to show the busy day the band has had. In some of the shots later on in the video, there are scenes of the band "chilling" with women, drinking beer and again jamming with guitars just having a good time and enjoy their time on holiday.

This video is a personal favourite of mine, due to shear lightheartedness of the video, I would like to create a video of this nature because it doesn't really follow a plot but for some reason it makes a lot of sense. This video would have a high budget which is a reason I can not produce a video of the quality in which I aspire too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pquhYpGHrlw&ob=av2e

Video Review- Arctic Monkeys- Leave before the lights come on

Arctic Monkeys - Leave before the lights come on video was released in 2006, it is a video between a man and a girl who . The story is about a girl who is standing on top of a high building looking down onto the street. We suspect that this girl is about to commit suicide. We then see her kick her shoe off on to the street when she sees a man walking along. The man instantly reacts to the fallen shoe, looks above, and sees the girl standing over the ledge. The man then rushes to the "safety" of the girl. The girl looks very relived and and shaken up. The next scene we then see the man take the woman to a cafe, for a cup of tea, They are just chatting assuming about the incident, when the girl lays her head on the mans hands, the man looks very confused and wondering what is going on. When the man decides to leave, the woman goes into kiss the man, the man pulls away, and shows his finger, his finger has a wedding ring on his finger.

The man then walks away from the cafe and carry's on with his ways. The man is walking down the street when the woman runs and jumps on his back, he is not happy about this and and shrugs her off, she does not get the hint then tries to hold hands with the man in which he reacts out and walks off in a hurry. The man then starts to get really angry and then walks away much quickly away from the girl.

The woman looks distraught and angry, so she walks after the man in a angry manner, she cuts him off in a deserted alleyway and pushes the man numerous times. The man yet again reacts angry and pushes the woman against the fence to tell her basically leave him alone. There faces are close together and she goes into kiss him. This is the final straw for the man, pushes her and walks away from it all.

The camera then moves to the woman's face, she looks very upset and bewildered by the whole event. She then starts to run away from the scene and then goes back to the same building where she first started. Yet again she sees a man walking down the street, we then see her kick her shoe off the edge of the building in-chance of the same possible outcome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEukS2YN9B8&ob=av3e

Introduction

For my A2 media project this year, I will be creating my own music video. This will include a song of my choice from an artist of my choice is well. The artist has to be unsigned which means the band will not have a record deal or under any company. I have searched long and hard for my band and I have finally chosen the band i will be producing a music video for. I will also be creating a digipak for my band. A digipak includes a design of an album cover, a CD design and also an advert for my band. This task will take a lot of had work but also looking forward to tackling this project.