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Audience Research A.R

Audience Research - Indie Scenesters

Our chosen audience is Indie Scenesters, and the reason for this is they will be the ones who this genre of music will appeal to and what they will take an interest. As we are trying to recreate an indie video, it would help to base it on what the Indie Scenesters are interested in so it makes it look like a realistic indie video. We have heavily based our video around a guitar band and focusing on the guitars, the reason for this is because it is what the indie scenesters are interested in what they have a craze for. We will also have to include costumes that consists of vintage clothes, skinny jeans etc... or even trousers due to the fact that these types of clothes are consistently used in the indie industry. 
Another factor was that they support independent artists, and as we have decided upon going for a Courteeners song, this therefore lead to our decision of choosing to try and appeal to the indie scenesters. 

Band Members For Our Video

Band Members For Our Band

Derry Foran (Lead Singer/Guitarist) - 

We have chosen to use Derry as the 'Liam Fray' of our group due to the fact that he looks like he would fit in the indie scenesters genre. This helps us because it allows us to make a realistic music video as he fits in, as well as it helping to appeal to our chosen audience. As our aim is to appeal to our audience, we felt that choosing someone different who didn't fit that certain category would ruin the certain look that we were going for. Furthermore, we felt that this would help a lot by picking derry as our lead singer because he listens to The Courteeners already and is a fan of their work. This means that he will know the lyrics and therefore he will be able lip sync at a higher standard in comparison to if we had someone who had never heard of the song beforehand. As he is a confident performer, and our video is a 'performance' video, it goes hand in hand together because it means that he will be able to do a variety of things that we require him to do because he isn't shy.

Finn Reaney (Lead Guitar) -

We decided upon choosing Finn to be the bass guitarist because he also looks like a realistic band member of the Courteeners. He also has some experience with playing guitars which makes it easier as it won't be a new thing for him. Finn's appearance also makes him suitable for the bass guitarist as he will fit in with the band  and won't look out of place. In addition, he is also a Courteeners fan likewise is Derry which means he will feel more comfortable playing the song that we have chosen.

Will Jones (Bass) -

As will is in the group and is a bass player, we decided that it would be best if he was one of the performers as it meant he would be on the stage and it would make things easier to rearrange on stage as he would be up there. As we struggled to think of band members who would suit being in the band that we are trying to 'create', we felt that the simplest way to do this would be to just include Will in our band.

Ali Lord (Keyboard) -

At first we didn't consider having anyone playing the keyboard in the song, however after thoroughly thinking about it and listening to it, we realised that you could evidently hear it included and that it was important in the song. Therefore we chose Ali to play the keyboard as we felt that this was necessary and that he would fit in with the song and the rest of the band members.

George Cartwright (Drummer) - 

He is now our chosen drummer after changes had to be made. Originally we had chosen Ollie Dennis to be our drummer as he was in our group, however, after a group agreement we decided that it would be better if he worked on his on. This lead to us choosing George as our drummer because he fits the role and has some experience. Although the other two members both have experience in their instrument, we felt that choosing a drummer with experience was the main area we had to make sure was correct due to the fact that we want them to look in rhythm and sync with the song. Along with that, his appearance also helps to ensure that he fits in with the band look which is what we are aiming to be consistent with.

Band Members

Band Name & Biography A.R

The Band & Its Background

Band Name - The Franks 

Biography - The band members have known each other since they were all ten years old. All members of the band are from Lutterworth: Foran and Dennis attended Lutterworth College in Lutterworth, Leicester, while Finn Reaney attended Countesthorpe in Leicester, and Sam Green attended Beachump College.

At first Foran studied accounts at University, however soon realised it was a lot harder than he thought and not what he wanted to do. Therefore he chose to study Creative Writing as he enjoyed writing poetry and short stories, but not reading. While at the University of Nottingham (studying Creative Writing), Foran started performing acoustic sets as a singer-songwriter around bars and at open-mic nights in Leicester. After getting positive reactions from the crowd, Foran decided to leave University and form a band. Derry recruited long-time friend and neighbour Finn Reaney, who had never played the drums before. They played as 'Derry Foran' until Green and Dennis joined the band.

Their first gig was at the Leicester O2 Academy in October 2006, and the band went from strength to strength in Leicester and now that strength has expanded, largely through a word-of-mouth following brought on by extensive gigging and television publicity. The Franks released their debut single "Cavorting" on 6 August 2007 by Loog Records. A second single, "Acrylic" was released on 22 October 2007 reaching number 44 in the UK Chart.

25 Word Pitch

25 Word Pitch

Genre Of Music For Our Video A.R

Our Decided Genre

We have decided as a group to stick to the the genre that we are most familiar with which is indie. The reason for this is because we have the most understanding about this genre so we can go into more detail and will be interested in researching into more depth of that genre. We also instantly have more knowledge of this type of music video because we have all viewed them at home in our own time which means we have an understanding of the common themes that are shown in these videos. It also made it easier because all three of us are interested in this type of music, and therefore it is going to make it easier when it comes to the point when we need to decide what song we are going to be doing.