Update 21

We finished the filming today. Finally done! The footage looks great, especially the ritual footage. The dusk atmosphere worked really well for us and I can't wait to see the finished product.

Update 20

This weekend we are going to be filming the final scenes of our piece. We have already started editing it together we just need the final couple of pieces. Tomorrow afternoon we are going to film the fisherman scene. This will probably take an hour or so. Then we will wait for dusk to do the ritual scene.

Update 19

Today we filmed the forest scenes. This included the ritual leader leaving the box in the forest. The hunter finding the box, the hunter throwing the box away and the 70s guy burying himself with the box. We intentionally used the same location for all of these to try to get across the cyclical nature of the box and life itself. We also intend to use the same location for the ritual, the fisherman scene and the 70s guy finding the box for the same reason. This way we go from the beach then to the forest then back to the beach then back to the forest again.

Update 18

Tonight we are going to begin filming. We have secured an empty house to film in, which Adam of Sunny with a Chance of Riot was nice enough to let us use. We are filming the 70s scene tonight, with Joel in full costume. Joel is going to bring a large halogen light and I'm going to bring a small inspection light just to be sure. Joel will drive Jim and JJ to Crumlin and I'll meet them with Adam and they can follow us back to Adam's house. If all goes to plan the footage should look great.

Update 17

Today we our continuing with our preparations to begin shooting within the next week. We have decided on locations and actors and our in the process of gathering up costumes and props, which Jim and JJ are working on. I'm continuing on with the shooting scripts for us to follow when we are shooting. This will help us work efficiently and quickly.

Update 16

We have heard back from the band in regards to our final idea, that of the box with the ritual at the start. It got a positive response so we are moving forward. The storyboard is already complete, as is the animatic. From here we need to write a shooting script and then we can begin filming.

Analysis of Video Examples from OKS

Recently we have been in communication with the band. Our Krypton Son have given us their take on their own creative process and sent through a couple of examples of what they want the video to be inspired by:

One -  This video is one of Our Krypton Son's fellow Small Town America band, More Than Conquerors. This was a video that MTH made themselves and it is very simple. However there is a beauty to this simplicity and it is really quite effective. The video is largely text based and OKS have said that they would like some text incorporated into their video, using the lyrics of Ill Wind. I don't believe that they want something fully text based as this video is but likely more with text animations over the video, perhaps for the most shocking lines such as the last.

Two - This video is from artist Ryan Hemsworth, and it is heavily animated. It is an incredibly strange and abstract video and there is no real narrative, the video only serves to heighten the impact of the song. I don't think that we could animate anything close to this level as none of us have any skill with drawing, stick figures is about our limit. However I don't think that the video needs to be fully animated. I think that OKS would be happy with using animation to highlight or contrast certain sections of the video, perhaps in a freeze frame or something similar.

Three - This video is from the band Wilco, and features no real narrative instead using thousands of pictures and cuts with practically every new note. There is some footage of the band however. It seems to have an almost home-movie quality or a tribute to the band.

Update 15

Currently we are still spitballing new ideas but I think we are getting close, we're deciding between two at the moment, the door idea and the box idea. My personal choice would be the box idea as I think this to be a darker and more abstract idea.

Ideas