Location + Costumes

Locations

Bedroom

Road/Lane

Costume

Casual

Jeans

"nerdy" T-shirt or band shirt

Flannel

Sneakers (Preferably vans or converse)

natural unkempt hair

Second storyboard

Storyboard from Georgie Duffy

Analysing a website

thefrontbottoms.com

Website planning

First Storyboard

Synopsis of idea

Lyrics

Lie down and let the flowers grow straight through you,
the earth absorbs your soul and you'll feel
brand new,

I'll be your body when your body is broken ×3,

Live through me and throw away my shell,
the sky that once seemed so bright is as dull as ocean swell,

I'll be your body when your body is broken ×3,

And when your body becomes air,
you need to leave behind a reason to care,

I'll be your body when your body is broken ×9

Synopsis

The video is based on the lyrics for the song "Burning bodies in a hotel room" by Thereisnohappyhere, the lyrics of the song connotate to being forgotten by loved ones. The video is a performance/narrative video. The story within the video is that the performer has not seen his friends in a while and feels like he is being forgotten by them, but in the end, they see each other again and it's a happy ending.

The video starts showing the performer sitting and starting the song, the video then fades out to a memory of them playing video games in his bedroom, feeling sad the performer then goes for a late night walk to clear his head of these memories, but he remembers another time when he was enjoying himself with his friends and decides to go back home. When he gets back home he remembers another time with his friends but tries to carry on with the song, even though the memories keep infiltrating his mind. At the ninth shot, we see the performers friends joining him in the song until the end. At the end the words "I'll be yr body when yr body is broken" with a black background fade onto the screen over the last shot until the end of the song.

The video makes use of wide angle shots and close ups/extreme close-ups.

The video represents teenagers, especially the struggler and the reformer (Yung and Rubicam) based on the song choice and clothing the actors will be wearing. My video will also include personal relationships/social interaction and personal identity (Blumler and Katz) as the audience will see the performer struggle to deal with being forgotten by friends and struggle with loneliness.

Statement of intent

My video is a 4:20 minute video based on the song "Burning bodies in a hotel room" by Thereisnohappyhere, the song is a lo-fi/indie song so i want my video to conform to the stereotypes of those genres, like dark scenes and low-key lighting. My video is a performance/narrative based video about being forgotten by friends, which is what the song connotates to, using multiple flashback shots to show the past, i will do this by using fade outs to other shots.

The video will be shot in York which has a 27.17% AB Social grade, the actors will be wearing casual/punk clothing, the main actor will be using a guitar, video games are also going to be used throughout my video, the lighting of the video will be mostly low-key as it is a sad song. My video predominantly represents 18 year old males living in North England (york), as the performer of the song is my main actor within the video. This fits the target audience of 16-25 year olds of the AB socioeconomic demographic, which is higher class.

Music video Genres

Genres from Georgie Duffy

Timed analysis

Blink-182 "I miss you"

0.00-0.05
The video opens on a wide angle low shot of a church/castle with lightning flashing in the background. The scene cuts to one of a statue then quickly to a ghostly looking woman who turns her head to the left to face away from the camera. The camera then cuts to two low medium close shots of her turning her head to look to the right. The entire scene is in lowkey lighting and the woman is very white against the dark backgrounds as if she is glowing.

0.05-0.10
The video cuts to a high shot of her running down some steps from behind, as she is going this we can see her holding up her skirt so she does not fall, the camera then cuts to a low shot facing her. As she is running we can notice her getting more and more transparent, it then cuts to a high behind shot again and she turns around before completely disappearing.

0.10-0.15
At 10 seconds the camera changes to a low wide angle shot of the band Blink-182 walking towards the camera. The camera then cuts to an eye-level close up of a woman behind some branches/a gate fence, then cuts back to the band but it is in an eye level view. It then has a quick cut to the ghostly woman looking from the right of the screen to the left, in an eye level close up shot. The last shot in this timeframe is a shot of one of the turrets on the castle.

0.15-0.20
The first shot of this time frame is a wide angle low shot of the band performing within the castle. It cuts to a close-up shot of the guitarist and then goes to a shot of the second woman opening the gates to the castle, it is a close-up shot but pans up from her chest towards her face, before fading out to a different wide angle shot from behind.

0.20-0.25
This time opens up with a medium shot of the drummer, then cuts to the same low wide angle shot of the full band. For a brief moment, it cuts to a shot of a woman lying suggestively on a spiral staircase. The timeframe ends with a closer up shot of the band performing, a flash across the camera, and a shot of a man's feet.

0.25-0.30
The first shot is a close-up shot of a woman laying down, she has her eyes closed and looks quite peaceful, we later realise this is the same girl on the stairs. It then cuts to an extreme closeup of a woman's eye, she is looking away then she blinks and looks into the camera. The next shot is a middle shot of a cat, after this, it cuts back to the same staircase with the woman lying on it, but this time she is joined by another woman sitting next to her.

0.30-0.35
At 30 seconds the scene opens on the wide shot of the band performing. At this point, the singer starts to sing and it has a middle close low angle shot of him singing. It then cuts to a shot of the girl on the stairs, though she isn't on the stairs anymore she is on the right hand of the screen looking into the camera, in the background another shot of her fades into view. The last shot is a closer and higher angle shot of the band performing.

0.35-0.40
The first shot is of two women lounging on blankets and pillows. The video cuts in fade to an extreme closeup of the cat and quickly fades out again. The next show is a middle close up of one of the women lounging, she seems to have smeared makeup over her face. It cuts back to the band performing, focusing more on the singer.

0.40-0.45
Between 0.40 and 0.41 there is a transition effect where there is a fire which is half translucent over the two shots. The video goes back to a wide shot of the two women lounging, then a shot of the cat walking away which has been slowed down a little bit. It then cuts to the band again but it is now an eye level shot. The last shots show a closer perspective of the women lounging and the end of the cat running away.

0.45-0.50
This time opens on an extreme closeup of the singer, this then cuts to a close up of him singing. The next shot is the original low wide angle shot of the band performing. The last shot shows a woman in some water, this show has lowkey lighting.

0.50-0.55
At 0.51 there is a high angle shot of a woman laying similarly to the staircase woman, it then cuts to a shot of the woman in the water again, then cuts back to the woman from the shot before but it is an extreme closeup of her face. It then cuts to a closeup of the drummer and cuts to middle eye level show of a woman.

 0.55-1.00
This timeframe opens on the band performing again but focuses more on the singer, giving multiple close up shots of his face but eventually going back to the wide angle eye level shot. Next, it has a shot of what seems to be a pond, it then shows a woman walking into and through the water.

1.00-1.05
This time opens on the woman walking through the water, it cuts to a blurry shot of some roses, which fade out to show her begin to swim in the pool. The next shot is then a rose floating in the water.

1.05-1.10
The video goes to closeups of the singer which fade in and out over each other, then cuts to a shot of the woman floating in the water. It then shows a head of a rose floating to the top of the water. Then it cuts back to the shot of her floating, this connotates to the idea of suicide

1.10-1.15
At 1.10 it opens on the low wide angle shot of the band performing with middle shows of the drummer and guitarists before cutting to a shot of the rose floating to the top of the water, and staying there.

1.15-1.20


1.20-1.25

Audience

Audience from Georgie Duffy

Target Audience

Music Video

Textual Analysis 2 - Remo Drive Yer killin me

Music video pitch

Textual analysis 1 - JAck stauber dead weight

Video editing

Premiere pro from Georgie Duffy

Ideas

Song ideas

• jesus christ - brand new
• i exist i exist i exist - flatsound

Video inspirations 

• come around - lil peep
• dead weight - jack stauber

Notes

Thematic video

blogger

Task 4.  Identify 3 possible ideas for a music video by starting a blog post “initial ideas for a music video”

Attach three music videos which inspire you.

Describe why you chose these videos and identify  ideas that you might wish to implement within your music video…  at this stage this can be anything from the use of costume, set location, lyrics, camerawork and so on. 

Notes

·      What are the standard shot description terminologies…

·      Why are storyboards require in film making

·      What is the rule of thirds

·      Why do cinematographers use a high angle shot and a low angle shot.

·      What is continuity

·      180 degree rule

·      shot reverse shot.

·      Steadicam

• Focusing on a subject. 

1. wide shot for action, mid shot, close up for emotion
2. keep on track, for a team, 
3. travel across screen, dont put subject in middle
4. high angle is more intimidating but low angle is dominating
5. keep props in same hands or keep costumes consecutive
6. keep the actors looking at eschother 
7. keep the actors looking at eschother (keep left-right or right-left)
8. try not to use light cameras, use dollies, tripods ect
9. pulling focus when u go from unfocus to focus or the other way, 

NEA Brief

Nea brief alevel media2018_v2 from Georgie Duffy

Mind map of ideas

what makes a good music video

• a direct focus/storyline
• visual cues in time with audio cues
• a costume that fits with artist
• slow/fast motion to match with song
• different scenes
• stereotypical acting or anti stereotypes