This document outlines a pre-production schedule for a music video project over 15 weeks. It includes activities such as analyzing similar music videos and genres, researching the target audience, drafting storyboards and shot lists, conducting location scouting, and developing plans for costumes, actors, and props. The schedule culminates in a production schedule detailing when filming and editing will take place. Regular blog posts are assigned to document and share the findings and progress of the pre-production research.

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Pre-production: Research and Planning Schedule
Week
beginning:
Activity What goes on the
blog
Blogged?
2nd Nov-
14th Nov
1 - Music video analysis (similar product research)
Students will use their notes on Goodwin to analyse a music video
of the genre they have chosen.
Analysis of your
chosen music video
in the form of a blog
post/power-point or
Prezi
Two blogged
2 – Ideas drafting
Peer listen to the songs chosen and feedback what ideas everyone
has for the songs
Type up or scan peer
feedback on your
song and comment if
this has been useful
Yes
3 – Genre Research
Research chosen genre and find out:
 Where it originated from
 Main artists in it
 Awards they may give out
 Key features of it
 Style/clothing/attitudes
Anything else?
Genre analysis in the
form of a blog
post/power-point or
Prezi
Yes
9th Nov 4 – Target Audience
Research the target audience for band/artist.
The target audience
avatars and
annotations
Yes
5 – Digipak and poster Analysis (similar product research)
Digipak and print advert research – Research CD covers and print
adverts to see what has been done before in terms of your
artist/band and genre. Annotated CD cover and print advert to
show what style of font has been used, what colours have been
used and their meanings, what images etc.
Annotated CD cover
and annotated print
advert
Yes CD cover
analysis
Yes Alesso Poster
Analysis

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16th Nov 6 – Annotated Lyrics
Ideas from lyrics – Look up the lyrics to your song and annotate
them with your initial ideas
Annotated lyrics
(could be on word, or
by hand & scanned)
Yes
Initial complete
Yes Main
7 - Script/storyboards
Use your lyrics ideas to flesh out your plan for your video. Then
draft storyboards.
Storyboards (can be
digital or hand drawn
and scanned in)
23rd Nov 8 – Shot List
Continue fleshing out ideas and use the storyboard to produce a
detailed shot list.
Shot list in word (or
scanned in)
Yes
30th Nov 9 – Recce photos
Location recce – go and find locations and take photos for each
scene
Your uploaded
photos
Yes
10 – Floor plans
Produce a layout/floor plan for the shoots
Layout/floor plan
either on word or
hand drawn and
scanned in
Yes
11 – Costumes 12 – Actors 13 – Props 14- Special Effects List
Decide on who the actors will be and why. What costumes will they
wear and why. What props will you need?
This could be photos,
notes, images with a
blog post explaining
the points
Yes
7th Dec 15 – Production Schedule
Produce a production schedule detailing when all the necessary
footage will be got in lesson time/out of lesson time including what
costumes, props, equipment and actors needed etc. Include when
you will edit.
The detailed
production schedule
Yes