The document outlines a treatment for a music video project that will show a journey from a fast-paced city to a peaceful beach town. The video will use the song "The Bay" by Metronomy and represent the structure, speed and beat of the song visually through "thought beats". It aims to contrast the city environment through darker colors and artificial lighting with the island and beach shown through softer colors and natural lighting. Filming will take place in Auckland city and on Waiheke Island on February 10th.

1. Treatment for preliminary task
Waka, Zali & Jacob
The purpose of this preliminary task is to create a music video that shows the theme of a ‘journey’.
For this we are permitted to use copyrighted music, which leads into the song that we selected,
which is ‘The Bay’ by Metronomy.
The song itself is upbeat with a funk inspired vibe. Since the song is like this, it obviously affects
the vibe and feel of our music video, which will include Andrew Goodwin’s thoughts and theories.
The idea of ‘Thought beats’ which is when the structure, speed and beat of the song are
represented visually in the video, is something we all agree will work with the beat of the song, and
help to create a slick, fast-paced and distinct video, which will coincide with the overall style we are
trying to achieve.
When talking about the specific style, there are certain
directors that inspire ideas for our video, e.g. Wes
Anderson. His style is immediately recognisable, and
we want to try to replicate the sort of symmetry he
uses in his films, such as straight shots of buildings,
tracking shots etc.
As well as this we want to show the journey of
travelling from a fast-paced city environment, to a
peaceful beach town. To achieve this, establishing
shots and wide shots focusing on imagery are essential. We also aim to have a contrast in colour
to help distinguish these two place, e.g. darker bolder colours in town to replicate the busy and
loud atmosphere, and then more relaxed softer colours when on Waiheke. The lighting will also
help to contrast this, as in town we are able to find more
artificial light, than out on the island and beach, which will
all be natural lighting. We will not be bringing in any lighting
equipment, so this may have to be reviewed if it is a cloudy,
grey day.
Going back to Andrew Goodwin’s theories, our music video
will be that of ‘Disjuncture’, as the imagery and video will
not be directly reflecting and relating to the lyrics and
meaning of the song.
•Branding and star Imagery will not be purposely included
in our music video, though brands may feature, e.g. possible shots of restaurants, food, clothing.
A lot of this will be determined on what we come across when get to our location and being
filming.
Filming date:
10/02/16
Locations:
• Auckland city (CBD)
• Ferry terminal (and ferry itself)
• Waiheke Island incl. Beaches, village etc.
Roles on production will include:
Cinematographer: Waka, Zali & Jacob ( we will all be filming throughout the day)
Editor: Zali & Waka