Shooting on 19th - 20th November

I had another shooting but things didn't go as planned due to the inconvenience of the weather. I had planned on doing my shots that were required to be done outside and in the streets, but the weather was very foggy, which wasn't what I wanted for my outdoors shots. Instead I shot the shots that were required to have a spotlight on the artist, with a plain background, this I felt went rather well. I think I got some good shots that I could use within my music video. I will continue to edit the shots I have currently got, fitting them where I want them to feature in my video.

Shooting on 12th - 13th November

I have done my first shooting for my music video, and some of the shots didn't go as I had originally planned, and may result in a change, such as changing what happens in that shot. But I think that some of the shots I did are usable for my music video. I am going to put my shots on an editing suite and see which ones I can use and which ones will need to be done again.

Shooting Schedule

12th - 13th November

Location: Bedroom

Shots: 

#1 - Close up of the artist laying on a bed
#2 - Medium shot of the artist sat on a bed
#3 - Close up of mobile phone
#4 - Medium shot of throwing mobile phone
#5 - Close up of the face with hands covering it
#6 - Medium shot of artist dropping arms
#8 - Long shot of artist stood in the middle of clothes flying everywhere
#9 - Close up of artist with eyes closed and breathing in and out
#14 - Long shot of artist sat at the window
#16 - Long shot of clothes flying everywhere again
#21 - Extreme close up of lips singing
#29 - Close up of a letter
#30 - Medium shot of artist screwing up the letter, throwing it then walking off

16th November

Location: Plain black background (spot light)

Shots:

#7 - Medium shot of artist singing
#17 - Close up of the artists face
#19 - Close up of the artist singing
#22 - Extreme close up of right side of artists face
#24 - Extreme close up of left side of artists face
#26 - Extreme close up of right side of artists face
#27 - Extreme close up of left side of artists face
#28 - Medium shot artist singing in spotlight

19th November

Location: Outside

Shots:

#10 - Close up of artists face
#11 - Close up of artists face in a mask
#12 - Close up of artists face again
#23 - Close up of mask falling on the floor

20th November

Location: Outside and the Streets

Shots:

#15 - Long shot of the artist walking through the streets
#18 - Long shot of artist in an open area singing
#20 - Tracking medium shot of artist walking down the street
#25 - Long shot of the artist dropping arms in open area

Location: Outside

Shots:
#13 - Medium shot of artist in the rain singing

This shot can not be fully scheduled into my planned shootings, this shot will be filmed within any of my scheduled filming times, depending on when there will be rain.

Script

Lyrics - Instrumental
Duration - 00:00 - 00:14

#1 - Close up of the artist laying on a bed
Lyrics - "I lie awake again, my bodies feeling paralysed"
Duration - 00:14 - 00:21

#2 - Medium shot of the artist sat on a bed
Lyrics - "I can't remember when, I didn't live through this disguise"
Duration - 00:21 - 00:28

#3 - Close up of mobile phone
Lyrics - "The words you said to me, They couldn't"
Duration - 00:28 - 00:32

#4 - Medium shot of throwing mobile phone
Lyrics - "Set me free"
Duration - 00:32 - 00:34

#5 - Close up of the face with hands covering it
Lyrics - "I'm stuck here in this life I didn't"
Duration - 00:34 - 00:38

#6 - Medium shot of artist dropping arms
Lyrics - "ask for"
Duration - 00:38 - 00:41

#7 - Medium shot of artist singing
Lyrics - "There must be something more"
Duration - 00:41 - 00:45

#8 - Long shot of artist stood in the middle of clothes flying everywhere
Lyrics - "Do we know what we're fighting for"
Duration - 00:45 - 00:48

#9 - Close up of artist with eyes closed and breathing in and out
Lyrics - "Breathe in, Breathe out, Breathe in, Breathe out"
Duration - 00:48 - 00:55

#10 - Close up of artists face
Lyrics - "With all these"
Duration - 00:55 - 00:56

#11 - Close up of artists face in a mask
Lyrics - "Masks we wore"
Duration - 00:56 - 00:57

#12 - Close up of artists face again
Lyrics - "We never knew what we had in store, Breathe in, Breathe out, Breathe in, Breathe out"
Duration - 00:57 - 01:09

#13 - Medium shot of artist in the rain singing
Lyrics - "A storm is rolling in, the thunders loud it hurts my ears, I'm paying for my sins, and it's gonna rain for years and years"
Duration - 01:09 - 01:23

#14 - Long shot of artist sat at the window
Lyrics - "I've fooled everyone, now what will I become, I have to start this over, I have to start this over"
Duration - 01:23 - 01:36

#15 - Long shot of the artist walking through the streets
Lyrics - "There must be something more"
Duration - 01:36 - 01:41

#16 - Long shot of clothes flying everywhere again
Lyrics - "Do we know what we're fighting for"
Duration - 01:41 - 01:45

#17 - Close up of the artists face
Lyrics - "Breathe in, Breathe out, Breathe in, Breathe out"
Duration - 01:45 - 01:53

#18 - Long shot of artist in an open area singing
Lyrics - "And all these masks we wore, we never knew what we had in store"
Duration - 01:53 - 01:59

#19 - Close up of the artist singing
Lyrics - "Breathe in, Breathe out, Breathe in, Breathe out"
Duration - 01:59 - 02:06

#20 - Tracking medium shot of artist walking down the street
Lyrics - "I've fooled everyone, now what will I become, I have to start this over, I have to start this over, There must be something more"
Duration - 02:06 - 02:25

#21 - Extreme close up of lips singing
Lyrics - "Do we know what we're fighting for"
Duration - 02:25 - 02:28

#22 - Extreme close up of right side of artists face
Lyrics - "Breathe in, Breathe out, Breathe in, Breathe out"
Duration - 02:28 - 02:35

#23 - Close up of mask falling on the floor
Lyrics - "And all these masks we wore, we never knew what we had in store"
Duration - 02:35 - 02:42

#24 - Extreme close up of left side of artists face
Lyrics - "Breathe in, Breathe out, Breathe in, Breathe out"
Duration - 02:42 - 02:48

#25 - Long shot of the artist dropping arms in open area
Lyrics - "There must be something more"
Duration - 02:48 - 02:56

#26 - Extreme close up of right side of artists face
Lyrics - "Breathe in, Breathe out"
Duration - 02:56 - 02:59

#27 - Extreme close up of left side of artists face
Lyrics - "Breathe in, Breathe out"
Duration - 02:59 - 03:02

#28 - Medium shot artist singing in spotlight
Lyrics - "There must be something more"
Duration - 03:02 - 03:09

#29 - Close up of a letter
Lyrics - Instrumental
Duration - 03:09 - 03:11

#30 - Medium shot of artist screwing up the letter, throwing it then walking off
Lyrics - Instrumental
Duration - 03:11 - 03:16

Analysed Lyrics

Animatic

Storyboard

Prezi

A2 Media on Prezi

Costume

- Jeans
- Shirt
- Trainers
- Leather Jacket

Locations

- Bedroom (opening scene)
- Streets (walking down)
- Open areas
- Black background with spotlight

Props List

- Mask
- Mobile Phone
- Letter
- Lots of clothing

Cast List

My video will contain just the one performer, as the artist would feature in their own music video, my actor will be Matthew Stipetic.

Genre Conventions of Chosen Song

As opposed to electrical instruments acoustic genre music uses instruments that solely produce sounds through acoustic means. They often use electrical means to produce an amplified clearer sound with their separate instrument, often using a microphone next to their acoustic guitar. Acoustic music is seen to be pure compared to other genres of music as others are seen to be more cluttered by technology and overproduction.

With the acoustic genre of music such conventions are often withheld, such as most acoustic songs contain lyrics that are slow and emotional, either revealing pain, love, loss, longing of something etc. A soft guitar is often used to create the base of the emotion and mood intended to be created through the song. Within the music video there is often love revealed and conveyed, expressing visually what is happening and being described through the lyrics of the song. This type of music often features many lyric to visual matches, giving the audience something to look at that is related to the lyrics in the song, which is used to try and help the audience understand the song more, and understand the meanings and feelings that the artist are trying to present to them.

Another convention of this type of genre is for the artist to show aspects of performance, such as both them playing their instrument and singing with the song, and them being part of the narrative whilst singing along with the song; this pleases the audience as it gives them the chance to see the artist perform.

A common feature in such music videos for this genre is for the artist of one member of the band to be featured in the video singing whilst walking or running throughout the video, which is often something to be connoted in relation to the lyrics of the song, which can often show in terms of the artist or bands journey of their success, or in relation to the lyrics them looking for something more, like in my chosen song, searching for a bigger meaning in life, or searching for love etc.

The rock genre is a type of popular music and was developed in the 1960s; the rock sound is often produced by the electrical guitar and the acoustic guitar. There are many different types and styles of the rock genre such as heavy metal, punk rock, blues rock, etc. And more specifically for the genre that is featured with my chosen artist/song, alternative rock, consists of various subgenres of which merged from the independent music, it was mainly an underground phenomenon;  alternative bands built underground followings by touring constantly and regularly releasing low-budget albums.

Rock as a genre would feature electrical instruments that would create a beat based backing track for the artist’s song, the genre usually features more upbeat pace, but can sometimes be mixed within another genre, creating a subgenre, making a different sound for their audience. Within the video for this genre there are often fast cuts that would cut on the beat of the song, and always feature the artist playing their instrument and singing, showing performance that would entertain their audience.