Music Video Proposal

Here is my promotional music video pitch for my music video, holding ideas and outlining the narrative and editing aspects I am planning to use: 

My Video Track:

VersaEmerge - Figure It Out:


Performers:
1 female
2-3 males
1 female singer
2 guitarists
1 bassist

1 drummer


Costume:
1 female dressed in nightwear/black dress
2-3 males dressed in black
1 female singer dressed in boots/long top/leggings/exaggerated makeup
Rest of the band dressed in casual wear with black


Locations:
Leigh City Technology Academy - Lecture Theatre Stage
Leeds Castle - Maze/Cave/Gardens
Joyden's Wood - Forest Area

Narrative Ideas:
Girl is sleeping + dreaming - magic happens in dreams so can use a lot camera techniques.
Shows her dreaming/sleep walking into woods from a garden.
Comes out the other end and gets lost. 
She just can't figure out what's happening.
This gives me a good opening to what I can do.  Anything can happen in a dream, so
effectively, anything can happen in my music video.


Camera Angles:
Common shots will be used, wide shot, mid shot, over the shoulder shot ect.
Zoom Technique: (2.23-2.26)
Playing With Angles: (0.33-0.39)
Spinning Camera Technique
Steady Camera Technique (0.34-0.50)
Band Performance Angles


Editing Effects:
Cloning Effect (1.02-1.32)
Freezing Effect: (0.19-0.38)
Reverse Effect + Playing With Time (2.00-2.28)
Slow Motion Effects (0.05-0.20)
Distorted Camera Effect: (0.24-0.35)
Lighting Effect: (0.08-0.30)
Fade Out Effect (0.41-0.48)
Changing Scenes (1.47-1.55)


Style:
Confusion
Dream
Eerie

Music Video Proposal Draft

Below is a basic plan of my initial ideas for my music video:

Idea 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udnLWl8Y2x8

Performers:

·       One girl

·       Maybe some others around her, but she will be the main figure in the video.

Costume: 

·       The girl will be dressed in casual wear.

·       Maybe changing outfit into a more confused look to relate to the video.

·       Other people would be wearing strange clothes/costume.

Locations:

·       Mostly in Joyden’s Wood.

Narrative ideas:

·       Girl confused/lost in the forest

·       Everything is twisting around so nothing is what it seems (relating to song)

·       People changing.

·        

Camera Angles:

·       Mostly following the girl through woods in a story like way.

·       Use of following shots, mid shots.  A wide variety. 

·       I also have ideas of bird eye view shots, with the girl spinning round on the spot, looking up to the camera. 

·        

Editing Effects:

·       Brighter at the beginng

·       Colour could slowly fade

·       Effects could make it seem dark and eerie in the forest.

Style:

·       Confusion

Idea 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PO1XJdFA-Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IiEnO8MKDY

Performers:

·       Girl

·       Girl singing

Costume: 

·       The girl will be dressed in nighttime wear at beginning

·       Maybe changing outfit into different outfit to show she’s dreaming

·       Girl singing in casual clothes

Locations:

·       House, bedroom

·       Road ?

·       Forest

Narrative ideas:

·       Dreaming

·       Try and get footage of animals

·       Walking through a dream

·       Relationship

Camera Angles:

·       Various

·       Different angles when singer is performing

Editing Effects

 Adjust the contrast and satuation throughout to give a dream effect

Style:

·       Dream

Video Recording Exercise

Before we started making our music video remake, we did a task that helped us to learn how to use the recording equipment and different camera angles and shots.

Our task was to film a small video using a script from the film 'Falling Down'.  We hadn't seen the original clip before we started filming, so we used our own ideas for shots, angles and props.

                                          Here is the original video:

                                          This is our remade version:

                                          Here is a comparison of the two:

Overall, looking back this has giving me a good idea of the types of angles I could use for my music video and also how to use the recording equipment that we will be provided with.  I think that when I do come to recorded my music video, I should use more interesting camera angles that will keep the audience interested.


Below is the script we were provided with:

FALLING DOWN – THE BURGER BAR SCENE

WILLIAM FOSTER: Hi.

WAITRESS SHEILA: Can I help you?

WILLIAM FOSTER: I'd like a ham and cheese Whamlette, an order of Wham fries—

WAITRESS SHEILA: Sorry, we stopped serving breakfast. We' re on the lunch menu.

WILLIAM FOSTER: I want breakfast.

                       

WAITRESS SHEILA: We're not serving it.

WILLIAM FOSTER: So you said. Is that the manager? Could I speak to him, please?

WAITRESS SHEILA: Sure.  Rick, a customer would like to speak to you.

MANAGER RICK: Yes, sir.                         

WILLIAM FOSTER: I'd like some breakfast.

MANAGER RICK: We stopped serving breakfast.

WILLIAM FOSTER: I know you stopped breakfast, Rick. Sheila told me you

stopped. . . . 

Why am I calling you by first names? I don't know you.

I call my boss " mister" after   years, but I walk in here, a stranger.

   . . .and I' m calling you Rick and Sheila like we' re in an AA meeting. I don't want to be your buddy, Rick. I just want a little breakfast.                          

WAITRESS SHEILA: You can call me Miss Folsom if you want to.

MANAGER RICK: We stopped serving breakfast at   10:30  .

WILLIAM FOSTER: Have you ever heard the expression, "The customer is always right”? Well, here I am. The customer. 

 

MANAGER RICK: That's not our policy. You have to order something from the lunch menu.

WILLIAM FOSTER: I don't want lunch. I want breakfast.

                        

MANAGER RICK: Yeah, well, hey, I' m really sorry.

                         

WILLIAM FOSTER: Yeah, well, hey, I' m really sorry too!

                        

CUMSTOMER: He's got a gun! 

                       

WILLIAM FOSTER: Let's get organized! Calm down! Just calm down everybody. Sit down over there! Mister. Where are you going?

No. You sit down there, and you finish your lunch. Everybody just relax and take it easy. Eat your lunch. Please. You all need your vitamins A, B and--   

Don't! It was an accident! It's the trigger. It's sensitive. It's okay!                          It's a sensitive trigger.      

WILLIAM FOSTER: Could I have my breakfast?                         

MANAGER RICK: Yes, sir. Sheila?                         

WILLIAM FOSTER: Rick? Miss Folsom? You know what? You were right. I've changed my mind. I' m going to have some lunch. Could I have a double Whammyburger with cheese---You getting this? -Yes, sir. And an order of Whammy fries and, let's see . . .  . . .a Choco-Wham shake.                         

MANAGER RICK: Yes, sir. Sheila, get his order.                          

WILLIAM FOSTER: Rick, could you get it for me, please? I feel comfortable calling you Rick after all we've been through together.

 

WILLIAM FOSTER: How you doing? Enjoying your meal? How about you?                          Is it good? And you, ma'am? How's the food?                          

WILLIAM FOSTER: I think we have a critic. I don't think she likes the special sauce.

That's a joke. Now, here we go. Thank you. See, this is what I'm talking about.  Look at that. See what I mean? It's plump, juicy, three inches thick. Look at this sorry, miserable, squashed thing. Can anybody tell me what's wrong with this picture?

Anybody? Anybody at all?

Bloodhound Gang - Bad Touch Music Video Remake

Music Video Remake

Music Video Comparison

Evaluation:

From remaking the first part of the music video The Bloodhound Gang – Bad Touch, I have learnt many factors to using the programme Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, which is what I will be working with to make my final music video.

When we started the project, I had a fair idea about the basics of the programme.  For example, I already knew how to cut, copy, paste and delete clips through using Windows Movie Maker at home. 

However there were many things I learnt in the process of creating the clip.  When we first opened the new project, our teacher told us how to format the video to a widescreen setting to match our camera setting, and also how to import clips.

Video Effects/Editing:

I also used a couple of effects for my video.  This included adjusting the clips to crop them down, and zooming into a specific clip.  

To crop clips, I went to the Video Effects Folder in the Effects panel, Transform > Crop which allowed me to cut down clips. Using the sliders allows you too cut the clips down from each side.

I then used the Motion Panel to resize the cropped clips so that they filled the movie window.  This allowed me to match my clips to the original music video more accurately.  I used the crop and motion tools for the majority of the clips which could have slowed the production of the video down.

To create a zoom effect on a couple of my clips, I used the Motion > Scale tool.  This is a tool that lets you zoom into a clip over a time period.  This allowed me to match the original videos zoom effects.

Filming:

When we filmed the clips as a group, the main actor had to learn the lines to the song for certain clips.  In a couple of cases, these lines didn't match the real lyrics identically, therefore this made the production of the video slower.  I had to carefully cut the clips down to try and keep it lip synced, but in some cases, this was almost impossible to match perfectly.  We also missed a couple of clips out, and made up for these by using other clips.

When it did come to editing, you could really see the errors we had made.  In some clips, the camera wasn't held steady and we also wasn't clear on all of the camera angles.

I think that the actors did very well because there were a lot of actions involved in making this clip which caused laughter and did slow the filming down.  It was also very hot for the actors who had to wear the costumes.

 

I think that overall, we did well as a team in filming the video.  We had a low budget to create the costumes and props for the video, but they do work well.  Also, a majority of the group had a turn in filming at some point so that everyone has an idea of how to use the cameras.

Improvements:

I think that to improve next time in making my own music video, I will aim to keep each video clip held steady (if needed) so that the camera does not shake, or even use a camera stand.  I will also make sure that the actors who must lip sync are saying/singing the lyrics correctly, to the correct time so that it helps me to create a good music video.

When we created this music video remake, the only preparation we used was a storyboard with each clip a timeline.  To improve this we could of rehearsed beforehand and have written down a shot list.  When I create my music video, I will be using both of these and know that I will have to be patient while filming and editing my video.