Mv assignment 01 2020 pro forma

TASK 1 Idea Generation and
Research

RESEARCH & IDEA
GENERATION
Idea 1:
- Have lyrical links to the visuals throughout with a narrative.
- Have a variety of movement throughout with both the performer
and
the camera shots.
- Have the lighting change throughout corresponding to certain
sections in
the song e.g. galaxy lighting during the chorus.
- Include inventive camera transitions instead of just a sudden
change in
scenes e.g. a circular camera movement, camera follows arm
movements
into the transition.
- Put the performer in most if not all shots in the video with minimal
action behind
or around them to keep the focus fixed solely on them.
- Make the word ‘NASA’ pop up on the screen during the chorus
when it is said in
in the song for extra visual affect.
- Use the clip of the moon landing at the start including the audio
(not the song).
“one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”, then a rewind
Song: NASA by Ariana
Grande

RESEARCH & IDEA
GENERATIONSong: NASA by Ariana
Grande
Idea 2:
-No narrative
- Have abstract/unique visuals that
maybe connect to some of the
lyrics
- no lip-syncing
- include special effects
- have inventive transitions
between shots instead of the
simple switch.
- editing to the beat
- have multiple shots on screen at
once
Idea 3:
- Have multiple dance performers
in the video
- Have a range of camera shots:
close-ups, medium and wide.
- Use a range of camera
movements: moving closer to the
performers, moving around them
etc.
- Use a green screen with the
performers to create the effect
that they are dancing in space.

RESEARCH
- On each the beats of the music there
were shot changes, or a certain action
was done at the same time making
the visuals and video sequence match
with the music. I should aim to do this
in my music video as it is effective.
- The performer was in almost every
single shot. For these shots he was
usually around the middle showing to
be the main focus in the videos. I
could aim to do this in my music
video as it makes the performer seem
more important than anything else.
- There was a mix of camera and
performer movement throughout the
video making it more interesting to
watch. At points the camera would
slowly zoom in to the main performer,
this is something I could consider for
my music video as it is again putting
all focus on the performer.
- The performance in the video was
minimalistic but effective. The song is
quite slow with a calming sound so
the small amount of performance in

- When the shot changed it was
done on a beat making the video
match up to the music which is an
effective editing technique that I
should consider using in my music
video.
- There was a range of camera
angels/shot types used in this
video including full shots, medium
shots, wide shots, high angled
shots and a range of closeups.
Using a range of shot types and
angels in a music video creates an
effect and interesting piece so this
is something I should consider
doing in my own video.
- This video has lots of bold colours
in it at all times, the main colour
being pink. This makes the video
stand out amongst others and
makes it more enjoyable to watch.
- There was lots of performance in
this video which again makes it

- The video starts off with a short
introductory story to help set the
scene.
- Different lighting is used throughout
to link into the theme of the video. A
lot of red lighting is effectively used to
keep the slight horror feel as the video
is set on the night before
Halloween. My use of lighting is
something I need to think about when
making my video.
- Editing: text is used throughout to
describe people in a comedic way for
effect. They also change the shot on
the beats in the music making the
video sequence and the audio connect
more. This is an effective technique
that I should use in my video.
- A range of camera shots and angles
are used throughout the video. Having
a range should be something that I
consider for my own music video.
- There were a lot of performers in this
video to make it more interesting and
enjoyable to watch. However they still
managed to keep the focus on the

- Most of the shot changes happened on a beat in the music which
connected the video sequence to the song well. I should aim to do this
in my video.
- All the shots have the main performer/artist featured generally in the
centre of the shot to signify his importantce within the video and to
keep the focus on him. This is something I should consider doing with
my main performer in my own video.
- Use of inventive transistions: there was a transition that involved the
camera moving around and then down instead of the plain simple
switch betweent shots. I should consider using a more creative

- Although there are a lot of performers in this music video the two main
performers/ the artist stay as the main foucs throughout the whole piece as
they are always front and centre wearing more stand-out outfits then
everyone else. If I have multiple performers in my video this is something I
should consider for the main person.
- The video contains some slow-motion shots throughout which is
something I could consider doing as it is a bit more complexed and
creative.

POTENTIAL SONGS
NASA – Ariana Grande
Affluenza – Conan Gray
Greek God – Conan Gray
Generation Why – Conan Gray
Moonlight – Ariana Grande

POTENTIAL
TECHNIQUES
• Lip syncing
• Cutting to the beat
• Playback and lip sync
• Multi-mage
• A range of camera movements and shots
• A range of camera angles

CONVENTIONS YOU
PLAN TO USE
Indie-pop conventions I can use:
• Use easily accessible places e.g. city, woods, bedroom,
park
• Filters – sepia filters (or similar filters)
• Change of pace relating to the music (if song speeds
up the pace quickens)
• Camera shots – handheld, close-up, wide shots, first
person POV

MIND MAP OF IDEAS
[SUMMARY OF IDEAS]

SUMMARY
5 opportunities of your ideas
•Improve camera skills
•Improve editing skills
•Learn to plan a successful video
•Learn to film on location
•Learn to direct and produce

SUMMARY
5 restrictions to your ideas:
• The weather
• Covid 19 (ristrcts where I can go, amount of people I can
have involved)
•I have to rely on people to be able to do things when
they say
•Lighting
•Access to certain locations (might have filming
restrictions)

FINAL IDEA –
ARTIST/TITLE/INFO
Song: Generation Why by Conan Gray
Conan is a 21-year-old singer/songwriter who was born
and raised in Lemon Grove, California. He has an older
sister along with a Japanese Mum and an Irish Dad
making him half Irish, half Japanese. He orignally got
fame from his youtube channel 'ConanXCanon' in 2013
where he uploaded videos about his life, a few song
covers and some oringal acoustic songs which took to
people's interests. He later signed with republic records
and released his debut EP 'sunset season' in
2018,multiple singles in 2019 and he released his studio
album 'Kid Krow' in 2020.
Genre info - Conans main two genres are pop and indie
pop; both of these are genres that I love.

FINAL IDEA – TRACK
SUMMARY
Song: Generation Why – Conan Gray
The term 'generation why' is commonly used for people
currently in their twenties who are labelled as being more
selfish than the generation before them. The song
explores how media portrays this selfish group who live
without any clear thoughts on what they want to do in
life. It also explores the struggles that they face
including world issues which also relates to younger
generations of today.
The song is indie pop, 3:41 in length and it is fairly slow
paced.

FINAL IDEA – YOUR IDEA
Indie-pop music videos are usually low budget and are
filmed in easily accessible places. I aim to do this to by
filming around where I live, in York, the woods and other
similar places which are cheap and easy to get to. I aim
to use a small bit of narrative for certain parts of the
song but mostly just imagery and lip syncing/playback
lip-syncing. I will also film clips of buildings, driving,
penny-boarding, nature and others. When editing I will
apply a soft filter to the whole video as most indie-pop
music videos have this. I also want to include some
hand-held camera shots as this is another low budget
type feature that usually looks quite effective.

TASK 2 Pre-production
Assessment

TITLE OF
PRODUCTION/PRODUCTI
ON OUTLINEMy aim is to make an Indie-pop music videos. These are usually low
budget and are filmed in easily accessible places. I aim to film
around where I live, in York, the woods and other similar places
which are cheap and easy to get to, so I stick to the low budget
aspect. I aim to use a small bit of narrative for certain parts of
the song but mostly just imagery and lip syncing/playback lip-
syncing. I will also film clips of buildings, driving, pennyboarding,
nature and others. When editing I will apply a soft filter to the whole
video, most likely a soft pink tone, as most indie-pop music videos
have this.
The song explores how media portrays this "selfish" group known as
generation why, who live without any clear thoughts on what they
want to do in life. It also shortly explores the struggles that they
face including world issues which also relates to younger
generations of today. The song is in an indie-pop style, 3:41 in
length and it is fairly slow paced.
I will be needing to use a camera or a phone to film the shots. I will
need a tripod to make some of the shots cleaner but will also

LOCATIONS
My house – my bedroom – free, accessible, need to be clean, need good lighting
– film during the day.
York city center – need to have good weather – check the forecast in advance,
travel costs – bus journey, needs to be fairly quiet – go on a weekday during
working hours (avoid lunch etc.).
Roads in my village – free, easily accessible, need to film in a quiet area –
minimal traffic for safety, need to have good weather – check the forecast in
advance, need to have good lighting – go out at a certain time of day.
In a car (driving) - need to plan time to go out onto the roads – could film while
on the way somewhere, need to have someone to drive – timing must be
convenient for both of us.
The woods – safety issues – need to make sure there isn't too much on the
ground that anyone could trip over – move anything that is possible to move out
of the way to decreased risk, need good lighting – go at a certain time of day,
need good weather – check the forecast in advance
The park – need it to be quiet – go during the week – pick a time where kids are
still in school, need good weather – check the forecast in advance, safety while
using equipment – use it sensibly, be careful of other people – might not want to

EQUIPMENT
Phone camera for filming – easily accessible – I can provide it, easy to
use, needs to be fully charged, camera lens needs to be carefully
cleaned for the best quality, need free storage space for the video clips.
Tripod - I can provide it, fits my phone, easy to set up, small so its
portable.
A speaker + phone – for playblack of the track, I can provide the
speaker, I have access to another phone, the speaker is small and
lightweight, so it is easily portable.

FACILITIES
To edit my video I will be using Adobe Premiere Pro as it
is provided by college and it is a professional, easy to
use software. To film my video I will be using my iphone
and a small tripod.

PERSONNEL
I will have my parents helping me with the filming part of
this project. They can give me access to some of the
places I will need to go to by driving me etc. They can
help film the parts of the video that I will be the peformer
in. For most of the shots I will be able to film them
myself. I may need to have some friends be performers
for a few shots in my video so I will need to organise a
date and time to meet them in the city centre if possible. I
will be the main performer of the video as it means I don’t
have to rely too much on others to be available when they
say they are.

PROPS/COSTUME/ETC
I will be using a penny-board as one of the main props in
the video with me both riding it and just holding it. For
my costume I will just be wearing a few different or
maybe just one simple nice casual outfits which keeps it
low budget to fit with the indie-pop style video I am
going for. The main costume I will have will be blue
'mom' jeans, white top, beige trainers and a thin beige
jacket.

I'm looking to place a filter similar
to this, over the video at the end
of my editing.
I'm going to include some
shots of me pennyboarding
down a street possibly
lipsyncing.
I plan to film in the woods.
Walking shots, lipsycing, nature
shots.
I plan to film in the park mainly
using the swings. - closeups,
lipsync, maybe slowmo
I plan to take some clips while
driving – scenery, other traffic, the
sky.

STRUCTURAL
BREAKDOWNIntro Verse
1
Bridge chorus Verse
2
Bridge
2
Choru
s
Verse
3
Chorus
Start with
a clip of
the
sun risin
g over a
field.
Camera
pans
around
from last
scene to
performe
r leaning
against
tree.
Medium
shot of
performe
r lip
syncing
then
walking
along the
road.
Starts with
a clip of
an empty
street.
Switches
to a full
shot of
the
performer
walking
down that
street lip
syncing.
Then
switches
to an
overhead
shot of
the
performer
/performe
A range of
different
clips
throughout:
Pennyboardin
g, walking,
swinging,
sunset/sunri
se.
Range of
shot types:
medium
closeup, full
One
scene is
in a
bedroo
m. Next
scene is
outside
during
the
night
under
the
moon
and
stars
Starts
with
a clip of
an empty
street.
Switches
to a full
shot
of the
performe
r walking
down tha
t
street lip
syncing.
Then a
clip of
performe
r
pennybo
arding
A range
of
Different
clips
through
out
Pennybo
a-rding,
walking,
swingin
g, sunse
t/sunris
e.
Range of
shot typ
es:
medium
closeup
, full
A
mixtur
e of
clips of
the
perfor
-mer
lipsycn
i-ng
while
staying
Station
e-ry
and
nature,
traffic,
skatin
g, clips
in
betwee
A range
of differe
nt
clips thro
ughout:
Pennyboa
rding,
walking,
swinging,
Sunset/
sunrise.
Range of
shot type
s:
medium
closeup,
full

STRUCTURAL
BREAKDOWN
Intro:
• Lyrics - "Why why why
why
Why why why why
Why why why"
• Start with a clip of the
sunrise and then pan
around towards the
performer and zoom in.
• Duration – 00:17
Verse 1:
• Lyrics - "I was off keying cars
parked on radium lawns, By
suburbian moms"
• Medium shot of the performer
leaning against tree lip-syncing.
Performer steps away from tree at
the end of these lyrics.
• Duration - 00:11
• Lyrics - "I called a friend, let's
meet at ten
Go wherever we want 'cause no
one cares that we're gone"
• Full shot of the performer walking
along the road while lip-syncing.
The camera moves
backwards while they walk
forwards.

STRUCTURAL
BREAKDOWN
Bridge 1:
• Lyrics - "This town don't got
much to do"
• Shot of an empty/near empty
street
• Lyrics - "You and I haven't got
much to lose"
• Full shot of performer walking
down that street while lip-
syncing. Camera moves
backwards while they walk
forward.
• Lyrics - "So do you wanna rot in
your room like we always do?"
• Overhead shot of two
performers falling down
• Lyrics - "Talk about how fast we
grew and all the big dreams
that we won't pursue"
• Closeup of the two performers
looking through a photo album
and talking
• Lyrics - "Then get in your car
and laugh 'til we both turn blue"
• Cut back to the performer
walking down the road lip-
syncing.

STRUCTURAL
BREAKDOWN
Chorus:
• Lyrics - " 'cause we are the
helpless, selfish, one of a kind.
Millennium kids that all wanna
die"
• Full shot of performer
pennyboarding down road while
lip-syncing if possible. The
camera moves backwards as the
performer moves forwards.
• Lyrics - "walking in the street with
no light inside our eyes"
• Performer stops walking in the
street, pulls down face mask and
lip-syncs the lyrics, pulls mask
back up and continues walking
• Lyrics - "We are the worthless,
cursed with too much time
We get into trouble and lose our
minds"
• Sat on a swing at the park gently
swinging. Close up on legs
swinging and then move to medium
shot of performer lip-syncing.
• Lyrics - "something that I've heard a
million times in my life"
down the road lipsyncing. The
camera moves backwards as they
walk forward.
• Lyrics - "generation why"
• Shot of sunset or sunrise from a
different place to the intro shot

STRUCTURAL
BREAKDOWN
Verse 2:
• Lyrics - "Parents think we're fast
asleep, but as soon as we're home
we're sneaking out the window"
• Close up shot of performer lying
in bed face up, eyes closed, lip-
syncing the first part then opens
eyes and gets up and out bed
• Lyrics - "cause at this rate of
earth decay our world ending at
noon, can we all just move to the
moon"
down the road lip-syncing at
night. After "noon" the camera
pans up to the sky to show the
moon and the stars. Make the clip
Bridge 2:
• Lyrics - "This town don't got
much to do"
• Fades back in to a clip of a near
empty/empty street
• Lyrics - "and you and I haven't
got much to loose"
• Full shot of performer lip-
syncing while walking down the
street"
• Lyrics - "So do you wanna leave
everyone in this place for good"
• Full shot of performer
pennyboarding down the road
while possibly lip-syncing
• Duraction – 00:05

STRUCTURAL
BREAKDOWN
Verse 3:
• Lyrics - "Why why why why why
why why why why
We're livin' night to night
Why why why why why why why
why why
Since we're bound to die, oh
why why
Oh, what's the use in trying?
why why
And it's exactly why"
• Have a clip of
traffic,nature,pennyboarding ect
in the 'why' parts
• Have the performer lipsyncing
while leaning against a wall,tree,

SHOT LIST
Shot number Shot type Duration Description
1 Full shot 03:23 Main performer walking
down a road lip-syncing
the whole song with the
camera moving
backwards as the
performer walks forward.
Have the lip-syncing
done with sped up
playback. Use sections
of this throughout the
video
2 Full shot 03:00 Main performer walking
down highstreet lip-
syncing most of the
song with the
camera moving
backwards as
the performer walks
forward. Have the lip-
syncing done with sped
up playback. Use
sections from this
throughout the video.

SHOT LIST
4 Full shot 00:04 Shot of empty/near
empty highstreet. No
performers in this
section.
5 Overhead Shot 00:06 Two performers falling
down backwards onto
a bed. Camera will be
held above. Clip will
be in slowmotion till
they it the bed.
6 Closeup 00:07 Closeup of the two
performers looking
through a photo
album and talking.

SHOT LIST
7 Full shot 00:17 Clip of the sun rising
and the pans to the
side.
8 Full shot 00:04 Clip of the sun rising
or setting from a
different place to the
intro shot.
9 Full shot 03:23 Clip of the performer
pennyboarding down
the raod, lip-syncing if
possible

SHOT LIST
10 Hand held 00:30 A clip of the ground,
feet, pennyboard while
riding.
11 Full shot 00:30 A clip of traffic taken
from inside the
car while driving
around
12 Full shot 00:30 A clip of nature taken
from inside the car
while driving

SHOT LIST
13 Close up or medium 00:10 Performer lying in bed
fake sleeping. Eyes
open and they get up
14 Full shot/medium shot 00:20 A clip of performer
outside at night
lipsyncing
15 Medium/closeup shot 00:30 A clip of performer
lipsycning.
Background colour
changing possibly.

TASK 3.2 Organisational
Planning

PRODUCTION GROUP
INFO
Name Contact info Role in Production
Angela Banks Phone: 07538612174 To film the
performer for the
majority of the
scenes.
To provide
transport to the
main filming
location on the
first day of
filming.
Anton Banks Phone: 07419823438 To film the
performer for the
last big scene.
To provide
transport to the

LOCATIONS
Rowntrees Park
Address: Terry Ave, York YO23 1JQ
Filming permission/law (link)
Recce Photo:

LOCATIONS
York City Centre
Address: Shambles
Recce Photo:

LOCATIONS
York City Centre
Address: Fossgate, Merchants' Quarter
Recce Photo:

LOCATIONS
Village
Address: Bolton Percy
Filming permission/law (link) Recce Photo:

LOCATIONS
Bedroom
Address: My House Recce Photo:

RISK ASSESSMENT
Location Risk Probabilit
y
Impact Solution
Park Location can be
isolated, could be
unsafe for a person
on their own, may
be attacked, have
an accident,
medical emergancy
Low High Ensure that you stay
in well-lit public
areas, ensure
somebody knows
where you are going,
ensure you have a
mobile phone etc
Park Equiptment in the
park may be unsafe
or damaged
Low Mediu
m
Check equiptment
before using them
e.g. swings
Park Filming could be
stopped due to lack
of
permission/permits
etc.
Low Mediu
m
Enure that you always
film in public
locations, if you need
to film within a
location that is not

RISK ASSESSMENT
y
Impact Solution
York city
centre
Traffic accident,
could be hit by a
vehical
Medium High Ensure that the roads
are clear before
standing in them to
film. Have another
person to kepe an eye
on the traffic. Do not
film on blind corners.
York City
Centre
Theft of
equiptment
/personal attack
Low Mediu
m
Do not film alone in
secluded locations,
such as alley ways,
ensure that all
equpitment is kept
out of site of others
when not being used.
Ensure somebody

RISK ASSESSMENT
y
Impact Solution
York city
centre
Filming could be
stopped due to lack
of
permission/permits
etc.
Low Mediu
m
Enure that you always
film in public
locations, if you need
to film within a
location that is not
public property,
ensure that you have
written and verbal
consent.
Village Location can be
isolated, could be
unsafe for a person
on their own, may
be attacked, have
an accident,
Low Mediu
m
Ensure you stay in
well lit areas, ensure
somebody knows
where you are going,
ensure you have a
mobile phone etc.

RISK ASSESSMENT
y
Impact Solution
Village Animal attacks
(cows, horses etc)
Low High Ensure that when
filming near livestock
or wild animals that
you keep a safe
distance and pay
attention to their
behaviour
Village Filming could be
stopped due to lack
of
permission/permits
etc.
Medium Mediu
m
When filming in a
location which is not
public (such as
private land) ensure
that you have written
and verbal consent
before hand.
Village Traffic accident, Low High Ensure that roads are

CONTINGENCY
PLANNINGPotential
Problem
Effect on
Production
solution Person
responsible
Camera/phone
battery failure
Unable to film. Bring a spare
battery or portable
charger
Technical crew
Speaker battery
failure
Unable to have
audio playback
Make sure speaker
is fully charged
and bring a spare
one.
Technical crew
Camera/phone
storage becomes
full
Unable to film Make sure storage
is empty
beforehand.
Technical crew
People getting in
the way (in
public)
Interrupts
filming.
Plan ahead to film
at a quieter time of
day e.g when
people are working
Production
manager
The weather Could prevent
filming
Check the weather
forecast in
advance. If it
Production
manager

CONTINGENCY PLAN
Potential
Problem
Effect on
Production
solution Person
responsible
Crew member
sickness
Would be
missing a
member
Have someone as
backup that can
fill in for them.
Production
manager -
Elisabeth
The filming
location being
inaccessible
Filming would
not be able to
take place
Check in advance
that the location
is available and
have a backup
location.
Production
manager
Transport
unavailable
Would not be
able to reach
location.
Have a backup
vehicle available
Production
manager
Unable to park
near or at
location
Would affect
accessibility
Check in
advance, reserve
a parking space
and prepare to
drop off and
Production
manager

PRODUCTION
SCHEDULE
Filming Day 1:
I am planning on filming for about 1 hour on Wednesday the 4th. I plan on
going to Rowntrees park in York at around 11am to ensure that the park is as
quiet as possible. I shall also quickly go into York City Centre to look for the
best streets to film in on the second filming day. I also plan to film the short
village scenes when I get back from the park on this day.

SCHEDULE
Filming Day 2:
I am planning on filming for around 2 hours on Sunday
the 8th. I plan on going into York City Centre at around
8am to ensure the streets are as quiet as possible. I also
plan on getting a clip of the sunrise at around 7:20am
the same morning/on the way into York. Later on in the
day I plan on filming the sunset if possible and then the
scenes for my video that need to be set at night time.
Editing:
I have given myself up to 7 hours for my editing so I can
try and make the video as good as it can be. I will be
doing this during the time that I am in college. I have
given myself this length of time so my editing is not
rushed and also to allow for any problems that may
occur or so I have chance to tetany extra video clips if I
need to.

CLEARANCE AND
PERMISSIONS
Video Release Form

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