Planning and Pre-Production

Unit 12: Specialism Documentary

Contents

o Production Schedule
o List of questions for each interviewee
o Script
o Props List
o Location Recces
o List of items downloaded with references
o Clearances and Confirmations
o Contingency Plan
 Production Schedule
Please include location, time of film, what you are filming and teams members
including actors

Date:16th - 24th
Monday Tuesday Wednes Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Brief Research Research Research Research Research Research
on hip on hip on hip hop on hip on hip hop on hip
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videos videos music videos music
videos videos

Date:25th - 1st
Monday Tuesday Wednes Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Planning Script script script script script script
production
schedule
Contingency Location Props Downloaded Clearances
plan recce list footage and
confirmation

Date:2nd - 8th
Monday Tuesday Wednes Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
script filming filming filming filming filming filming
Script
From Queen to Michael Jackson to lil Yatchy music Shot of me introducing in a
videos have been an important part of any studio, pictures of artist I talk
musician's career. But like the music, the videos about slide on and off
need to up to date with the time appealing to
what people want to see. But of course, this
Animation of time line zoom out
changes all the time leaving us with a very from 2017
interesting history of music videos. So, the first ever
music video was by (scratch that sound effect) Scratch that visual effect (or
Well actually before music videos Top of the Pops rewind)
Lead the market with live performances that Top of the pops slides in and out
would be aired on TV. Some would say that this is with short clip of TotP
where music videos originated from. This new way
for artists to share their new songs was also one of Shot back to me at the studio
their biggest incomes after record labels and
albums.

The first music video released in tv was in fact a UK Me at the studio switches to
band The Buggles in 1981 ironically called "Video video of music video with MTV
killed the radio star" Released on MTV. This logo sliding in
spawned a whole world of ideas directors and Back to the studio
artists to use. But almost 20 years before the
Beetles released Strawberry Fields Forever, this
The beetles video (shots of the
colourful video shows great progress in how far
editing)
music videos have changed from early 40s
music videos. Smooth cinematic shots and
well shot camera angles create a more movie
style to the music video. There is also lots of
good editing techniques which gets used a lot
today. For example, the cut-out heads and
the transitions used to with cut out heads, the
cut to the beat editing is something that
almost every music video will use today
ranging from pop to rock n roll. One artist to
put his landmark in the history of music videos Quick snip its of thriller
is Michael Jackson - Thriller, this dramatic,
realistic, amazingly choreographed music
video changed how music would be made. Number $900,000 flying across,
then image of set when
This thrilling video cost up to $900,000 for
recording, screen shot of
shooting, editing and paying people, being editing, shot of people getting
the most expensive video at the time. paid.

The idea that music videos could also be big

money productions and not just a way to sell
the artist but give meaning to the songs

Picture of album cover

The Next video to really push directors and Changes to shots of the music
editors was Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer, videos
this video was actually lots of photos, this is
called a stop motion, it was the first ever stop
motion used as a music video, and boy did it Images of the MTV awards won
work, it won a total of 9 MTV awards as well as
its the most played video on the channel. The
happy, wacky and colourful editing makes the
video eligible for any age which helped get it
consumed to so many people.
Hip Hop In writing, changes to
The first ever hip-hop music video was by shots of the album then music
video
Sugarhill Gang called rapper's delight in 1980. Show how it looks like disco
While the song was Hip Hop the video had a comparing it to disco videos
very pop/ disco feel making it seem very Image of family and image of
commercialised. While so many new fun, friends sliding across
family friendly music where videos coming out,
Show some of the issues people
Hip Hop was a genre of music starting to make had in the 80s to 90s with police,
music videos in a different way. They would poverty etc.
use different filming and editing techniques to
portray their own message. To show the
lifestyle, issues and corruption in their lives and Show images of the happy
videos
country. While artists like MC Hammer in 89
made very happy looking videos some artist Show images and clips of the
went for a different route later on. For dark times.
example, gangster's paradise by Coolio was a
very rough looking video. Lots of dark shots
creating tension. This video is actually majority
a film called dangerous minds released1995. Images of NWA members
The song later became the soundtrack for the
video which helped show people how far hip Image showing NWA broke up
hop can go.
Video of the music video
Something that changed hip hop was the
argument between the remaining members of Video of the movie with NWA
NWA and Ice Cube, this changed hip hop reaction of the video
and the music videos would be shot. After a
heated argument Ice Cube left the group Images of Biggie and Tupac
resulting to him and them having multiple diss
tracks, the idea is to make the song and the
video with it to emotionally harm the other Quick shot of sugar hillgang
person as much as possible as well as bait and quick shot of Tupac and
biggie
them out.

Biggie smalls and Tupac did this multiple time.

Tupac even hired an actor to play biggie
smalls in the song 'hit em up' making the video
even more personal. The change from the old Sped up snippets of Kendrick,
Sugarhill Gang style with a happy, commercial joey badass, Vince staples, J
Cole, Asap music videos
look is a huge change to what artist like Tupac
started to do, and this later influenced
thousands of hip hop artists in later in life. Images of the east and west
Tupac and Biggie Smalls are seen as two of rivalry.
the biggest in the game splitting the nation
between East and West coast. After being Biggie smalls before I die album
good friends the two resulted to gangs and cover
music to settle their differences leaving them Dead wrong album cover
both sadly dead.

Biggie smalls had some very influential music Shot of gritty parts of the song
videos before his death, one being with
Eminem called dead wrong with a very
gangster old school feel. This video shows us
there rich, famous lifestyle, performing on
stages, dancing with lots of women and guns.
As well as this it shows us poverty, gritty and
corruption in their lives. They do this to help
show awareness of the old lives they lived and
what people are living like now, this also shows
the progression in their life and where they
came from which is often rapped about in
videos. The urban old school look with Shots of ja rule music video and
sometimes a narrative showing sketchy other early 2000s music videos
situations people have been in similar to
Coolio's gangsters paradise.

Shots of him getting arrested

Shopts of man in prison and

woman at home

Kayne west albums/ photos

turns to gold digger music video
This old school, rough, gritty videos started to
change in the 2000s with technology making Quick shot of Sugar hill gang
quality and editing better. Things like high end
camera equipment and props to make hip
hop videos very high end. Instead of rough
editing they would use slow cinematic shots Pic of soulja boy and the album
and shots blurring into the other giving it a cover.
clean feel, but the cut to the beat editing
gives you that old school hip hop feels for
example in Ja Rule Feat. Lil' Mo & Vita - Put It
Pic of the guy and girls sharing it
on Me they use the slow cinematic shots to help
show the love story behind the song, the police
arrest the man in the video at the start to shows
that this happens a lot and that family's and
girlfriends are left alone while men get arrested. Picture of the album/ crew
This is something common in the culture. In the Video of the song

music video and song is a great way to show

this. Shakey parts/ funny parts

Kayne West is an artist who really pushed hip Horse part

hop music videos with production quality in
2005. This video was a high-end hip hop music
video created a hole chain of music videos Photo of odd future changes to
copying the style. The studio looks with video of 'Rella'

different colours, lights and panned shots gives

hip hop that commercial feel again.

Soulja boy released a song in 2009 called crank

that which had a very new different style. They
video starts with these boys dancing and singing
the song and telling their dad what it is, it then
goes to some girls sharing it on social media,
this is something new for music videos let alone
hip-hop ones. This is done to make you feel like
you should share it around

Odd future 'Rella' released in 2012 was a video

that had a very out of the ordinary music video.
The song is by Tyler, Hodgey and Domo. The
Fun editing with shaky camera goes well with
the fast beat and funny lyrics. They edit Tyler to
look like half horse half man, for a comedic look.
The way they would have done this is by making
multiple layers of premier pro. This defiantly
something not done in the past, at least not in
music videos.

Artists like lil peep and Asap have a very modern

unique style which almost every musician have
since copied. This includes a very trippy
colourful video with colours merging and shots
fading through colours.
 Location Recce
Please produce a location recce for EVERY location used

Insert photo of location (do not draw)h Type of room/area: Strudio

Location Address:

: Deanfield Ave, Henley-on-

Thames

Sat Nav details (Post code):

RG9 1UH

Nearest Train Station:

Henley station

Nearest Bus stop: x80

Lighting Information: If I do film in the Solutions:

green screen the lighting is really good
so shouldnt be any issues

Sound Information: also is a very good Solutions:

place to record as has lots of fabric to
stop echo

Power Information Solutions:

batteries

Hazards Solutions:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2AitTPI Quick snip of Michael's music video

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJyin- Quick snip of lil yatchys music video

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh8j5Rn Shows us big changes in Hip Hop Music videos

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ch?v=gwpFaU7FwtQ Biggie smalls eminem

https://www.youtube.com/wat tupac
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https://www.youtube.com/wat WORST SECTION X SKEP

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https://www.youtube.com/wat Ja Rule - put it on me

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https://www.youtube.com/wat Kayne West Gold digger

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https://www.youtube.c Odd Future - Rella

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Clearances and Confirmations

If you are filming somewhere that requires permission, please obtain

permission and paste the confirmation below.

Contingency Plan
What are your plans for if something goes wrong? What back up actors,
locations and equipment do you have?

In case I dont get permission to film in the studio then I will take the
equipment home to record in my bedroom, I also have a small recording
room with acoustic panelling making it to get a nice recording sound with no
echo