First draft of music video (roughs)

This is a set of roughs for my media studies music video, the sequence is not complete but the shots are cut and placed in their position. There is a blank space which indicates where more shots will take place. Small sequences have been edited to give an indication how some shots may be or will be edited.

The Weather

Being the middle of autumn the weather is unpredictable and very cold. The main character in the music video will be wearing a small dress and leggings. This is a big problem as the weather will be freezing for her in particular, I will need to make sure that warm clothing is brought on set so that she is kept warm whilst the camera is being set up.

First draft for shooting script

Music Video Shot List

Shot	Shot Description	Checked
1	Standing and staring at entrance to forest (B&W)
2	Going through forest, through bushes (B&W)
3	Leaves falling downwards (slow motion) (Bright Vivid Colour)
4	Going through forest, through buses front shot (Bright Vivid Colour)
5	Slow motion close up of eyes (Bright Vivid Colour)
6	Wandering (Bright Vivid Colour)
7	Wandering (Bright Vivid Colour)
8	Pick up flower (Bright Vivid Colour)
9	Flower Burns (drop) (Bright Vivid Colour)
10	Flower dropping (slow motion) (Bright Vivid Colour)
11	Wandering (fading to low saturation)
12	Bend down and touch water (fading to low saturation)
13	Water turns red (fading to low saturation)
14	Running away from the water (slow motion) (Low saturation)
15	Running into dense trees (Slow motion) (Low saturation)
16	Running to a sudden halt as reaches mirror (low saturation)
17	Bend down to look at mirror (over the shoulder shot) (low saturation)
18	Red lipstick “DIE” flashes in and out
19	Looks up into trees (low shot) (Fade to Black and White)
20	POV shot of dark Side and nooses (Fade..)
21	Hair flicking and turning around
22	Running away from trees
23	Low shot of running up a hill and out of shot (Black and White)
24	POV shot looking downwards (High contrast)
25	Dramatic upwards shot of standing on rock (High Contrast)
26	Dramatic eyes (Slow motion) Blink (High Contrast)
27	High angle shot of lying on the floor, dead (Hgh Contrast)
28	Leaves falling upwards (Slow motion)
29	Eyes opening (Bright vivid colour)

Making Nooses

For my Music video there is a scene where the main character meets a darker version of herself who is surrounded by nooses hanging from trees, this is a video of me and Morgan, who plays the main character, making the nooses.
P.S Morgan did not know the camera was filming while we was making our first couple of nooses.




The video that we used as a tutorial to learn how to make nooses:

Cast List

This is Morgan who will be playing the part of the main character within the music video, this will be the outfit she will be wearing within the music video, until the darker Morgan is seen where she will be wearing a darker outfit.

Age: 18

Subjects studying: English Language, English Literature, IT, Photography

Character profile: Morgan is often camera shy which at first provided a problem but her look is perfect for the film as her red hair and slender figure is ideal for what I was looking for. Although she is camera shy me and Morgan are very close and she has been more than helpful with the planning for this creative project and I am assured that she will be more useful when filming than any other person, camera shy or not.

Animatic

This is my animatic for my music video, it was cut short by a around 4 or 5 shots as the programme I created it on -'Goanimate.com' - only allowed non-paying account holders to have a 2.00 minute maximum long video. this is not he full length of the music video as it the real music video will have more shots added to improve the quality, also some of the shots used in the animatic do not reflect the amount of time certain shots will have in the real music video.

music video a2 by mattynolan182 on GoAnimate

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Synopsis of my music video

The main character starts off by staring at an opening in a forest she then begins to progress to walk into the opening and walk around the forest. Visually stunning scenes will take place as she wanders around the forest with vivid colours and editing effects. As the girl walks around the forest she encounters some strange and abstract things that gradually get more surreal and more frightening. The girl finds a mirror in the middle of the clearing where red lighting will flash on and off spelling out the word “DIE” this frightens the girl and as she quickly turns around to run away she comes face to face with a girl identical to her apart from the identical girl is dressed in all black and has dark make up on (against the original girl who is wearing a bright flowing dress). The dark girl is surrounded by nooses hanging from trees and then a quick flashing in and out cut will take place making the dark girl disappear. The original girl gets frightened and hysterical at this place and starts to rip down the nooses. Driven mad by the beautiful land that has turned into a dark and evil place the girl runs up a hill where she finds herself on a cliff top. A low angle shot will show the girl on top of the cliff and then another visual editing effect will take place which will then show the girl on the dead on the floor.