Final group planning tasks

FINAL GROUP PLANNING TASKS.

These tasks must be completed before you start filming! 

ACTION PLAN

Your group should complete a preproduction action plan. This must include deadlines for filming and editing, locations, a contingency (backup plan) for backup ideas if your first idea can't be filmed, the equipment needed and how it would be made available or booked for your production. 
You will be expected to start filming by Wednesday 17th December and your overall deadline is Thursday 15th January.

You can use or edit this template or create your own.

PERSONNEL LIST

Personnel List with individual roles and responsibilities of everyone contributing to your music video. This will include your actual group plus any extra contributors.

This list must include a list of all of your roles and contributions

(actor, camera operator, editor etc.) a brief summary of their main skills and experience, and any issues that would affect their availability (cost, work, distance to travel etc.)

One role everyone in the group will have is that of editor as each of you will be editing your own complete individual version of the music video.




LOCATION PLAN / RISK ASSESSMENT

When your group has decided on all filming locations, complete a location plan/risk assessment. 

If your filming is during lesson time, then your locations must be within college grounds. If your locations are outside college, these sequences will have to be shot in your own time. You can borrow a camera from college for these filming locations but must have completed all your planning documents and present them to the teacher/technician first.
 

Use this template.

Music Video Planning: Proposal (Individual) including financial information

Music Video Planning: Proposal (Individual)



Write a proposal (blog), detailing your practical plan for your music video. Your music video ideas should be your own creative ideas and not copied from an existing music video.  This proposal must cover the following headings:


Basic information: 

• Artist and song title, message and feelings of song
• Target audience(s) for your music video (Consider age, gender, interests
• Summary of your ideas for the music video content and concept

Technical information: 

• Describe in detail the purpose(s), techniques, style and conventions that your music video will attempt to achieve and use 

Financial information: 

• List the elements of your production that would cost money in a professional context (e.g. editing suite, actors, equipment hire and clearance to use song (CLICK HERE for MCPS-PRS document) etc.   
• What would be the overall cost of your music video production?  (CLICK HERE for budget sheet to help you work this out)

Individual tasks for 29.3 working towards creating your music video

Task 1

 

Task 1 – Individual Assessment for 29.3 & 1.3 Music Video Production & Pre-production and Post-production of a media product

 

Scenario

You will take responsibility for preproduction in the role of production coordinator for the production of a video. You will are working for a video production company you and your team will be  required to originate ideas, research and plan music videos for a number of tracks which will be pitched to the bands’ marketing people to try to get the production contracts.

 

 

Individual planning

1a. Initial response

Locate and listen to the audio track you have decided to create a music video for. Write a short individual response to the track describing how you fee the track covers all the following elements:

 

Genre, style

Length, pace

Meaning

Imagery and semiotics

 

1b. Music video production proposal

Write a proposal (Blog), detailing your practical plan for your music video. This must cover the following headings:

 

Basic information: artist and song titles, message and feeling of the song, target audience(s) of video, summary of video content and concept.

 

Technical information: describe the purposes, techniques and conventions that your music video will attempt to achieve and use.

 

Financial information: List the elements of your production and editing that would cost money in a professional context such as clearance to use song (See MCPS-PRS document on Moodle), actors, equipment hire etc. and state if these elements are actually funded by someone else (eg. College media department budget for cameras etc.)

 

1c. Shooting Script

Complete a shooting script for your music video which should include at least  ten suggested shots (in order of location, to help plan continuity) for your proposed music video, including camera movements and angles and an estimate of the amount of takes you would require to successfully achieve each shot.

 

1d. Story board

Draw a storyboard for your music video. This should include a minimum of twelve important shots from your individual proposed music video and include shots of any found footage you might use.

 

There are 3 separate tasks – all tasks must be handed in by: 18^th of December 2015.

Music Video Inspiration Board

Music Video Inspiration Board


1)   Create an inspiration board for your music video.  Construct this as an A4 or A3 document in Powerpoint or Word.  This should include:

• Screen-shot examples of conventions, techniques, styles from existing music videos that you have been inspired by.
• Camera shots/angles/movement, editing techniques and mise-en-scene.
• Words that describe the mood, pace and feeling of the song/visuals

2)  Write a detailed blog post to accompany your inspiration board explaining: 

• Ideas for the music video (pace, style, conventions, techniques)
• Intended locations
• Who is the target audience for your music video?
• How will you target them? (consider use of visuals, conventions, techniques, style etc)

Assignment brief 29.1

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3CnDMBexQQgY1NYbkRpT2p5OXc/view?usp=sharing

Music Video Planning: Shooting Script and Storyboard

Music Video Planning: Shooting Script and Storyboard

 Shooting Script

Complete a shooting script for your music video which should include at least twelve suggested shots for your proposed music video, including lyrics, content of video, camera movements and angles and an estimate of the amount of takes you would require to successfully achieve each shot.  Use the template in the link.

   Storyboard 

Draw or create a storyboard for your music video. This should include a minimum of twelve important shots from your individual proposed  music video and include shots of any found footage you might use. These should include a range of shot types. Use the sheets provided or your own design.

Initial Response to Music Track (Individual)

Initial Response to Music Track   (Individual)

Locate and listen to the audio track you have decided  to create a music video for. Write an individual response to the track describing how you feel the track covers all of the following elements: 

Genre, style (e.g heavy, funky, soothing, angry, provocative)

  
Length, pace (fast/slow/medium/variable)

  
Meaning (overall message) 

Narrative (does the song tell a story?) 

Impressions (what emotions or ideas do you feel the song has and makes you feel or consider?) 
  

Imagery and symbolism (download the lyrics, are there words that are symbols of other things mentioned in the song? (e.g. diamonds = wealth, rose= love, gun= power etc,)

If you feel the song does not make you respond to some or any of the above elements (or is an instrumental), you must still mention them, and describe how the song provokes emotion and suggests themes and ideas in the listener.

Upload your initial response to a blog post .

 

Due by the 4th November 2015