Actor Planning

Planning: Costume.

These are the types of costume that would be suitable for my music video. They are quite stereotypical of the Indie-rock genre.

Out of the three male costumes, I think that the left one is most suitable, but the other two would work well too, especially for the different actors so that they are not too similar.

Out of the three female costumes, I think the right costume is most suitable - being the most typical of the Indie-rock genre out of the three - but a combination of the three would allow my female characters to be unique from one another.

Planning: Props

I have ordered some smoke bombs to use in my production. They will be blue, red and white coloured. Each lasts around a minute so I have ordered 20 so that I can afford to trial a couple to set up shots.

Shot Listing.

Planning: Layouts.

My key scenes will be...

• Following the car through country roads.
• Aeriel shot from drone - directly above
• Aeriel shot from drone - crane shot
• Pan shot from front
• Pan shot from back

• The band in a rural setting (including smoke grenades)
• Close ups from front
• Wide shot from front
• Aeriel shots from drone directly above
• Aeriel shots from drone - crane shot + pan
• Pan shot
• Slow motion of smoke

• The band in an urban setting
• Close ups from front
• Wide shot from front
• Aeriel shots from drone directly above
• Aeriel shots from drone - crane shot + pan
• Pan shot

Location Planning: Sheffield - Videos.

Here are a few test shots I have for the various locations previously mentioned.

Location Planning: Sheffield.

On the trip to Sheffield, I had a few places in mind that I thought would fit my production - these were used in my poll - the first was a derelict site near Kelham Island. When we visited this location construction had begun and we weren't able to enter as we were the previous year. My other suggestion was the car park near Hillsborough Stadium. I didn't visit this location as before this we went to Park Hill Flats and I found an ideal spot which had been boarded up and had some graffiti on so would fit the dirty location I desired quite well so I swapped this location for the Hillsborough car park. Thirdly, the front of Park Hill Flats were my third idea, but these, when visited in person, didn't match how I had imagined them and so I am not too interested in these anymore.

Storyboard.

Song choice

The song I have chosen to use for my video is 'Fallout' by Catfish and the Bottlemen.

Planning: Props

After looking more at the footage I got from Tramlines, and also at some Coldplay videos, I thought that it would be a good idea to have a look online for some smoke grenades so that I can use these whilst filming the band playing in either the field or car park so that it would link the shots of the festival with the shots of just the band.

I found a website selling packs of two for just over £1, with delivery this makes it about £9 for 6 in various colours.



I think these would work well, as long as I could set them up in time to film as they only burn for about a minute so I would have to plan the shots well and know exactly what I wanted to do in order to collect the right footage.

I could also get some handheld ones so that I can recreate the shots from Tramlines and get different angles and close ups of the smoke and hand holding it.

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Planning: Proposal

My genre is indie-pop.
I want to keep the mise-en-scene of my production to be representative of a festival atmosphere, including indie features to embed the genre, using location and props to do so.

Themes I will use are summer, festival feels and a strong sense of friendship between band members.
To do this I will use summer clothes to portray the time of year and will keep the costume subtle to keep with indie conventions.
I am trying to appeal to a late-teen audience, moving into the 20's category. The genre of music is stereotypically associated with this sort of age range - the kind who are most likely to attend festivals.
My inspiration comes from a mixture of bands' music videos - the ones I have previously looked at.
I wont add any sound of my own to the track as I want to keep with the original music.

I was originally planning to use Final Cut Pro to edit my production, however, whist being on work experience with Air Television, I was told that the industry has now moved on to Adobe Premiere Pro. With my Adobe Creative Cloud subscription I am able to access this software so I will use this for my final production, as it is more advanced and will enable me to use other features that it offers.


I have bought a drone over the summer, which I can attach my GoPro to. This allows me to take shots from above, allowing me to add more eye-catching shots to my production. Above is some footage I have already taken using it - so far the video I get isn't the best, but as I get more experienced with flying it the quality will go up and I will be able to get some good quality footage that I will be able to include in my final production to make it more eye-catching and stand out. 

Research: Props.

The guitars feature heavily in the music videos I have looked at, mainly in mis-shots showing the band members playing the instruments giving a sense of realism to the music by insinuating a diegetic, synchronous sound. They portray the band's music by being played by bend members and just make the footage seem more realistic. Without these props, the music video would still make sense so they are not necessary to the narrative, but help make it more 'true-to-life'. The audience - who would stereotypically be current fans of the band- are able to recognise the guitarist as being a member of the band and therefore be able to instantly make the connection and embed the band's branding through the iconography.

The use of the microphone here sets a point for the singers to pivot around, focusing their movement around this one prop, allowing camera angles to be composed around this. This basis is very widely used in the music industry and is a tried and tested method to generate realistic perspectives, of what tends to be either a recording studio or concert. The band's singer, as with the guitarists, will be a signifier to the fans, telling them it is their song/video. This prop is a huge factor to the music video, providing a focal point for the vocals, which are usually the main area of interest for the video.

The drum kit is quite a common feature of music videos, yet isn't really given an awful lot of attention. it tends to just be sat at the back of the stage being played and given little screen time, only being on for a few seconds at a time. It is however used synchronously, matching the actual music to provide a visual beat to emphasise the audio. all of the videos I looked at had a drum kit on stage, yet the footage above is nearly all of the clear bits that were actually included in the final cut. These are a vital part to the narrative - assuming the others are used - as they are a main part to the track and are an ideal backdrop for the vocalist to be in front of. The stage looks bare if there are no drums. The audience doesn't particularly identify the drummer as being from the band as they are given little recognition on screen and just sit in the background, however the band's logo is usually on the main foot pedal drum for brand anchorage.