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1. Stage 4
Music Video
Planning and
pre-production
Jack Scott

2. Visual Planning

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. Shot list
• My music video will contain mainly medium or close angles for the
duration of my video. This is because I will be shooting in the dark or
where the lighting is very dim or grainy. So having a long shot will not
work as it will be to blurry or grainy to see what is happening. Also
having close shots and medium shots will give more of a story behind
the music video as it will show key points throughout the music
video.
• I am going to make the track and music video link this is so that the
video looks like it has been effected by the track and makes it more
interesting to watch as it will be linked and it can flow well.

6. The start of the music video
will be slow and so will be
the ending. This is because it
is when the track is the
slowest and can be made
into the most depressed
edited part of the music
video.
It then goes into the rap which
progressively gets quicker. This
is when more of the references
come into play and less edits so
people can see what the song
is about and this is where I can
create links with the track and
video.
Most of this video
will be recorded in
rural or abandoned
places so that it gives
a isolated vibe and
makes it more for
the song rather than
the music video.
Lighting will be minimal
unless I am recording in the
dark so it gives the feeling
of the dark is surrounding
the person in the video
because the light makes the
dark look more
overwhelming.
The look and feel
I am going for is
grainy and sad
so it doesn’t take
away the
message of the
song and the
contents within
it.

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
I know you so well,
so well
I mean, I can do
anything that he
can
I’ve been pretty
13
seconds
It will be a medium shot of someone
walking through (woods or tunnel)
visuals will be grainy and dark as it is a
slow beginning.
I know you’re
somewhere,
somewhere
I’ve been trapped
in my mind girl,
just holding on
14
seconds
I will carry on what I was doing for the
first scene but I would of changed the
whereabouts of where the person is
walking
I don’t wanna
pretend there’s
something, we’re
nothing
I’ve been stuck
thinking bout her, I
can’t hold back
15
seconds
As these 3 verses are the slowest they
will all link to each other. So until the
beats starts to come in I will be doing
similar things with all 3 verses. But I will
be switching scenes for each verse so it
is different and not keeping the same
thing over and over again.

9. Structural breakdown – 2/3
Section [e.g. verse,
chorus, bridge, etc]
Approx
duration
What happens, visual elements, shots Notes of technical aspects/requirements
I’m in pain wanna
put 10 shots in my
brain
I’ve been tripping
bout something’s,
can’t change
4
seconds
This is the start of the rap and this is
when I will be making a lot of edits in a
small space. I want to make it flicker
each time a beat is made so it looks
linked with the songs and beat.
A lot of editing and cutting of clips
Suicidal, same
time I’m tame
Picture this, in
bed, get a phone
call
Girl that you
fucked with killed
herself
7
seconds
This is where the first reference will
come into the video and the edits will
change and colour distortion will be
apart of the video.
That was this
summer and
nobody helped
And ever since
then, man, I hate
myself
Wanna fucking
end it
4
seconds
The edits will slow down with this as it is
a very real and harsh part of the lyrics.

10. Structural breakdown – 3/3
Section [e.g. verse,
chorus, bridge, etc]
Approx
duration
What happens, visual elements, shots Notes of technical aspects/requirements
Pessimistic
all wanna see me
with no pot to piss
in
Having
conversations
about my haste
decisions
Fucking sickening
6
seconds
Back to edits with the colour distortion
and making it more dark and grainy.
Back to the beat edits.
At the same time,
memory surfaced
through the
grapevine
Bout my uncle
playing with the
slipknot
3
seconds

11. 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. 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.

14. Task 3.2
Organisational Planning

15. Production Group Info
• Include names, contact info, and defined roles at difference stages of
production, using a table is suggested

16. 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