1. The production will involve filming with a drone and cameras in Towton and Garforth to capture footage for a music video to the song "Let Me Love You" by DJ Snake and Justin Bieber. 2. Key equipment needs include renting a drone, Canon 5D camera with cine lens, tripod, and steadicam over 4 days of filming. Locations are 6 miles apart which needs to be accounted for in the budget and schedule. 3. Weather could impact the drone filming, so backup indoor filming plans are needed. The total estimated budget is £2000 but costs of equipment rental, travel, and contingencies need to be closely evaluated.

1. MUSIC VIDEO
ASSIGNMENT 2
Joshua Sunley

2. GUIDANCE
This template PowerPoint presentation includes all the
relevant elements you need to cover in your Music Video
Assignment 02
It is suggested you save this PP in a different name and
share it with your group so you always have a copy –
some sections require you to delete the information on
the slide and replace with your own work
Add more pages to each section where necessary [you
should be doing this!]
Add visuals as you see necessary
This document will be added to as you progress through
the pre-production phase.

3. TASK 1 Idea Generation and
Research

4. 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

5. RESEARCH
Muse – Mercy, shows an insight into how I
want my music video to look, I want to
incorporate this use of a drone for b-roll
footage, I want to be able to capture the
environment around the main character of
the music video as a method of expressing
the mood and feel of the video. Mercy
JP Cooper – September Song shows
emotion and plot through the usage of
environment lighting and close shots to
the characters in the video. Thus a good
example of what I want to create for my
own. The characters never directly
address the camera, instead they look
away, as if it isn’t there.
DJ Snake - Let Me Love You, paints a
good picture on how I want the overall
scene to look: Dark, with hints of bright
coloured lighting, along with several
adaptions in post. I have all the
facilities to make these changes to the
footage including plugins such as MBL,
LUT Buddy and Optical Flares.

6. RESEARCH
Alongside using a drone, I would like
to create an illusion that a car is being
driven by myself, whilst a drone is
flying overhead, in order to do this, I
will have to be in the passenger seat,
whilst someone drives the car, I can
then do any still shots I need to after I
have enough footage of the car
driving.
Equipment Required Equipment Optional
Mac/PC w/ Premiere Pro Adobe After Effects CC
Memory Card Reader Adobe Audition CC
DJI Phantom 3 Drone Steadycam
DSLR (Non Specific)
Tripod
DJI Phantom 3
Drone

7. SONGS
1. Let Me Love You – DJ Snake ft. Justin Bieber
2. Calvin Harris – My Way
3. Firebeatz & Chocolate Puma – Lullaby
4. Sean Paul – No Lie
5. Eminem – When Im Gone
6. Justin Timberlake – Mirrors
7. Jon Bellion – Munny Right

8. TECHNIQUES
Techniques I will be using in filming and post depend on
the type of video I want to make, colour correction will
be varied dependent on whether the video will take on a
happy tone, or if it will take on a much more cautions
look. I will most likely use an array of plugin to make my
video look more cinematic, these could include Sapphire,
VC Twitch, RSMB or preset after effects. I may also cut
the aspect ration from 16:9 to 21:9, which would make
the video the same aspect ration as a cinema screen, or
‘ultrawide’.
I will also occasionally change the cameras recording
settings from 1080/30fps to 720/60fps this will allow
me to slow down the footage and get the effect of slow
motion which will be good for some of the action shots

9. CONVENTIONS

10. MIND MAP OF IDEAS

11. SUMMARY
1. The use of a drone allows for greater reach. It will be used for
long distance shots, and will be used to show emotion through
scenery and location. I can also make shots which would
require specialist equipment to film normally, such as chase
scenes, which would require a crane to film normally.
2. The song that I have chosen to use is simple to lip-sync and
easy to follow, as such I have been able to plan what my
surroundings will be effectively, allowing for greater
visualization of the song, its lyrics and its meaning.
3. The use of timing when I will be recording will create a nice
colour contrast, since it will be evening when I record, the
darkness wont be too dimming, but when it does eventually
get dark I can use RGB hue bulbs to make the video colourful
once again.
4. By using the 60fps capability on the Canon DSLR’s I can film in
slow motion, by filming 60fps, and then extending out the
footage so it returns to 30fps, it is like making the video twice
as slow, adding a cinematic feel to the video.

12. SUMMARY
1. Since I have done some research on the filming location,
I have found there is a no fly zone over RAF Church
Fenton, which means that my flying space is limited to
about 15 miles, between Leeds Bradford Airport, and
RAF Church Fenton.
2. Another limitation to this music video, is that I need a
driver to drive the car. I would do this myself, however I
have yet to pass my test, and therefore it makes things
difficult, I will use friend to drive me around in the car,
and I will have to edit the footage appropriately to make
sure they aren’t in frame.
3. Since I will be using fields nearby my house, I will need
Permission to use there land for production of my music
video. I will be able to write an email asking them
making it simple enough, if not then I will need to have a
back up location planned.
4. n/a

13. FINAL IDEA –
ARTIST/TITLE/INFO
Let Me Love You / DJ Snake, Justin Bieber
DJ Snake is a grammy nominated composer of electronic
music. He originates from France, and is currently 30
years old. Justin Bieber, who he collaborated with on this
song, is a 23 year old Canadian singer.
The songs which are produced by DJ Snake are mostly
linked to the genres House, EDM and Trap. Justin Bieber
however, isn’t a composer, and instead sings pop songs
which often reach the charts.

14. FINAL IDEA – TRACK
SUMMARY
Summary/analysis of track [consider meaning, content,
duration, pace and style of the song]

15. FINAL IDEA – YOUR IDEA
Your creative concept/video synopsis [describe your
interpretation, use of imagery or narrative, genre
conventions, etc]

16. TASK 2 Pre-production
Assessment

17. GUIDANCE:
PRE-PRODUCTION
ASSESSMENT
You need to assess the viability of your production and
investigate what is required to enable you to make your
music video
Much of this task is hypothetical, which means you will
need to investigate standard costings for such a
production and apply these to your planned production
considering which equipment you would need and
resources, etc
Resources to support this are in the Pre-production
assessment folder on Blackboard
Delete the questions on each slide and insert your
responses

18. GUIDANCE:
BUDGET TARGET
You have provisionally given an outline target of £2000
to make your music video
This target should include a 10% contingency [that
means your budget should allow for £200 pounds within
the budget – so realistically you aim lower than £1800]
Your budget should account for everything, except your
own time and input
Consider more than one option to solve a requirement –
you may be able to balance your budget later, there will
have to be a compromise somewhere

19. GUIDANCE:
TIME
You will need to plan a schedule for the pre-
production/production/post-production
Nominally you should work on 2 weeks pre-production,
1 week filming [2 college days – Mon./Tues first week
after half term] and 2 weeks edit/post-production
Who is going to do what? How will you split the time?
When can you film? What is the availability of the
equipment/resources/locations/personnel?
What problems can you foresee? How will you overcome
them?

20. TITLE OF
PRODUCTION/PRODUCTI
ON OUTLINE
Summary of intended production
Detail here what you are going to make and the intended
outcome
Detailed breakdown of the music track chosen and your
interpretation of it [remember the questions in the
workbook, e.g. pace/mood/tone/structure]
Specific outline your intended technical/equipment
requirements
Include any details that you think [you could use material
from your pitch]

21. LOCATIONS
Towton (quiet roads and good place for drone flight)
Garforth (Specifically the residential area)
What are the limitations and risks, eg distance, access, cost,
weather? How will you manage this?
Limitations: The distance between my home in Garforth, and
Towton is 6.6m. If the current rate is 40p per mile, that makes a
single journey £2.64. however with that exception, the travel links
are good, with both road and rail running close-by. In order to
avoid weather conditions causing issues over recording, I can do
some filming whilst I am at home, before making the journey to
Towton in the event that weather conditions aren’t forecasted
correctly. I plan to spend two days filming here, so cost will be
approx: £10.56
Risks: I will not be able to fly a drone whilst it is raining because of
the possibility that it may sustain damage, or lose connection. Nor
will I be able to use a camera, without having a cover to protect the
camera from the same damage type as the drone.

22. EQUIPMENTSOURCES:
HTTPS://WWW.HIREACAMERA.COM /
HTTP://SPEEDFILMS.CO.UK/HOME-2/AERIAL-DRONE-UAV-FILMING/DRONE-HIRE-RATES/
Equipment needed includes:
Drone (2 Days) £600, Canon 5D + Cine Lens (4 Days) £256, Tripod (4 Days) £64, Steadicam (4 Days) £128
Hireacamera, is a nearby local camera hiring company, which supplies cameras
for hire at level that I would need. The Canon 50D for instance, does everything I
need it to, and it can be hired for £64.00 excluding VAT.
Other more specialised companies, do hire out drones. SpeedFilms, hire out DJI
Inspire 2 for £300 a day excluding VAT, but offer crew members along side this.
£550 for one pilot, £850 for a pilot and camera operator. I would mostly likely
choose the £300 option, because I do have some experience with flying drones.
Tripods are also hired out by Hireacamera, a Viten Pro-DC10 can be hired out for
£16 a day, and finally, steadicams are hugely differentiated. You can invest in full
3 axis rigs, or handheld device. For my production I would go for a handheld 3
axis gimbal: the best of both options, the Glidecam 4000 Pro would be perfect for
this production, and it costs £32 each day excluding VAT.
I will also need to hire lighting equipment, such as soft-boxes, and RGB hue
lights for accents in the video. I will need two soft-box lights for my video seen as
it will be set at dusk/night. A set of 2 soft-box lights is £29.00 a day, costing for
the entire filming period £203
This sums up the overall total of equipment hiring to £1251

23. FACILITIESHTTP://BRADLEY.TV/STUDIO-HIRE-
LEEDS/?GCLID=CJ0KEQIAOT_FBRCQT8JVSODKOZABEIQAQFL76LPUKE3BH74O_RQOQER4_KMHJEO PNSKR818ONPWZOSGAAS6U8P8HAQ
The videos will be edited in two locations, those being
my house, and college. Currently I don’t required any
specialist studio for my video, however if the
circumstances were due to change, they can be hired
out, for example BradleyTV offer greenscreen and
lighting services for hire at £99 a day, £79 for a half-
day. However because this isn’t needed I wont be adding
it to my budget costs.
I may however need to invest in specialist plugins for the
Adobe programs. By hiring MBL (magic bullet looks) and
Sapphire, I can create much better colour corrections,
and use effects within my music video to add tension.
Both of which have a free trail that I can use whilst
creating my video however, and once again I wont be
adding them to my cost list.

24. PERSONNEL
CREW: My Crew will consist of groups from differing
backgrounds, I will hire 1 professional camera operator
and I will direct the film whilst being responsible for
drone flight.
CAST: I will require other people to do some lip-syncing,
and I will rely on friends and relatives to do this job for
me, I will provide them with a song, and general
instructions, and allow them time to practice before
anything is shot.
If I m using a car in my production, I will need a driver
whilst I operate a drone for the Ariel shots, considering
insurance costs and the cost of hiring a vehicle and
driver, I feel it would be easier just to use existing travel
links, if we were to have someone bring there own car,
we could use that to track the drone around the car.

25. PROPS/COSTUME/ETC
Each person who comes along and joins the filming will
be required to bring two sets of clothing, one to change
into before and wear whilst in production, and another to
wear after filming is complete for that day.
Small minor props wont be used in the video, however
other parts of the video will have large objects used such
as cars and some use of phones.

26. GUIDANCE:
COSTS –
RESOURCES/SOURCES
Basic Guide to costs
 http://www.justfilm.co.uk/video-production-costs.html
Rates TV
 https://www.bectu.org.uk/advice-resources/rates/television-factual-
rates
Rates all media
 https://www.bectu.org.uk/advice-resources/rates
Research local production spaces for edit and post
production costs
Local equipment hire companies have costs for camera,
lenses and kit [tripod, dolly, steadicam rigs, etc]
Travel by vehicle can be nominally charged at 40p per mile –
so you need to know how far you location is from where you
are!

27. CODES OF PRACTICE
AND REGULATIONS
Do you need clearance for copyrighted materials? [you
will need to contact Mechanical Copyright Protection
Society-Performing Rights Society Alliance (MCPS-PRS)]
Do you have performers external to your group
performing? They will need release forms that declare
you can use footage of them in the production. This
needs to be planned for.
Do you have any actors under the age of 18? You will
need parental permission forms.
Are you filming on private property? You will need
written consent PRIOR to filming. Plan in advance. This
needs to be considered.
Consider where you may need specific risk assessments
and health and safety documentation

28. CODES OF PRACTICE
AND REGULATION
Since I have chosen DJ Snake’s Let Me Love You, I will have
to contact PRS Music and ask for written consent to use
there song in my own video. In terms of other performers, I
will also need there written consent that I am allowed to use
footage of them in my music video this will prevent a fallout
if they claim not to have wanted to do the video. This will
also apply for under 18’s but instead of them signing the
form, it will be the parents who consent to letting there
child on the video.
I will be filming a fields through residential areas between
west and north Yorkshire, and in using the drone, I will both
need to familiarise my location, and drone regulation from
the BAA (British aviation authority). There is a no fly zone
imposed over RAF Church Fenton, which is 5 miles in radius,
meaning I will have to be careful both not to fly too high
around the border of the zone, and to not enter the zone, at
all. I will also need to ask for consent to film on the fields.
For all of these scenarios, I must conduct a risk assessment,
especially with drone flight, the propellers aren’t forgiving
and will cause injury if the drone strikes someone.

29. FINANCE/PRODUCTION
COSTS
Using industry rates cards and researched costs of
equipment [cameras], cast, crew, props and facilities
[locations, edit rooms, etc] calculate the likely cost of
your production
Outline details of financial considerations of project, this
could be cost of props/costume/travel/food/etc
Explain what your overall budget is [if applicable] and
how this is to be met
How will you deal with any extra costs? Contingency
fund? What percentage of your budget should this be?
[hint: add 10% on to the final cost, this should cover it!]
Do you foresee any problems? How will you manage
this/over come them?

30. OPTION 1
The total costs so far sum up to:
Production Value: £1251.00
Travel: £10.56
Catering: £93.30 31.10 per head
Contingency: £200
TOTAL: £1554.86

31. FINAL BUDGET
BREAKDOWN
Provide a costs table for your budget, if you have
considered more than one cost option, provide
alternative final budgets and state a preference with
justification for which option you would choose.

32. BUDGET EXPLANATION
AND JUSTIFICATION

33. TASK 3.1 Visual Planning

34. 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-visualization and concept boards
 Storyboarding
 Shot list

35. PRE-
VISUALISATION/CONCEP
T 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]

36. STILL SHOTS
I want the entire video to take on a theme of darkness, so it will
be shot at night, but to make the video more exciting I will be
using mood lights to add colour to the video. This feature will be
common across the whole video, where ever possible.
Along with this, I want to be able to use natural elements to
create scenes of colour and brightness, I can achieve this by
using CGI fire to make it safe, and then to create a shot for slow
motion, I will use milk powder to ‘blow fire’ at the camera. These
shots of fire will be featured in the video when the lyrics sing
“burning on the edge”
It will be from that scene, which I can do easily in my back
garden without revealing anything that will make the video look
‘homemade’, that I move onto the drone shots of a car driving, it
will take me to Garforth Cliff, a nearby hill which I will use the
quiet and secluded area along with the endless fields to create a
peaceful scene, where I will be able to lip sync some of the song,
whilst sat on the car, to show a relaxed mood. From here, I will
lip sync the rest of the song whilst occasionally cutting back the
scenes that I shot from my back garden, along with the
occasional overhead drone shot.

37. MOVING GROUND
SHOTSStarting at the beginning once again, it will be at this
point I take the camera off the tripod, and move it
around, I will use both my own camera and the camera
that I borrow from college to do these scenes, as my
camera has image stabilization.
I will make sure to add to the shots of the fire by
panning from the base of the fire, to my face, but
making sure to keep me out of focus, then refocusing to
my face, and blocking out the flames.
From there I will have a camera panning round my car, as
it watches me get into it, and start the engine, where it
will cut to a still scene on the car with its lights on, as
the camera zooms into it.
I will then, as the journey goes on, get out of the car
occasionally, to film it going by as someone else drives
it.
Then, once in Towton, I will use both cameras, one for
the tripod, the other to film from a different perspective

38. DRONE SHOTS
The drone shots will primarily be of the car moving, but it
will be used to show the scenery around myself when I am
lipsyncing,
As the video starts, the drone wont start until after the car
has started moving, I will be in the passenger seat, chasing
the car with drone, from a reasonable height, I will NOT
drive to Towton however, I will do a lap around my estate,
to prevent the drone losing connection.
The drone will not go to Towton at all, this is because of a
BAA enforced no fly zone for drones, instead I will have to
film surrounding areas in Leeds, my home city however
once again there is a no fly zone 10 miles out from
Leeds/Bradford airport, meaning I have about 10 miles
between the two zones I am allowed to fly in, this shouldn’t
be an issue however.
When I am operating the drone I want to get a variety of
shots, including some side on, I will do this by filming on
the side of a close by hill, with fields surrounding it.
As the video is ending, it will be a scene chasing the car, the
drone will move towards the right, and gradually fade the
car out of scene.

39. 1.
3.
5.
6. 7.
4.
2.
8.
1 & 2. Photo shows
what I want my drone
shots to look like in
some ways.
3. Example of the
scenery which I will
capture through the
drone.
4. Typical shot which
will be shown to show
the surroundings of the
location I’m in.
5. Street where the
drone will chase the car
for the first time.
6. Garforth, where
some of the video will
be filmed.
7. An example of the
fire which I want to
create using CGI
8. An example of what I
want to show in the
fields

40. RIP-O-MATIC
You should also construct a 15-20second Rip-o-matic
test reel using existing footage to convey the type of
video you want to make

41. Shot List

42. Shot List

43. Transition
Key:
Still
Moving
Drone
Lipsync

44. STORYBOARDING
1,2,3,35 h h
h h h

45. TASK 3.2 Organisational
Planning

46. PRODUCTION GROUP
INFOInclude names, contact info, and defined roles at
difference stages of production, using a table is
suggested

47. 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

48. LOCATIONS
This the view from Garforth cliff, which as you can
see spans across a large distance, making it an
ideal location for more drone shots, however it
also has a large field, which is the environment
that I want to film my music video in. I plan to
chase the car along some of this road using the
hill as a ledge.
The location on screen is just off the A1, which
would provide a good drone shot at evening time,
orange coloured clouds and lighting coming from
the motor way would provide the colour element
that I would be looking for along side the
darkness of the night.

49. RISK ASSESSMENT
Risk What Could Happen Preventative
Rain causes roads and
paths to be slippy.
Because the ground isn’t as grippy as normal, it is
possible that someone could slip whilst walking.
To prevent slips and falls, don’t run
across roads or paths where the
ground isn’t dry,
Heavy wind could
pull the drone.
If the drone is taken by the wind, it presents the
possibility that the drone could i. Crash, ii. Hit
someone on the way down. Both events could
happen, and possibly at the same time. Making it
extremely important to use common sense when
flying the drone.
If I lose control of the drone mid air, I
will switch modes from S1, to M, which
will allow to to take advantage of a
return to home feature, where the
drone will fight the wind, and land
safely where it took off.
Whilst walking to
the location people
could trip on the
un even hill.
If someone trips, it could mean that we have to stop
recording, and take them to hospital, so it is
important to evaluate the ground before making
movements upon it, if it is a dry day, it should be
easy to navigate where to walk safely.
By making sure that you check
where your putting your feat when
walking through the hill, you will
prevent injury.
On a hot day people
may not have
brought water to
keep hydrated.
If water isn’t provided, de-hydration is a possibility,
which could intern lead to sun-stroke, neither of
which being a good thing, also making water an
essential, if not a bare minimum on a hot day.
By purchasing water before filming,
the issue of thirst can be avoided, It
may also be beneficial to have sun-
cream if the weather is intense
enough for it.
If it is cold outside ice
may be present
Ice presents the possibility of a slipping hazard, and the
potential of injury. Along side this, if people aren’t prepared
for the cold properly, they may have to go inside to warm up,
to avoid serious illness.
Ice can be fought against with salt,
when in the car, take some road
salt to melt ice, if it is needed.
Weather conditions may
turn from sunny to rainy
quickly
Rainy weather can damage technological equipment
such as cameras and drones pretty quickly, if they are
left outside whilst taking a break from filming.
To prevent equipment from being
damaged, make sure to pack it away
once finished with it. Whoever used it
last should be responsible for this
The drone may lose If the drone loses connection, then there is a chance that the If the connection between myself and

50. CONTINGENCY PLAN

51. SCHEDULE

52. PERMISSIONS FORMS

53. TASK 4.1 Production
Record/Log

54. PRODUCTION
RECORD/LOG
Keep track your filming and production work with the
camera here
You could add stills of your work with annotations
You should include any specific details about how your
filming went and what you did on set to enable you to
complete the work
You should include Call Sheets and relevant production
documents here

55. CALL SHEETS
This links with your schedule
Complete a call sheet for each production activity
Forms are on Blackboard
Insert into Powerpoint here

56. TASK 4.2 Footage log

57. EDIT DECISIONS
LIST/FOOTAGE LOG
Templates on BB to insert here
Log which shots you chose to use and which ones you
did not, explain why