3. Pre-Production: Visual Planning
• This section is concerned with the visual planning of your music
video
• You should use this section to develop the sequencing or your video,
establish the relationship between the visuals and the track itself and
create a structure for you to follow when filming
• It is important that you ‘pre-visualise’ the video before you make it;
it will make filming and production a more streamlined process
• The following tasks are part of your visual planning
• Pre-visualisation and concept boards
• Storyboarding
• Shot list
4. Pre-visualisation/Concept Boards
• Tool for exploring the direction and visuals
• Provides inspiration and information for the “look & feel”
• Presents key moments in your video
• A means to sketch/plan ideas
• Information on colour/lighting
• Defining the “mise-en-scene”
• Include as much here as you like, but keep it relevant to the production, the
following slides have been left blank for you to approach in your own way, add
more as you need to
• Extension suggestion: edit a short sequence of clips that have inspired or
influenced your video [similar to this: http://io9.com/5941145/this-directors-
video-pitch-for-hunger-games-might-be-better-than-the-real-movie]
5. mise en scene
Colour/lighting- I might make some of the parts of the music video in colour and
the rest in black and white. For example, the ending will be in colour since the
boy at the end is good.
clothing- The characters wearing dark clothing such as hoodies at the start. When
they do their first house robbery, they wear suits and smart clothes like in
Payday 2.
props- toy gun, fake money, wallet, could use bike to get away.
Car.
Location- Either somewhere in daytime or somewhere brightly litten at night. If
at night, maybe near the train station or the everyman cinema. When robbing
the house, either my house or Joe’s house.
Distracts person to steal their bag.
6. Extension- Things that influenced my original
idea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_ad5CwQ-tw&feature=youtu.be
7. Structural breakdown
• Breakdown your track into it basic sections [e.g. intro, verse, chorus,
verse, etc] and apply broad visual ideas to each section
• You can use this as the master template for your production, then
add more shots to each section when you develop your full visual
plan
8. Structural breakdown – 1/3
Section [e.g. verse,
chorus, bridge, etc]
Approx
duration
What happens, visual elements, shots Notes of technical aspects/requirements
Copyright free
silent movie
music playing
0
minutes
0
seconds
- 0
minutes
10
seconds
shot of title card showing ‘Netsky
presents Iron Heart’
No music or
music starts when
brother goes
through to the
other brothers.
(30 seconds into
youtube video
Boy sees bills and picks it up, brings it
to brothers.
Section: 52
seconds in to
youtube video.
Sat on the bus on the way into town.
Meeting up with brothers. Talking to
them, telling them who to steal from.
Section: 1:15 into
video
Looking around for places to rob. Go
into
9. Structural breakdown – 2/3
Section [e.g. verse,
chorus, bridge, etc]
Approx
duration
What happens, visual elements, shots Notes of technical aspects/requirements
Section: 1:36-2:18 Man turns round and starts chasing after
me. Running around York
Eating Mcdonalds. Counting up all the
money. Youngest brother looks sad.
Other brother gets mad with him.
Going into shops, buying clothes shoes
etc. Blowing all the money they stole.
OR selling all the stuff that they stole in
the street.
10. Structural breakdown – 3/3
Section [e.g. verse,
chorus, bridge, etc]
Approx
duration
What happens, visual elements, shots Notes of technical aspects/requirements
2
seconds
Looking in mirror at mask
Breaks open door using a hair clip. Gives
dog a toy to distract it. I order everyone
to look through drawers and to take as
many expensive things as possible e.g
laptops, phones, money etc.
Word ‘creak’ appears on screen and
man who lives in house comes out with
a shotgun.
3:48 to the end- Tracking shot following
Ben walking to his mum’s house. Putting
an anonymous postcard full of money
through the letterbox. Shows inside the
house- the Mum is lying there dead- pills
all around her. (I would use tic-tacs)
11. people in video- Me, Joe, Ben
people getting robbed in the street- I need around 3. One chases me.
people getting robbed in house- man and kid.
Taking money, phones, etc.
Man wakes up and he has a shotgun. Shoots me.
Joe or Ben walking over to letter box. Puts an anonymous letter
through the post containing all the money. Camera pans inside the
house and the mum has killed herself.
Alternatively, an easier idea would be to film going bowling.
12. Storyboarding
• Your storyboard should bring your idea to life
• Provide an idea of the sequencing of you video
• Provides a basis for production
• Suggested online storyboard creators are:
• https://www.storyboardthat.com
• http://www.pixton.com [very complicated]
• http://www.storyjumper.com [allows you to insert your own images]
• Alternatively, hand draw or photograph your storyboard and scan or
copy to insert it onto your slides
• There are lots of tips collected together on Blackboard!
13.
14. Shot List
• Your shot list should contain the sequential breakdown of what you
need to shoot for your video – it is both a creative tool for planning
and practical tool for filming
• It should work in partnership with your storyboard
• It will be your working document when you film
• It should contain the shot number, scene number, shot description,
framing and action you will see
• It should also have information on performers in the scene and other
props, etc
• Shot list template is on Blackboard in the pre-production folder.
15. shot list
Shot number Location shot type Duration description
1 My home or Joe’s
home
point of view shot 20 secs Seeing the bills and
running over to
brothers
2 Town point of view shot
3 town point of view shot
4 town point of view shot
5 shop point of view shot stealing from a
shop- putting things
in a bag
6 Dame Judi Dench
walk- near the river
point of view shot Stealing the wallet
from someone then
running away from
them when they
realise that I have
stole from them
7 low angle shot 2 seconds me and whoever is
chasing running
16. shot number location shot type duration description
8 Mcdonalds point of view
shot
10 seconds me, Joe and
Ben in
mcdonalds
eating and
joking whilst
counting up all
the money. Ben
looks upset so
Joe starts
getting mad at
him.
9 superdry store point of view
shot
Inside a shop
looking through
the clothes
10
17. shot number location shot type duration description
my house pov shot 5 seconds me looking in the mirror
whilst putting mask on
Car pov shot driving in the car to my
house, wearing masks
and suits.
my house Entering my house by
using a hair clip to open
the door
my house pov shot Dog comes towards
door, I aim gun then
give it a dog chew
instead
my house Instructing everyone to
look through the house.
my house looking through
drawers, picking up all
the things that they can
find worth value and
putting them in a bag.
sees somone in the
house that shouts help.
The dad then comes
19. Production Group Info
• Include names, contact info, and defined roles at difference stages of
production, using a table is suggested
• I am going to be doing the filming and editing.
• Me and my friends Joe and Ben are going to be the three main actors in the
video. I am going to be filming using a GoPro.
20. Location information
• Information and images of your location[s] for filming
• You should have address details, clearance/premissions for filming,
recce photos and floorplans [including camera, equipment and
cast/crew layouts]
• Where possible, have a plan B fallback location option
• Assess each location for any issues and suggest solutions
21. Ideas for locations
Near the river in town. (Dame Judi Dench walk)
Possible issues: There may be people around that I could bump into. It is next to
the river so could be potentially dangerous. This is the place I planned to film me
running away from someone but it is very slippy at the moment so someone could
slip and get hurt. Also, there are usually people around here so if I was running
away from someone, they might think I actually did something wrong so may get
suspicious.
McDonald’s on Blake st
If not here we could go to the McDonald’s in Clifton Moor.
York train station- It is well litten hear and would look good if filmed when dark.
Possible issues- People at the train station may think that we look suspicious
which could get us in trouble.
22. Fallback location
Tenpin bowling- This is the nearest bowling alley.
Address- clifton moor centre, Stirling Rd, York YO30 4WZ
Possible issues- We are told to stop filming.
Solution- I have enough footage now anyway that I would be able to just go when
they tell me.
