This document outlines the planning and pre-production process for a music video. It discusses visual planning, including concept boards, storyboarding, and shot listing. It emphasizes the importance of pre-visualizing the video before filming to make the production process smoother. Template sections are provided for a structural breakdown of the video sections and their visual elements, as well as starting a shot list. Location information and securing permissions are also highlighted as important pre-production tasks.

1. Stage 4
Music Video
Planning and
pre-production
Max Jones

2. Visual Planning
Idea- long shot of a person looking at himself .

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]

6. I plan to use this aggressive use of colour correction in my
video as it will heavily change the tone to a lighter and
retro feel. In the movie by Joel and Ethan Coen, called "o
brother where art thou" colour correction was used all
throughout the film as the grass was to bright for the feel
and tone of the movie so it was changed to a very bland,
Brown/yellow. This eventually makes the film look more
believable that is set in the 1930s Mississippi area.
I will also be aiming for the faded yellow look that is
presented in this scene from LaLa land which gives off a
quite edgy and retro look.

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
The first guitar riff 5
seconds
new scene is shown on the beat of the
guitar, the shots will be still, showing the
characters in roughly the same positions
Precise timing and editing and
roughly the same distance and
angles as the other shots so it
looks like they're kind of
teleporting but not really
The bit after this
until were 12
seconds into the
song
7
seconds
The intervals of the clips that are getting
edited get longer and the characters are
starting to just do random stuff .
Precise timing and editing
when the lyrics
kick in
29
seconds
The intervals get even longer between
clips but still are quite short and on the
irregular beat that is played
Constant editing

9. Structural breakdown – 2/3
Section [e.g. verse,
chorus, bridge, etc]
Approx
duration
What happens, visual elements, shots Notes of technical aspects/requirements
After this there is a
rising flute section
which builds up
tention
9
seconds
This shot may be outside and slow
motion to indicate a calm part of the
song. The character might be jumping or
something
Slow motion good lighting
The section is still
building up
12
seconds
More slow
6

10. Structural breakdown – 3/3
Section [e.g. verse,
chorus, bridge, etc]
Approx
duration
What happens, visual elements, shots Notes of technical aspects/requirements
25
13
20 and
the till
the end

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. Shot list
Scene one- Side shot of two people getting out of a taxi and making
their way to the door of a house.
Scene two- They get into the living room and both sit down

15. Task 3.2
Organisational Planning

16. Production Group Info

17. 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