Video Project

In these times where everyone feels a bit disconnected, I want to make a video that shows we are all still playing and part of the same team!

What I would like is for everyone to send me a video – you can make it on a phone, laptop, gopro or whatever. The setting should be in your practice space (one you don’t mind showing the world!). If any students are uncomfortable being in a video, shoot it from behind the bell with your point of view. If you don’t want it to be in your house, do it out in the street! Or the park (at a safe distance from others…)

Please shoot in landscape – horizontal camera, not vertical as you might on a phone!

The plan is for everyone to play a one beat, two beat, and four beat note on each note they know. I will then edit it together to make a song. I’d really like everyone to be involved – I think it would be really cool. I’d like to be able to show it to the rest of the school community too.

Percussionists, you can maybe hit a few things! Dustbin lids? Saucepans? Metal railings? Your letterbox? Be creative…

Videos should be no longer than 2 minutes, and you can email it to rwpsband@gmail.com and I’ll see what I can do with it!

So, to be completely clear:

  • Participation is optional but encouraged 🙂
  • You can shoot inside or outside your house, showing as much or as little as you like – a plain wall background is fine, or your living room, or garden, or street.
  • You can be in the video, or shoot it from an angle which shows the back of your head, or just your instrument in your hands. Do wear something suitable – plain clothes are fine, just not your PJs or anything silly like that.
  • The video will be located on an unlisted youtube channel, meaning only those with the link can see it. I would like to have it both on this page, but also on Compass for the school community to view for a limited time, so keep that in mind when choosing whether you are ok with being in the shot.
  • No student will be in shot for more than about 3 seconds after editing (but I’d still like to receive up to 2 min footage with all their notes, so I can work out a melody)
  • For privacy reasons, no personal names (except mine) will be listed on the video, its description, or any attached documentation.
  • Please shoot in landscape (horizontal camera) not vertical!

Here is a great example from the #1 Brass Band in the world – The Cory Band from Wales. (we won’t have the fancy split screen, but I love the way it shows the band’s sense of community and enjoyment of music)