Props List

The props I will need for filming my video are:

• a roll up to give the impression of the character smoking
• an ashtray to show smoking in a public environment
• menu
• fake liquor
• tumbler
• phone
• computer screen videos
• phone apps (e.g. games, texts, calls
• watch

Research For My Song Choice

At the start of this project, I was working in a group with two other members. One of whom is a member of a country band called Maple Necks. A decision was made to make a music video for a track called "Folsom Prison" by Johnny Cash as the band had done a cover version of this song. After working together for a week or so, it became apparent that we each had very different ideas for the video and the genre of the music wasn't fitting to the suggestions that some of the members came up with. Country music is not my 'cup of tea' and so the group disbanded.

Folsom Prison Blues

My next song choice was one of  my own tracks (Grand Comme Le Ciel/Reve Tombe) that I recorded. However, due to the amount of midi and sampled instruments, and the fact that none of the instruments were real, this would make it harder to locate the certain instruments used for the piece, so I decided not to continue. Also, the track went on for too long, and there were no lyrics, which made it difficult to put visuals to.


My next song choice was "A Little Piece Of Heaven" by Avenged Sevenfold



I thought about this song as it came first on my iTunes library, and has really good instrumentation (probably a whole orchestra). The instrumentation parts are almost classical, with a jazzy feel, but the lyrics are very dis-heartening.This song is heavy metal, and also too long. As well as this, the wording is explicit, and it is about Necrophilia. For these various reasons, I have decided not to use this track.

My next song choice was "Last Man Standing" by Simple Plan


While I had a brilliant idea of a script: <script>

I decided that blowing up cars wasn't the best strategy for a music video, and also expense would get in the way. So I had to abandon the idea due to the song seeming too active for my low budget shots.



In the end, I decided on "Broken Hearts Parade" by Good Charlotte. I like this band and in particular I like this track. The track length also fell within the three minute threshold. I am also familiar with the opening guitar riff of the song. I like the lyrics to this song and had various visuals come to mind for the line 'Everywhere we go, we got some skeletons to follow'. I was then told not to take the lyrics literally and to think of more original ideas.

Risk Assessment

Request for permission off Good Charlotte to use track

Animatic 1

Shot List and Filming Locations

Media Homework

This video demonstrates the use of Fish Eye in the beginning of the video, and mostly throughout. This can be seen by the singer's head bulging and the stage seeming tiny, which symbolises a small world, and being trapped. This video also uses Wide Angle, by quickly zooming from far to close on the characters in the video. This is done to show them as singled out, and then put them back in the crowd. The video also uses a shallow depth of field, again, showing the world to be small, and making effective backgrounds that are uninteresting. (e.g, posters on the walls)



This video uses over cranking, to show a dreamy, drugged effect of the reality of the police breaking in, and also fit in with the feel and tempo of the music.
The video also uses low angle on a shot of the band playing at a gig, possibly to show the expression on Axel Rose's face.


Both videos use close up shots, in the Papa Roach video it is mainly the singer, and there are a lot of close ups in the Guns N Roses video.

The Tilt Shot

This is the camera being at a weird angle, and in the video for Guns N Roses, tries to simulate a disorientated feel. This seems to be backed up by one of the characters smoking.

Ariel Shot

This is when the shot is filmed from a high equipment, for example, planes, hot air balloons, helicopters... In this video, this is used to create a more gig feel, and show the massive stage.

The "Zoom and Pan" Shot

This is the shot when a camera is panning, while zooming in to the subject. This has been used again in the Guns N Roses video, to pan across from the audience's point of view, zooming in to Slash, to emphasise him, and shoot from the audience's perspective.

Storyboarding

1. Long Shot - Scene of a bedroom showing a bed with a phone casually placed at the end - duration 5 seconds.

2. Close Up - Scene of phone receiving a message saying "Talk L8r"  - duration 5 seconds.

3. Extreme Close Up - Scene of the guitarist playing the intro riff - 7 seconds

4. Long Shot - the drummer starts up playing the beat - 6 seconds

5. Mid Shot - Unhappy faces - 3 seconds

6. Close Up - Corner of a dark room - 4 seconds

7. Mid Shot - Unhappy faces - 5 seconds

8. Close Up - Corner of a dark room - 5 seconds

9. Long Shot - guitarist is walking down a dreary corridor - 5 seconds

10. Close Up - Ragged piece of paper with Good Charlotte logo printed on - 3 seconds

11. Close Up - cut back to guitarist, pan ahead his head to reveal groups of people ignoring him - 6 seconds

12. Close Up - backpack gets thrown down to the floor - 1 second

13. Two Shot - guitarist starts to argue with one of the people ignoring him - 8 seconds

14. transition to shot 15

15. Long Shot - camera dollies past the arguing guitarist down the corridor to a part masquerade party - 2 seconds

16. Long Shot - guitarist waits at a bus stop - 3 seconds

17. Long Shot - bus approaches bus stop - 1 second

18. Mid Shot - Good Charlotte gig poster - 1 second

19. Close Up - guitarist pays for travel - 1 second

20. Mid Shot - bus moves off - 2 seconds

21. Extreme Long Shot - guitarist notices someone waving to him - 1 second

22. Long Shot - person waves at guitarist - 1 second

23. Long Shot - guitarist questionably approaches (dolly) - 1 second

24. Long Shot - camera pans to reveal Good Charlotte playing a live gig in the room - 5 seconds

25. Mid Shot - guitarist is in the band, playing the guitar - 9 seconds

26. Close Up - the singer is singing directly to the camera - 3 seconds

27. Long Shot - whiteboard displays the words: How Do We Get It Started? - 3 seconds

28. Close Up - cut back to the singer - 3 seconds

29. Mid Shot - (over-cranked) camera tilts to follow the drumsticks being thrown in the air and caught - 3 seconds

30. Close Up - drummer flams on the snare - 1 second

31. Long Shot - cut to the audience - 6 seconds

32. Close Up - guitarist in the crowd inspired by the band - 1 second

33. Long Shot - the crowd really moshing to the music - 28 seconds

34. Mid Shot - (over-cranked) the guitarist rocking out on his guitar - 7 seconds

35. Long Shot - guitarist is on his bed, looking tired - 5 seconds

36. Mid Shot - guitarist sits up and gets his phone out - 1 second

37. Close Up - guitarist texts the number that had texted at the beginning "Where r u?

38. Close Up - guitarist fiddles around with his phone, waiting for the answer - 1 second

39. Long Shot - guitarist gets his guitar out and starts mucking around, still waiting for an answer - 16 seconds

40. Close Up - the phone vibrates with a new message: Its ovr - 1 second

41. Close Up - guitarist deletes the contact - 5 seconds

42. Close Up - guitarist deletes all the photos of the contact - 5 seconds

43. Close Up - guitarist unfriends contact on Facebook - 5 seconds

44. Close Up - guitarist deletes contact off computer - 5 seconds

45. Long Shot - the drummer is playing kick and snare, with the band clapping on the snare's beat - 16 seconds

46. Mid Shot - bass player does a power slide - 1 second

47. Close Up - drummer does a drum roll - 3 seconds

48. Long Shot - guitarist enjoying himself in the audience - 33 seconds

49. Long Shot - final shot of the dreary corridor (fade out) - 22 seconds

Treatment