Email for permission

Before I started to decide what I wanted to do for my music video, I thought that I should email the artist Chicane in order to get permission to use his song. Above is the email that I sent to Nicholas Bracegirdle.

I wasn't sure how to get in contact, but after watching the video on youtube i found that xtravaganza had copyright.

Shot list

Shot 1- Enigma shot, from feet to head
Shot 2- Extreme close up of face opening eyes
Shot 3- Close up of face again, flicking hair and wind in hair
Shot 4- Pan shot of treetops
Shot 5- Wide, low angled shot with a time lapse of the clouds and cars
Shot 6- Wide shot of girl walking
Shot 7- Medium close up of hair flick
Shot 8- Birds eye view/ high angled shots from above of girl spinning
Shot 9- Pan
Shot 10- Shaky Cam/Point of view shot of feet as girl is running,
Shot 11- Zooming out from medium close up to a wide shot
Shot 12- Wide cloning shot
Shot 13- Wide shot of girl walking through field
Shot 14- Half pan
Shot 15- Low angle shot with slight zooming in
Shot 16- Tracking shot with zooming in
Shot 17- Wide shot
Shot 18- Extreme close up, hand held cam
Shot 19- Wide shot, medium close up, close up at different angles
Shot 20- Long shot
Shot 21- Tilted camera at a low angle, long shot and medium close up
Shot 22- Medium close up of arms and feet
Shot 23- Low angle shot on a tilt
Shot 24- Tracking shot
Shot 25- Extreme close up of face
Shot 26- Wide tracking shot
Shot 27- Point of view Pan
Shot 28- Shaky cam following shot
Shot 29- Point of view shot of feet
Shot 30- Wide shot turning into medium close up
Shot 31- Pan
Shot 32- Long shot
Shot 33- Wide tracking shot
Shot 34- Medium close up, low angle, tilt shot of feet running up stairs
Shot 35- Long shot
Shot 36- Wide cloning shot
Shot 37- Low angle
Shot 38- Wide shot
Shot 39- Tracking shot from mid-low angle
Shot 40- Medium close up/tracking
Shot 41- Tracking, zoom adjust shot
Shot 42- Long shot
Shot 43- Time lapse, long shot
Shot 44- Low angle
Shot 45- Wide shot
Shot 46- Tracking shot
Shot 47- Low angle on tilt
Shot 48- Wide tracking
Shot 49- Extreme close up of face
Shot 50- Long/wide shots
Shot 51- High angle shot, of girl spinning
Shot 52- Half pan
Shot 53- Extreme close up
Shot 54- long/ Wide shot, slight zooming in
Shot 55- Zooming out into a wide shot
Shot 56- Ending with a half pan

Post It Timeline

I planned out what camera angles and effects I wanted to include into my music video and tried to incorporate them into a storyboard. To do this I used sheets of A3 paper that i stuck post- it notes onto so that i could create a time line that i could alter easily. I drew quick sketches of what would appear in each shot and also a brief note of what would be happening such as pans or if its a following shot etc. I also figured out my timings and wrote them at the top corner of the post it so that there was a continual timeline. most of my timings were between 1 second and 4 seconds per shot, as I found that anything over 4 seconds would be too long of a shot. This storyboard will prove very good to have as I now know what camera angles and effects I want and where they will be appearing in the video. Below is an example of my storyboard sheets:

Below is the temporary video that I made to get practise on Adobe Premiere Pro and to get the right timings.

Assets list

Here is a list of equipment that I require for filming:

A video camera and a tape for the camera.

A tripod.

A pole to secure camera to and maybe some tape to secure it better.

A fan to create wind effect and

A white dress for costume along with trainers, another thing that i will need is some fabric so that i can do a shot with it blowing in the wind.

Influentual Images

I looked for photos online and found a few that I thought I could incorporate into filming. Such as the black and white images. I thought that it would be nice for it to be filmed in black and white so that the light is more exaggerated. The second photo below is the view I want from above when I use the camera to spin on a pole. I think that for the images above I like how some of the images are from low angles and slightly angled and I like the shot of the foot as its a point of view shot but also a extreme close up.

Saltwater- Chicane

The song i have chosen to do my A2 music video to is saltwater by chicane- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u6jKV9TPLc . As this song is fast paced iwanted there to be alot of action and movement. the idea i had for the performer would be for a teenage girl in a long flowing dress, running, as if being chased or running away, throught the woods.

Influences

I wanted to use the zido shot to give the effect of being lost or out of control. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61GgIn3kWJw i thought this would look effective if the girl was running towards the camera as i was doing the shot so it looks like shes running but not moving anywhere. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y48R6-iIYHs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTLJjoW867g I found a video on YouTube, with a similar set up to mine ( running). i was planning on doing different speed effects on the pace of the running, for example going in slow motion and then sped up. I like this effect as its quite subtle but enhances the pace of the music.

I would also like to have a cloning effect, so if i had the girl running and then stop and then split off from the same point, forming three new people that all head off in different directions, and then to have the girl that stopped to carry on running forward out of shot.

I wanted to do split screens so that i could have the girl running out of shot and then with the use of a split screen, have her running into another shot in a different location. i found inspiration for this through this right move advert. I also thought that this could work if i had the girl run towards the camera and i get a close up, for example her eye, and then when i zoom out shes somewhere else and carries on running. you will see this used in the first second of this clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpYxlc0kUiY

I was thinking of using some unusual camera angles such as 360-degree pans to show the girls point of view and to also add to the feeling of being confused, lost or trapped. i also want to do a shot over the top of the girls head of her spinning one way and the camera spinning the other, almost created a vortex effect. to do this i may have to attach the camera securley to a pole and spin it overhead while filming but i may have to evaluate easier ways. this could look even better if i also add a fisheye effect to it.

Initial Idea- Saltwater by Chicane

My initial idea for my music video was to have fast paced action shots with lots of movement and angles. I want the costume to be long and flowing so that it will enhance the movement of the person in the video. I think that haveing extreme close ups of the face and maybe feet, flash up quickly, will make it feel more rushed and the movement feeling enhanced. I was thinking of doing the song in a wooded area or a beach and liked the idea of merging the two places together, maybe through split screens etc. Places I could film at are darenth woods or darenth country park or herne bay beach. So far i have the story line of a girl running through woods and stumbling her way through and constantly looking over her shoulder because shes being chased or is running away. i want to give the feeling of wanting to get out or feeling trapped so fish eye effects might be good to use. so cutting from the woods to the sea will create a more open feeling.