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. My music video will be following a guy on a walk as he's listneing to a
song – "Do I Wanna Know?" - the song I'm doing. Already setting of the
worldly veiw, that this music video is from our main character's
perspecitive.
Throughout this music video, it'll be cut together as if it were home
made – along with the hole aged look done in post, whilst leaving the
camera a little bit shaky. It will also be constantly switching between to
scenarios – the past (when times were much happier and when he was
with the female character,) and the present (the much prominent part
of the music video, where things are much more down beat...)
For the camera, I will be using my own (from home,) adjusting the
shutter speed to the highest possilbe – for when the camera shakes, it
won't become heavily blury and the apiture to what fits on the day and
position of the camera – though it won't be then end of the world if
it'd not perfect, as this will only add to the home-made look of the
piece.
6. 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
7. Structural breakdown – 1/3
Section [e.g. verse,
chorus, bridge, etc]
Approx
duration
What happens, visual elements, shots Notes of technical aspects/requirements
Intro 29
Seconds
The main character will put in his
earphones and begin walking on his set
journey – covered by a range of shots –
intercut.
For this scene, the shots will
alternate shots (from different
perspectives,) in synch to the beat.
Verse 3
Seconds
We're shown a quick glimpse of the
female character, sitting underneath the
minister – smiling and texting...
I'll use a quick establishing wide-
shot, that quickly cuts to mid-shot
for both diverstiy in shots – so it’s
not just a binary string of shots,
but also helps display where she is
– even though it's not really
relivent....
Verse 5
Seconds
We follow are character from an
extreme wide-shot, tracking him across
part of the bridge.
This will be a single shot to help
show where the character is
walking across, whilst also taking
up the role of beautiful shot.
8. Structural breakdown – 2/3
Section [e.g. verse,
chorus, bridge, etc]
Approx
duration
What happens, visual elements, shots Notes of technical aspects/requirements
Verse 9
Seconds
We cut back into the character walking
as before – cutting back and forth
between his walking and the other
shots.
For this scene, the shots
will alternate shots (from
different perspectives,) in synch to
the beat.
Verses 7
Seconds
This will be a paired shot of the two
character's lip syching the song – almost
like they're having a converastion.
The will be close up on the
character's lips – alternating to
help appear as if it's a
conversartion, whilst also helping it
link the song to the video.
Verse 5
Seconds
We cut back into the character
walking as before – cutting back and
forth between his walking and the
other shots.
For this scene, the shots
will alternate shots (from
different perspectives,) in synch to
the beat.
9. Structural breakdown – 3/3
Section [e.g. verse,
chorus, bridge, etc]
Approx
duration
What happens, visual elements, shots Notes of technical aspects/requirements
Verse 7
Seconds
The couple listening to music in link to
the song's verse.
Going along side the music, the
couple will be sat on the bench
listneing to music - "there's this
tune I found and I think of you
somehow and I play it on repeat..."
Verse 8
Seconds
To add more of a variation to the
presnet day shots, I'll be incluiding a
deep shot of the character looking out
onto the river in deep thought.
The purporse of this shot will be to
pose for a good shot and give
more variation to the sequnce...
Verse 5
Seconds
This will be a paired shot of the
two character's lip syching the song –
almost like they're having a
converastion.
The will be close up on
the character's lips – alternating
to help appear as if it's
a conversartion, whilst also helping
it link the song to the video.
(This kind of thing will look throughout the video – to the beat... I will playing around experimenting between these scnenes in
post – to see what looks good and feels right, help push on the homemade look and feel to the product.)
10. 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!
11.
12. 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. Production Group Info
Cameramen -
• Sean Carwood (main cameraman.)
• Josh Williams (backup cameraman.)
Stars/cast -
• Matt Burniston/me (Leading male part.)
• Tamzy Chowdhury (female part.)
16. Location information
All of this will be shot in public – in York, except for the lip sync, that
will be done in public;
• Station Road Bridge
• Welligton Row
• Station Road
• Blossom Street
• York Minster
• Muesuem Gardens
• Parliament Street
• York College Studio – for lip synch...
