Preliminary Exercise Planning
1) State the song you have chosen for your preliminary exercise.
Vandalize - ONE OK ROCK
2) Choose at least three music videos similar to your concept and watch a clip or more from each. Make bullet-point notes on everything you watch, commenting on camerawork, editing and mise-en-scene.
- Setting; desert, quite gloomy
- Costumes; people covered in blue and red
- Mysterious atmosphere
- Shots and video feel quite sombre and not extremely fast paced
- Lots of close-up shots of singers
- Fast paced editing
- Cuts to computer animated scenes
- Occasionally cuts to Sonic and the Starfall Islands
- Atmosphere and/or vibe is very solemn
- Narrative set throughout the video
- Costumes, lighting and effects reminiscent of the 1980's - nostalgic to audiences
- Setting is unknown, not in the middle of civilization
- Editing is seamless
3) Write a short music video treatment for your extract (this is basically a script for your TikTok music video). You can find an example of a treatment here. If you are making your real coursework then feel free to use the treatment from your summer project.
Multiple shots, focusing on the lead.
Cool, calm environment. Gloomy.
Scene 1:
The lead is in his room. He's drawing something on a desk while different shots cut in. Memories are flying all around, his imagination running wild. Different effects and such invade. The narrative is still intact at this point, and the effects are reinforcing that.
Scene 2:
The lead is walking outside, thinking about things; they're out and about and they stop by a tree. The effects and memories continue as they take a breather and relax. The narrative starts to shift; the lead starts to get overcome by their inner thoughts and anxiety.
Scene 3:
The lead travels back home while the effects on screen follow him back home and leave a trail. The other scenes and memories cut in and change the scene every so often. The viewer is disoriented as the effects and images on screen start to warp and lose their understanding - narrative reaches its climax.
4) Write a shot list containing EVERY shot you plan to film AND additional shots to create flexibility when editing (in a music video you will find you need FAR more shots than you think, particularly close-ups). These additional shots can be close-ups, alternative angles or something more creative. I advise using a simple table on Microsoft Word/Google Docs to set out your shot list - you can find an example here (this is from narrative filmmaking but the same format can be used for any video project).
1) Overhead shot of character in room
2) Close-up of page
3) Close-up of face
4) Close-up of eyes
5) Close-up of pencil
6) Shots of memories
7) Various more shots of memories
8) Different shots of memories
9) Low-angle shot of room
10) Shot of character leaving
11) Camera follows character
12) Long shot of location
13) More memories
14) Static, medium shots of character
15) Following shots
16) Overhead shots
17) Static shot of tree
18) Rapid angles of face
19) Medium-shot of them breaking down
20) Memory scene
21) Drone shots
22) Follows character back home
23) Slower shots
24) Dolly shot
5) Plan your mise-en-scene: what iconography are you including to ensure your audience understands the genre and style of your artist? Plan your settings, costume, make-up, props and lighting.
Costume - typical, teenage outfit; relatable to audiences
Settings - house, park, city
Make-up - not much
Props - page/pencil, phone, headphones
Lighting - lowkey, quite dark; post-processing done after
6) Plan a shooting schedule that will ensure everything is filmed by the deadline. Include when, where, who is required, planned equipment and any other aspects you need to arrange.
Thu - Sunday
Me and a family member
Planned equipment: props, camera, drone
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