Music Video

The other day our group met to decide what band we will create our music video for. We talked and looked up a few local NC bands and decided to make it for the local Wilmington band Wax Lips. I know the drummer, Xander, of Wax Lips through my DJing ventures. I worked with Xander and his small production company to put on an charity event at Sandbar to raise money for a homeless shelter. I have stayed in contact with him this past year and met his band one summer afternoon at a BBQ at his house. All the guys are young and cool. Wax Lips also has a very eye catching style with neon yellow, green,orange and pink clothes and guitars and sunglasses. They say they are like the new Glam Rock style pumped full of energy. We listened to their myspace recordings and we decided to use their song entitled "Buzz Kill" which is about a girl who broke the heart of the singer.. I think. The sound is very grungy, similar to Perl Jam. Its a good classic rock sound with a look that is new, flashy and with exciting color. We still need to do allot of planning but we have an ruff idea of what we are going to create. When I was telling the group about the last time I hung out with the band during the summer, they all took out their instruments and started playing a few cover songs on their back porch deck, and having a good time during this day party. We want to incorporate the fun relaxed style of the band doing that type of thing, playing at a daytime cookout party, and then getting into their big orange van and then performing at their show that night. We also want to incorporate a hot girl on a separate story-line. The girl will be the girl that the song is talking about. I want to incorporate the beautiful NC beach that we have here into the video, and will most likely have our girl start off tanning at the beach and then make her way to the party and then the show. The band's name is called Wax Lips and i want to incorporate that into the video by ending it with the girl kissing the camera and then leaving a neon color lipstick print on the last frame. I am very excited to direct my very first "Film" and really think that we will come away from this project with a great music video that can really help Xander and Wax Lips!!!