2. Artist/band/track
• In 2002 Ben started a band with friends but it didn't work out as they had a limited number of instruments which
prevented them from progressing the band.
• But ben decided to not let this stop his dream. He spent the next 6 years learning Guitar, Piano, Music Theory, FLStudio
7, Mixing and Producing. And now he has 5 albums out, unfortunately he still hasn't had a big break and been signed.
• Ben uses a range of genre within his albums as he likes the variety and freedom of his work. His influences include:
Force 5, Linkin Park, The Roosevelts, Relient K, As I Lay Dying, Lemon Demon, The Flashbulb, Atlantic, Etc.
• He lives in the U.S in a place called ‘Emily’. I don't know his age for defiant but he seems to be late teens early
twenties.
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3. Short summary (treatment)
• I am creating a music video for an unsigned track called ‘I don't live here’. I choose this track
is it has two different sides to it, Happy / lively and creepy/lonely. Because of this unusual
combination I thought that it would a very interesting track to work. Because it has two
genre’s I’m going to make the video from footage for the lonely side and animation/stop
motion for the lively part. This means that I can experiment with lots of different techniques.
The other thing that made this attract appeal to me was the lyrics it had. I thought they were
really honest and open but also gave me a lot of freedom. The lyrics talk about he’s ‘ special
place’, the imagery place he goes to when he gets stressed and fed up. Form looking at the
front cover, A big tree in open scenery, I decided to bass the many scene in an open
field/scenery. I also got pictures of trees and flowers and clouds. I'm going to add a ‘cartoon’
effect to all my pictures and also draw some of my own images in. This will emphasize that he
is only imagining this place, that it is not the real world. For the footage I am going to film it in
the evening and preferably when its raining to add to the misery he is feeling. I edited the
track to lengthen it to help strengthen the beginning and end to the narrative. The main
influences of my idea was the opening credits to the film ‘Juno’. The style is not exactly the
same as I want but it does give a good basis for it. The other inspiration i had was from the
new film ‘Alice in wonder land’. This magical land has given me plenty of idea’s to create a
magical imagery excape.
4. You cant get here by plane or car
in fact its really much to far
this wide, expansive far off land
that nobody quite understands
except all of my closest friends
cant see where the horizon ends
where reality ends and my thoughts begin
welcome to this place,
its beautiful but only in my mind
there's trees to climb and clouds to chase
and naught is seen, of all I've left behind.
welcome to, my special place
its where I can find peace
it sure is nice to visit
but sadly I don't live here
this is my, my special place
just look at, all this sky
and everything that grows here
but sadly I don't live here.
I don't live here.
this is my, my special place
just look at, all this sky
and everything that grows here
but sadly I don't live here.
Starts off with 10 seconds of
silence. This is where the guy is
walking down the dark streets
back home. I will use the foot
step, car and rain noises in this
section.
The lyrics don't start until 1
minute 25 seconds into the
song. As the lyrics run through
the animation is going to show
the guy looking around seeing
all these beautiful things
happening to the scenery, such
a giant flowers, friendly
bumblebee’s and butterfly’s.
The point of view will change
throughout. Half of it will be
from his p.o.v, the other parts
will be looking on to him
exploring the scenery
It is going to end with him
opening his eye’s. It goes back
into footage rather than
animation. This is where he
wakes up back into reality, but
he has a more positive attitude
at this point. His still going to be
grumpy but he see’s glimpse of
things in his room which were in
his imaginary world ( such as a
butterfly) which gives him hope.
I’m going
to keep all
my
animation
to the
timing of
the beat.
Starts zooming into the cloud as
if leaving the imaginary world.
Looks
around the
land
Sitting in the cloud,
watches a train and car
fly past and disappear
Looks at
the sun
Tree’s start to grow
random fruits and things.
The clouds start moving
and have expressions
Flower start popping up
all over the scenery
Giant flowers start
appearing and leaves fall
from tree’s
6. production schedule /crew
• I am making the video on my own. I have found a friend outside college to act in
the video.
I have already taken my photographs for the animation.
• I'm going to take test footage within the next couple of weeks and soon after that
will take the final footage.
• After the footage is done I will begin creating the animation on the computer.
I think it will take me 3 or 4 weeks to create the animation.