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.

Video 1

- Setting; desert, quite gloomy

- Costumes; people covered in blue and red

-  Mysterious atmosphere

- Shots and video feel quite sombre and not extremely fast paced


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.

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.

Scene 3:

The lead walks 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.

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). 


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. 


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. 

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