ASSIGNMENT 12: INITIAL IDEAS

BY OLLIE WHIPP

THREE SPECIFIC THINGS I LEARNED FROM RESEARCH THAT YOU WANT TO APPLY TO YOUR VIDEO

• I WOULD LIKE TO TRY AND NOT FILM AT NIGHT IF POSSIBLE AS FROM WHAT I'VE LEARNED IT IS HARD TO FILM AT NIGHT ESPECIALLY IF YOU DON’T HAVE A HIGH END QUALITY CAMERA. I WILL IF NECESSARY BUT IF I DO I THINK THAT TRYING NOT TO FLICK BETWEEN DAY AND NIGHT SCENES MUCH AS THIS COULD MAKE FILMING AND EDITING A LOT HARDER.

SONG – JACK GARRATT – WEATHERED - INDIE/POP

• STYLE OF ARTIST – THE ARTIST WILL WEAR SMART CASUAL CLOTHING. POSSIBLY A POLO, OR A SHIRT WITH JEANS AND SMART SHOES. THIS WILL TIE WITH THE NARRATIVE.

• WHAT WILL HAPPEN – THE IDEA IS SET AT A BIRTHDAY PARTY . THE PARTY IS FOR AN OLDER PERSON (65+). SET OUTSIDE WITH SUPPOSED FRIENDS AND FAMILY. THE OLDER PERSON GETS PRESENTS AS ITS HIS BIRTHDAY. THREE OF THESE ARE A BIKE, A FOOTBALL AND SWIMMING LESSONS (THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE YOUTHFUL THINGS, THINGS YOU EITHER DO OR LEARN AS A CHILD). THE OLDER MAN DOES THESE ACTIVITIES AND REMEMBERS HIS CHILDHOOD. BECAUSE HE'S OLD HE'S THOUGHT TO BE UNABLE TO DO THESE THINGS. I WOULD LIKE TO INCORPORATE A MOTIVE, THIS COULD BE THAT HE HAS A CONDITION OR SOMETHING. HE MAY HAVE LITTLE TIME TO LIVE. THE PARTY IS HELD UNDER A SET UP GAZEBO AND THE ARTIST IS IN THE CORNER AND EVERY NOW AND THEN IT CUTS TO HIM PERFORMING. THROUGHOUT THE VIDEO IT SHOWS THEM HAVING FUN, LAUGHING. AT THE END, THOUGH CLICHÉ THE OLD PERSON LOOKS INTO THE CORNER AND SEES THE YOUNG BOY (ARTIST) AND THE JUST SMILE, SUPPOSING THAT THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF CONNECTION IN YOUTH.

• THE NARRATIVE WILL IN SOME WAY LINK TO THE LYRICS.• CONVENTIONS – ITS QUITE AN UPLIFTING SONG SO IN HAVING SHOTS OF PEOPLE SMILING WILL EMPHASIS THE

NATURE OF THE SONG.

SONG 2 – XAMBASSADORS – DOWN WITH ME – POP WITH ROCK

• THE SONG DOES NOT YET HAVE A MUSIC VIDEO WHICH MAKES IT EASIER FOR ME TO COME UP WITH ONE. • STYLE OF ARTIST – ARTIST WILL WEAR DIFFERENT OUTFITS AS HE IS GOING TO BE GOING TO MANY DIFFERENT

PARTIES. PERFORMER OR THE ACTUAL ARTIST WILL BE WEARING A LEATHER JACKET, BLACK JEANS AND SMART SHOES.

• WHAT WILL HAPPEN – THE MUSIC VIDEO WILL START SLIGHTLY BEFORE THE SONG STARTS, BUT THE START SHOES SOMETHING GO DRAMATICALLY WRONG IN THE ACTORS LIFE FOR EXAMPLE SOMEONE CLOSE TO HIM DYING. IN ORDER TO HELP HIMSELF FORGET HE GOES TO MANY DIFFERENT PARTIES, GETTING DRUNK TRYING TO FORGET. AT THESE PARTIES HE UPSETS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHETHER THAT’S BECAUSE HE HAS GOT WITH THEM AND UPSET THEM OR OTHER REASONS (UNKNOWN), USUALLY UPSETTING THE HOST OF THESE PARTIES AND GETTING KICKED OUT. HIM THEN FEELING BAD FOR HIMSELF DOES THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN TO HELP HIM FORGET. IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE RELATED TO NARRATIVE THE ARTIST (COULD BE THE ACTOR) IS IN A BATH WITH A T-SHIRT ON, LEATHER JACKET, JEANS AND SMART SHOES, PERFORMING. IT WILL CUT BETWEEN THE NARRATIVE AND PERFORMANCE FREQUENTLY AS WELL. HE WILL EMPTY BOTTLES OF ALCOHOL AROUND HIM.

• COULDN’T THINK OF ANY CONVENTIONS.

SONG 3 – GEORGE EZRA – BARCELONA - POP/INDIE/FOLK ROOTS 

• STYLE OF ARTIST – CASUAL, JEANS, STANDARD TOP (POSSIBLY FLORAL) • WHAT WILL HAPPEN – MAINLY SHOTS OF SCENERY BUT A LOT OF PERFORMANCE.

PERFORMANCE IS ARTIST WALKING WITH AND INSTRUMENT SINGING. SCENERY SHOTS OF BEACHES, FORESTS, WATER, NATURE. THIS IS IN ORDER TO KEEP WITH THE CALM TONE OF THE SONG. IT’S A VERY PEACEFUL SONG SO SLOW SHOTS AND NOT VERY FREQUENT CUTS. COULD BE QUITE CINEMATIC. 

• CONVENTIONS – SLOW SHOTS COULD USE SLOW MOTION, LESS FREQUENT CUTTING, LOW AND HIGH LIGHTING, RANGE OF LOCATIONS. THIS KEEPS TO THE CONVENTIONS AS WE EXPECT THE MUSIC VIDEO TO BE AS CALM AS THE SONG ITSELF.