Unit 29: Music Video Production

Pre-Production Booklet for Music Video

Name: George Cowley

Order of contents (italics show areas you must add in yourself)

Song

Lyrics

Meaning of the song

Storyboard

Script

Mood board

Props list

Locations

Shooting schedule

Call sheet

Risk assessment

Clearances

Rules for your production

Your potential track must conform to the following
criteria:
1.
It must provide opportunities for original and creative work
2.
It must have a clearly definable target audience
3.
It must be generically identifiable i.e as clearly belonging
to a particular genre/sub/genre
4.
it must be of digital quality and in an appropriate format
for capturing to Adobe Premiere Pro CS5
5.
The track must have been missed and recorded to a high
standard, including if using an independent artist (e.g. local
band)
6.
You need to be able to prove you have checked ownership
and have sought permission to use the track.
Your choices will need to:
1.
Be filtered out by your teacher if unsuitable (please
anticipate the likely 'secondary' audience at Henley (parents,
younger children, principle etc)
2.
Inspire the group to make a creative, original music video
that uses and/or challenges conventions
3.
Be suitable for broadcast on mainstream music television
so
- No swearing
- No sexually aggressive language/imagery
- Avoid drug related lyrics/imagery

Song

Song title
Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Artist
Lord

Genre

What are the conventions of music videos from this genre?

Most of the music videos that are made to the genre of my chosen song are usually very
dramatic and slow but then fast at some points. They usually have a death in them or
something sad. The style is usually an interpretive video which means that the lyrics dont
much up to the video.

How are you going to meet these conventions in your video?

Style (in-concert and as live footage; animation (stop motion, digital); interpretative; narrative;
impressionist; surrealist; pastiche; parody; referencing; homage)

The style of my music video is interpretive, the not many of the lyrics match up with the
filming so the audience can have their own idea. This song is also a homage to another song
which is not as dramatic. I will also be cutting to the beat a lot in my music video.

Costume
I only have two characters in my music video. I want the male character to be wearing green
clothes like a hunter and the female character to wear something white.

Lighting
I am going to be filming this outside so I will need it to be daylight because I cant get any
artificial lights into the woods. I want to film this on a clear day with no rain =.

Locations
All of my music video will be set in the woods on college grounds. The reason why I have
chosen to use college grounds is because one of the characters in my video can only film
there.

Shot types
I want to have a lot of low and high angles in my music video, I think it has more of a
dramatic effect. Also I want to have lots of close ups and side shots.

Research
What music videos have you watched to research your genre?
When researching this genre I found a song similar called Alt J Breezeblocks. This
is a slightly faster passed song but I think it is just as dramatic. The lyrics in this
music have nothing to do with the video, my first idea was similar to this as I didnt
want fottage matching with the lyrics but after listening to my song a lot of times I
decided to slightly relate to them and make my music video about if the nuclear war
in the 70s actually happened.

How have these videos influenced the decisions made? Include screen shots of the key
influences
Yes, I found that this curtain music video influenced me for some of my ideas. The music video for Breezeblocks
is all in revers and when I saw this I wanted some of my scenes in revers to. I think this is a very effective way of
filming and can be more dramatic as well. This will work perfectly as I want my music video to be dramatic.

Lyrics
Insert the song lyrics below

Welcome to your life

There's no turning back
Even while we sleep
We will find you

Acting on your best behaviour

Turn your back on mother nature
Everybody wants to rule the world

It's my own design

It's my own remorse
Help me to decide
Help me make the most

Of freedom and of pleasure

Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world

There's a room where the light won't find you

Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do I'll be right behind you

So glad we've almost made it

So sad they had to fade it
Everybody wants to rule the world

Everybody wants to rule the world

Everybody wants to rule the world

Meaning of the song

Does the song have a meaning? If so, what is it?

This song was specifically made for a movie The Hunger Games and it was a
homage off another song with the same lyrics and title but just in a different style of
genre. The title of this song is Everybody Wants To Rule The World so for my music
video I was think of filming what would of happened if the nuclear war actually
happened during the Second World War and the Cold War. Some lyrics in this song
will be related to the footage to have a stronger effect on the audience.

How will your visuals relate to the song? (Illustrate, Amplify or Disjuncture)
When I first heard this song I didnt want to relate the visuals to the song but after listening to
the lyrics a lot of times I decided to relate them a lot. There is no real meaning to this song
but because the title is Everybody Wants To Rule The World I thought I would make the
video on what happened of there was a nuclear war during the second world war and the
cold war. Some of the lyrics go really well with the visuals. For example in the song one of
the lyrics are nothing ever last of ever. It this scene I want to have a time laps of a flower
dying. This should have a strong effect because it is showing a form of life dying and people
can compare it to human beings.

Storyboard
Insert your storyboard here

Think carefully about the shots you will be using. Consider the range of shots/angles
to give interest and perspective

Script

Description of what will happen in your video inc. camera

movements, angles

Mood board
Create a mood board showing what look your music video will have. Add images
showing ideas of mise-en-scene, characters, costumes and colours that will be
present in the different shots.

Props List
What props / models / furniture etc will you need to make your music video?

Production Name:
Producer:

Item

Script page

Description

Character/location

Spoon

Page 1

Rusty old spoon

George, shiplake

used to eat

building.

beans
Can of beans

Page 1

Eating a can of
beans

George, shiplake

Notes

Location recce
Complete the location recce for the final venue.

Shooting Schedule for production:

Call Sheet
VIIBE PRODUCTIONS @
The Henley College
Production:
Client Information:
Location:
Shiplake retirement
home

Cast and Crew:

George Cowley
Henry Atkinson

Role: Phone Number:

Main actor and N/A
editor N/A
Main camera man

Production Requirements:
To create a music video by ourselves to
be uploaded by the 22nd march.

Other Information:

Brief:

Risk assessment of venue

Complete risk assessment for the shooting locations

ACTIVITY

HAZARD

RISK
H/M/L

sleeping on
the floor

Might lie on a
sharp object
like glass

PRECAUTIONS

Look
around the
floor before
I lie down.

Please leave this section blank:

Risk Assessment checked by: Name George Cowley..
22/03/16

IN PLACE

REVIEW
DATE

21/
03/
16

REVIEWE

Geor
Cowl

Signed George Cowley Da

KEY:Activity :Describe the component part of your pursuit.Hazard :

List the
things you anticipate might cause harm or the things associated with your activity
that have the potential to cause harm. Consider the likely harm. Risk: Assess the
risk as either H (High), M (Medium) or L (Low). When concluding your assessment
consider all of the circumstances.
Precautions: Consider what
you could do to minimise / negate the risk.
In Place:
Will the
precautionary measures be in place at the time of the activity?
Review Date:
When would it be reasonable to review your assessment?

Remember it might be whilst you are undertaking the activity.

Reviewer: Name of the person responsible for completing the risk assessment.
A copy of this form should be taken on the activity or visit by the Reviewer.