3. RESEARCH & IDEA
GENERATION
Select a song/track that you like [or don’t like!]
Generate three ideas for music videos employing styles,
techniques and conventions that we have looked at in
previous sessions. Explore how you could interpret the
song differently using different methods
You can add any extra info you think is relevant, images,
mind maps, etc
For quick mind maps you could use bubbl.us to generate
these
4. COSMIC THRILL SEEKING
FOREVER
•Narrative- of what's happening in the lyrics
• “Dear heart, my vehicle
I will teach you how to fly”
-in space, driving spaceship
•“Notice the moon”
-driving to earth see moon
• “A fireplace and a small dog
Maybe some dark green and dark purple walls
- settle down on Earth
•“But it's not safe to think about forever”
-stargazing then zoom into starry sky
5. COSMIC THRILL SEEKING
FOREVER
•Parody- parody of classic romance films
–love at first sight
-happy together,
-conflict,
-then realising they're wrong
-then back together
7. DROP NINETEENS-WINONA
•slow motion
•Lip sync
•Handheld camera swaying
•Doing childish things like playing
with food, climbing around in car,
throwing instruments, running
•Relaxed laidback look
8. WINONA
• Throwing guitar
• Playing on the roof
• Pretending to play the
song
• Eating food
calmly
• Grabbing food
and playing
with it
• Shows the band
is young
9. DROP NINETEENS-LIMP
•Playing the song for a party
•Cutting between them now and older versions of
themselves
•Cutting in dictionary pages
young old
10. LIMP
• Cuts to zoom in of
dictionary pages
• Not random
• limp- name of song
• weed- associated with
teens and young people
• rascal- childish
• geriatrics- old
• Seems live or planned
• Zooms out to look like
they’re playing at a
party
11. PLACEBO- NANCY BOY
•Crazy colours
•Outfits
•Stage
•Silhouettes of band playing colours
behind
•Out of focus blurry
•Double exposure
• weird models
•distortion
•Song about drugs, sex and gender confusion
12. NANCY BOY
• Colours used are associated
with being feminine colours
• Helps explore gender
• Double exposure
shows there are 2
sides of what’s
happening and what
they’re feeling
• Silhouettes represent
unknowingness and
mystery
13. NANCY BOY
• Use of blurriness and
distortion promoting ideas
of gender confusion
• makeup on guys to show
gender confusion
• Weird outfits and props to
show they feel trapped
• Guys wearing feminine
outfits
14. SONIC YOUTH- KOOL THING
•Song inspired by a 1989
interview done by Kim
Gordon (sonic youth lead
singer) with LL Cool J in
which Gordon struggles to
connect him with the
counterculture she identifies
with
•Mocking LL Cool J’s ego and
her own
•Colours- black and white,
bright
•Cat- LL Cool J album with a
panther
•Close ups, handheld
•70s outfit for playing
15. KOOL THING
•Black and white
represents the old
outdated views that
men have all the
authority
•Colour represent the
present and sonic
youth’s subculture
•The mixture of the
colours represents the
clashing of the two
things like LL Cool J
and Sonic Youth
16. THE CHATS- PUB FEED
•In pub playing
•Going to pub
•Eating
•Simple
•Low budget
•Outside and pub
17. POTENTIAL SONGS
•Suburban Home- Descendents
•These Shadows- Wooden Shjips
•When You Sleep- My Bloody Valentine
•Broc ched – prince daddy & the hyena
•You Say I'm Scum- D.R.I.
19. CONVENTIONS YOU PLAN TO
USE
•A narrative or concept video
•Mise en scene
-In nature
-hippie, grunge, punk looking
Natural lighting
20. MIND MAP OF IDEAS
[SUMMARY OF IDEAS]
Ideas
Suburban Home
These Shadows
When you
Sleep
Broc
Ched
You Say I`m Scum
pop punk
hippie
Skate punk
skaters
metal
Modern
psychedelic rock
shoegaz
e
Panera
Look family friendly
Nuclear
family
Punk stereotypes
look like pop punk
Natural settings
cold dull colours
Over saturated bright
colours
Dream
y look
slowed delayed effect
Metal
head
Cit
y
cut to band cut
back
21. SUMMARY
5 opportunities of your ideas
Try techniques out
See what does and doesn’t work
Develop camera skills
Develop editing skills
Develop colour perfection skills
22. SUMMARY
5 restrictions to your ideas
Social distancing
Group of 6 people only
Budget
Limited time
Limited equipment
23. FINAL IDEA –
ARTIST/TITLE/INFO
Broc Ched / Prince Daddy & The Hyena
Prince Daddy & The Hyena are an American post
hardcore and indie rock band from Albany, New York
Frontman Kory Gregory cites The Strokes, Jeff
Rosenstock, and Green Day as major influences on the
sound
Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains
the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but
emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression
initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock
Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains
the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but
emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression
initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock
24. FINAL IDEA – TRACK
SUMMARY
2:12
Punk, Pop Punk, Summertime Emo
Fast
About hating your job and everyday life
25. FINAL IDEA – YOUR IDEA
Your creative concept/video synopsis [describe your
interpretation, use of imagery or narrative, genre
conventions, etc]
•5 beats at start close up on eyes last one blinks
•Somewhere old, dark and abandoned 2 people watching tv
only static. Very exhausted
•Security tells them to leave don’t move
•Tries using remote on tv security takes them out
•Tries to break free from security then has a fight scene
•Skate montage
•Ends with all of them watching skate video eating grill
cheese and bakery treats
27. LOCATIONS
You need to identify locations and plan a recce.
What are the limitations and risks, eg distance, access,
cost, weather? How will you manage this?
•Fields
•Woods
•Old car
1. Check the weather
2. Use shelter
3. Careful of sharp and rusty objects
28. EQUIPMENT
•High quality film camera like a dslr for the start of the
video- £100- £2000
•Lower quality camera to make the video seem older and
more psychedelic- £15-£100
•Bakery treats £5
•Something to play tv static- old tv, laptop
•Skateboards
30. PERSONNEL
CREW: Me, always available
CAST:external performers.
• Evenings on weekdays and all day at the weekends.
•Bring drinks and food
•Do it locally
38. 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
You should create a slide showing all the sections of the
song, then add a slide for each section with timings,
lyrics, what happens and details on specific shots
You could storyboard and shot list each section as you
go, to break up the process.
39. INTRO •Instrumental before lyrics-
showing the setting of the
location
•"this screens a bore"-tv static,
actors look exhausted
•"theres just a lot of grilled
cheese and some bakery
treats" eating the foods close
up on their faces
•"and all these old people piss
me off"- trying to change
channel doesn’t work so
breaks and throws the remote
This screen's a bore
There's no games and no
porn
There's just a lot of grilled
cheese
And a bakery treat for just 99
cents
And all these old people piss
me off
Is that hard to think before
you talk?
Oh, you can't read the menu?
Well I don't give a fuck
40. VERSE
•Instrumental between- skate
montage of main person
•"I've been here since noon"- lip
syncing the words
•"Watch, they'll ask me to close
I'll agree and I'll resume"-
security telling them to leave
•"The only way I get time off is
by
Saying I'm in bands that I'm not"
security forcing them out
I've been here since noon
And I'm not leaving soon
Watch, they'll ask me to
close
I'll agree and I'll resume
The only way I get time off
is by
Saying I'm in bands that I'm
not
I'm sure I said it more than
enough
But please let me go on
41. OUTRO
•Destroying things in different
ways
•Instrumental- skate montage
•End- security and other two
sat in car watching skate
videos
If Bill rolls his eyes or gives me
that mouth
Just one more time, just one more
time
I'll shove these "gay jeans" so far
up his ass
They'll align with his spine
But I'll be just fine
43. PRODUCTION GROUP INFO
Include names, contact info, and defined roles at
difference stages of production, using a table is
suggested
names Contact
info
role
Tyler number main
phoebe number side
guy number security
44. 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
46. RISK ASSESSMENT
Hazard Who is at risk? Severity of
injury
chanc
e of
risk
controls
Falling
from a
height
Camera
operator,
actors
serious mediu
m
Aware of
surroundin
gs
Falling
equipment
camera serious low Stay by the
camera
DIY
Unstabl
e
ground
Camera, camera
operator, actors
medium low Find flat
ground
Rain Camera, camera
operator, actors
medium 50/50 check the
weather
beforehan
d
Fields
