pre production/planning

1. Pre-Production
Elisabeth Banks

2. • What are you making? (explain what you have been asked to do) I am
producing a music video and album cover. The video will be filmed from a
first person perspective.
• Why? (What is the purpose of making your Film) Due to covid-19 and
lockdown, we haven’t been able to leave the house much in the past year.
My idea behind the video is to create a sense of freedom, joy, happiness
etc. A day at by the coast is a fun trip that everyone loves so my video will
be set in this location to help me achieve my goal.
• Who is it for? (Audience) This video is for anyone who has felt the effect of
not being free due to the covid lockdowns. This is because the video will
bring back those free and fun feelings that have been lost in many.
• Where will it appear/on what? (How will audience see it) The music video
will be uploaded onto YouTube along with the teaser video.
Reflection:

3. Equipment List
To film the footage for my video I will be using my iPhone attached to a head mount. I
will be using these as this will allow me to get the first person perspective footage that
I want.
I will be using the adobe premiere pro software to put together and edit my music
video and I will be using the adobe photoshop software to create my CD cover.

4. All Production Resources
To film the video I will be using an iPhone along with a head mount. My iPhone will give me
the good quality footage that I need without a heavy camera and the head mount will allow
me to get the first person perspective footage that I want.
I plan on having 3 locations throughout the video, those being my house, car, and the coast.
In my house I may film in a bedroom, kitchen, hallway, stairs. In the car I will film some of the
Journey. At the coast I will film in the arcades, on the beach, walking around, getting food.
Depending on the weather, the outfit for the friend figure will be bright and summery to fit the
Vibes of the rest of the video. For props I will need a bucket and spade for sandcastles, coins
and coin bucket for the arcades, candyfloss, donuts and other common seaside foods.

5. Personnel
I will have my parents helping me with the filming for this project. They
can give me access to the main locations by driving me there. They can
also help with the filming as I will most likely be the performer in the
video, one of them can have the head mount on for the camera. I will
need to organise a date and time where they are not working in order for
this to be possible. I will be the main performer in this video instead of the
person with the head mount because I want to have a friend figure in the
video.

6. I plan on using a first person perspective
camera shot like these
I plan on including eating clips using
seaside foods
I plan on including clips of some
seaside activities like these

7. Shot List
When filming I will be using a first person perspective, aka a POV shot for the whole
video. This is so I can fully get across the feelings of being free and having fun through
the footage like I want to. Using a POV shot will also increase viewer engagement as it
places the viewer as the person in the video.

8. Production Group Info
Name Contact Info Role In Production
Angela Phone:
07538612174
To possibly use the
head mount and
camera if a
performer is
needed in the
video.
Anton Phone:
07419823438
To provide
transport to the
location, technical
support, helping
with props and
catering.

9. CD Cover Design Ideas

10. Storyboard

11. Storyboard

12. Storyboard

13. Storyboard

14. Storyboard Examples
Page 2, square 5 Page 3, square 4
Page 2, square 1
Page 4, square 5
Page 2, square 3

15. Structural Breakdown
Intro:
• Just music playing
• Start with person just waking up on a
bright sunny morning, maybe turning
off an alarm or checking the time etc.
• Duration: 00:17
Verse 1:
• Lyrics – “Summer's gone, day's spent
with the grass and sun”
• POV of the person getting up and
heading downstairs
• Lyrics - “I don't mind, to pretend I do
seems really dumb”
• Flicks between different walking
clips with different floors till they
reach downstairs
• Lyrics - “I rise as the morning comes,
crawling through the blinds”
• POV of opening the curtains
downstairs
• Lyrics- “I shouldn't be up at this
time, but I can't sleep with you there
by my side”
• Short snappy POV clips of making
breakfast etc.

16. Structural Breakdown
Chorus 1:
• Lyrics – “Wake up it’s a beautiful
morning”
• Getting into car/start of car journey
• Lyrics - “The sun shining for your
eyes”
• Car journey
• Lyrics – “Wake up, it’s so beautiful”
• Arriving at the coast, getting out the
car – quick snappy clips
• Lyrics – “For what could be the very
last time”
• POV pan around of the main area.
Verse 2:
• Lyrics – “Twenty five, don’t recall a
time I felt this alive”
• POV clip of walking down onto the
beach OR down the main street
area.
• Lyrics – “So wake up boo, there’s so
many things for us to do”
• POV clip of Running down to the
water
• Lyrics – “Its early so take your time,
don’t let me rush you please"
• POV clip of person doing sea side
activity.
• Lyrics - "I know I was up all night, I
can do anything, anything,
anything"
• POV clip of another sea side activity
OR food

17. Structural breakdown
Chorus 2:
• Lyrics - "Wake up, it's a beautiful
morning"
• Short POV clip of walking to new
location
• Lyrics - "The sun shining for your eyes
Wake up, it's so beautiful
For what could be the very last time"
• POV clips of doing a new activity
Bridge:
• Lyrics - "wake up, wake up
wake up, wake up
wake up, wake up
wake up, wake up"
• POV clips of eating/ getting the food
Verse 3:
• Lyrics - "But you can't blame me now for
the death of someone
But you can't blame me now for
The death of someone"
• POV clip of beach activity
• Lyrics - "But you've gonna say, what
wanna say
You have to put the death in everything"
• POV clips of beach activity
Final Chorus:
• Lyrics - "Wake up, it's a beautiful
morning, The sun shining for your
eyes, Wake up it's so beautiful, For
what could be the very last time"
• Ending 1: POV clips of on the beach
with one final shot panning out
backwards from the performers
showing them and the scenery, this
will also be the CD cover, linking the
two together.
• Ending 2: POV clips of the journey
back home, more short and snappy
type clips then the start journey,
creates a loop between start and
end.

18. Contingency Planning
Potential Issue Effect on
Production
Solution Person
Responsible
Full storage on
camera/phone
Unable to film Make sure there is a
significant amount of free
storage before filming day
Technical crew
Bad weather Could prevent filming,
could make the footage
not look as good.
Check the weather in
advance and plan to film
on the best day. Have
another day as backup in
case the weather
changes.
Production manager
Camera/phone battery
failure
Unable to film Bring a spare battery or
portable charger.
Technical crew
Crew member sudden
unavailability
Would be missing a
member
Have someone as backup
that can fill in for them.
Production manager
Transport unavailable Would not be able to
reach location
Have a backup vehicle
available
Production manager

19. Contingency Planning
Potential Issue Effect on
Production
Solution Person
Responsible
Speaker battery failure Unable to have audio
playback
Make sure speaker is fully
charged and bring a spare
one.
Technical crew
People getting in the
way/overcrowding (in
public)
Interrupts filming, if too
crowded could prevent
filming all together.
Plan ahead to film on a
quieter day such as a
weekday instead of a
weekend.
Production manager
Unable to park near or at
location
Would affect accessibility Check in advance, reserve
a parking space if
possible, be prepared to
drop off and park
elsewhere if necessary
Production manager
The filming location being
inaccessible
Filming would not be able
to take place
Check in advance that the
location is available and
have a backup location.
Production manager

20. Risk Assessment
Location Risk Probability Impact Solution
Beach A piece of equipment falls into
the sea.
Low High Ensure that the camera
is properly attach to the
head mount, ensure that
any other equipment is
being held safely and
tightly.
Arcade Filming could be stopped due to
lack of permission/permits etc
Low Medium Ensure that the
workers/owner knows
that filming is taking
place/request access to
film in the location.
Seaside town Traffic accident, could be hit by
a vehicle
Medium High Use general road
safety measures. If
filming in the road
make sure they are
clear beforehand, have
another person looking
out for traffic and
complete the filming as
soon as possible. Do
not film on blind

21. Production
Schedule
I plan on filming for around 3 hours. I believe this
will give me enough time to collect all my footage
and film some extra clips in case other clips don’t
come out how I want. I gave myself 5 hours for
editing so I can get the video just how I want to
without rushing it. I aim to spend a maximum of
2 hours creating my CD cover as I believe this will
be a quick task to complete.