Unit 29: Music Video Production

Pre-Production Booklet for Music Video

Name: Joe Walley
Order of contents (italics show areas you must add in yourself)
Song
Lyrics
Meaning of the song
Storyboard
Script
Mood board
Props list
Locations
Shooting schedule
Call sheet
Risk assessment
Clearances
Rules for your production
Your potential track must conform to the following criteria:
1. It must provide opportunities for original and creative ork
!. It must have a clearly definable target audience
". It must be generically identifiable i.e as clearly belonging to a
particular genre#sub#genre
$. it must be of digital %uality and in an appropriate format for
capturing to &dobe Premiere Pro CS'
'. (he track must have been missed and recorded to a high
standard) including if using an independent artist *e.g. local band+
,. -ou need to be able to prove you have checked onership and
have sought permission to use the track.
Your choices will need to:
1. .e filtered out by your teacher if unsuitable *please anticipate the
likely /secondary/ audience at 0enley *parents) younger children)
principle etc+
!. Inspire the group to make a creative) original music video that uses
and#or challenges conventions
". .e suitable for broadcast on mainstream music television so
1 2o searing
1 2o se3ually aggressive language#imagery
1 &void drug related lyrics#imagery
Song
Song title
Pretty Scars (acoustic)
Artist
Dan Noble
Genre
Indie / Alternative Rock
What are the conventions of music videos from this genre?
The generic conventions of alternative rock music videos in relations to the visuals
are usually amplified or disjuncture.
There are various shot in alternative rock music videos, especially on the band, these
shots are:
- Close ups of band members and their instruments
- long shots of the band
- hand held shots
- POV
- Establishing shots
Mise-En-Scene
The costumes for alternative rock tend to be casual and carefree, jeans, t-shirts etc.
Theres usually a reoccurring colours but not always, tend to be reds, blues and
blacks
The lighting is typically natural and low-key and stays the same throughout; it fits in
with the environment of where its shot. High key lighting is rarely used in less the
conventions are being challenged.
Props are usually very basic and are only there to keep the ideology of
disestablishmentarianism.
The themes tend to highlight negative issues, such as
pain/depression/anxiety/addiction, but there are others that break this convention.
How are you going to meet these conventions in your video?
Style (in-concert and as live footage; animation (stop motion, digital); interpretative; narrative;
impressionist; surrealist; pastiche; parody; referencing; homage)
Narrative in the style of disjuncture
Costume
Standard everyday clothing to stick to the convention
Lighting
Daylight lighting, may change to more natural light
Locations
A bench in a park
Open fields
A bedroom
In a car
Shot types
Close ups
Over the shoulder
Reverse shots
Mid shots
Wide angle
Establishing
Research
What music videos have you watched to research your genre?
Radiohead Just
The Killers Mr. Brightside
Nirvana
R.E.M everybody hurts
Blink-182 Adams song
How have these videos influenced the decisions made? Include screen shots of the key
influences
My two main influences have to be
Radiohead Just
and
R.E.M Everybody hurts.
They influenced me because they boy have a narrative styled
music video and although they would be described as disjuncture,
in my opinion they would in some ways be Amplified as the video
emotional relates to the video.
They both include subtitles to describe the conversations and
thoughts of the actors, witch I may include
Lyrics
Meaning of the song
Does the song have a meaning? If so, what is it?
The song is written so that it can be interpreted differently to different people,
therefore having different meanings.
But the underlying meaning and influence is about some who is moving on in life to
start there knew chapter. The song is in the perspective of someone who is
witnessing this. The idea of Pretty Scars means that even though this person has
stuff from there past they will not be judged on it; Its in the ground, whats in the
past cant follow you .
Also scares are something that are just on the surface, hence the ling These pretty
scars, but they wont hurt and they wont bleed, whats underneath cant be touched
How will your visuals relate to the song? (Illustrate, Amplify or Disjuncture)
Originally I wanted to show a story for the video that sort of related making the video
Amplified; but then I decided as the song is the acoustic version I wanted to fill the video with
shots of people moving on and I wanted it to be natural lighting from outside in the country or
in rural old buildings. This would still keep the video Amplify but leaning more towards
disjuncture.
Say that though I would like to have some parts of the lyrics shown on screen in a way that
the characters are writing it themselves.
Storyboard
Insert your storyboard here
Props List
What props / models / furniture etc will you need to make your music video?
Production Name:
Producer:
Item Script page Description Character/location Notes
Cup 1 A cup that can
used to pour out
the writing
Any/rural building on
Henley college
Guitar 2 Guitar being
carried
Harry/ pathway on
Henley college
Location recce
Shooting Schedule for production:
4eek Monday (uesday 4ednesday (hursday 5riday Saturda
y
Sunday
1 Shooting
to do the
riting
and
photos
6dit first
part
! Re1shoot
if needed
Look for
ne
locations
if needed
5ilm second
part at the
skate park
6dit
second
part
Re look
over and
edit
anything
that
needs
changing
" Shoot
final part
6dit final
part
Re shoot
if needed
$ shoot if
e3tra
footage
needed
7verlap
time
7verlap
time
overlap
time
7verlap
time
Call Sheet
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Production< Pretty scars
Client Information< Music
video for ne band
Location<
0enley college and
surrounding area
Cast and Cre<
=oe alley
=asper lynch
9an noble
0arry
5reddie taylor
Role<
9irector and riter
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musician
&cting) musician and
advisor
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&rt design director
Phone 2umber<
2#a
Production Re%uirements<
(o fit the conventions laid out in pre1
.rief<
production
7ther Information<
Risk assessment of venue
Complete risk assessment for the shooting locations
KEY:Activity :Descrie the component part of your pursuit!"a#ard : List the
things you anticipate might cause harm or the things associated $ith your activity
that have the potential to cause harm! Consider the likely harm! Risk: Assess the
risk as either " %"igh&' ( %(edium& or L %Lo$&! )hen concluding your assessment
consider all of the circumstances! *recautions: Consider $hat
you could do to minimise + negate the risk! ,n *lace: )ill the
precautionary measures e in place at the time of the activity-
Revie$ Date: )hen $ould it e reasonale to revie$ your assessment-
Rememer it might e $hilst you are undertaking the activity!
Revie$er: .ame of the person responsile for completing the risk assessment!
A copy of this form should be taken on the activity or visit by the Reviewer.
Clearances
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and old
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Any type of
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carefully
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Yes
Please leave this section blank:
Risk Assessment checked y: .ame 5555555555555555555!! Signed
5555555555555555555! Date 55555555
,nsert copy of email sent to record lael re6uesting permission for the use of
chosen song