The document provides guidance on visual planning and pre-production for a music video. It discusses pre-visualizing the concept through boards and storyboarding. A structural breakdown of the song sections is suggested to apply broad visual ideas to each part. Shot lists are also recommended to define the sequential visual elements that need to be filmed to bring the storyboard to life. The document stresses the importance of planning the visuals and their relationship to the music before filming for a more streamlined production process.

1. Stage 4
Music Video
Planning and
pre-production
Kallum sykes

2. Visual Planning

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. Pre-visualisation
• The visuals that are in my video will be bright and some of them will
be of the sun set. This makes the viewer feel inspired as they way
want to go on holiday themselves and see it with their own eyes. A
key moment in my video will be when the animation pops up and this
will fit to the beat very nicely and I think this will help the audience
enjoy the content that I will be making. All of the lighting that will be
in my video will be natural lighting as the shots were taken outside
on a recent holiday.

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 breakdow
Section [e.g. verse,
chorus, bridge, etc]
Approx
duration
What happens, visual elements, shots Notes of technical aspects/requirements
Music intro 0:15 Casual clips Clips edited to the beat of the
music
Build up 0:15 Clips from the plane taking off I had some clips in the sky and also
some on the run way and these
will be edited to the beat of the
music
chorus 0:30 Animation of the artist flying on a
balloon and clips high in the sky
Clips edited to the beat of the
music

8. 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!

9. Storyboard

10. 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.

11. Shot List
• I will not need to create a shot list as I already have the clips but in
some of the clips I have used:
• Long shot
• Over the shoulder
• Wide shot
• Extreme long shot
• Medium shot

12. Task 3.2
Organisational Planning

13. Location information
• The location that I filmed all of these clips were in Sidari, Corfu when
I went on holiday. I will not be able to get anymore clips as I will not
be able to go back there any time soon.