Pre Production

Before we started to officially film our music video, we did a few test shots to see how our ideas would look on a camera.

A pan movement connotes a shift in perspective and helps to establish spatial sense. The direction and the speed can also create several different meaning such as, a slow pan movement can build tension whereas, a fast pan can suggest chaos or create a sense of urgency. I planned to use pan movements as a storytelling tool which helps to enhance emotion, engagement and meaning by controlling how the visual information is presented to the audience.

I thought of using a tracking shot in my music video to make the audience feel immersed into the video, making them feel like they are there with the actor/character.

I thought we could use a lot of wide shots in our music video as it helps to establish the setting, when a character appears smaller in a wide frame they can seem vulnerable which is what our character feels in most of our scenes and wide shots can also help to capture large scale movement which allows the audience to clearly see the scene.

Planning

Before making a storyboard my partner and I analysed the song lyrics which helped us create an intiial idea. We found that this song is much more than it’s catchy tunes, fun lyrics and a break-up anthem. It blends humour, disobedience, emotional complexity. The song criticizes societal norms and expectation put on woman and focuses on empowerment through expressing vulnerable emotions to her audience and she rejects the submissive portrayal of women. Analysing the song also helped us to visualise what our music video would look like. We thought of creating scenes in which our actor would be doing rebellious things such as partying, drinking and driving, getting arrested, breaking a T.V. Moreover, we also thought of adding scenes where the audience would see our actor in a vulnerable state, such as crying in the middle of a street.

After analysing different music videos, digipak and the lyric of the song we started to plan our own music video by creating a storyboard. Our storyboard changed from our initial lyrics analysis for example, in the sixth paragraph, we thought of adding a self-depricating by mentioning another artist. However, we later refined this concept, shifting the focus to a more relatable moment—her frustration over someone taking her table.

Research

I started to research inspiration for our music video which included a moodboard for different elements to help me shape the overall concept. This includes elements such as, color scheme which would help me evoke the right emotion and the concept. I also researched different types of social media posts made by different artists who have similar taste/theme as what we were visualising, this helped me understand how to engage with a certain type of demographic. Other mood boards include the overall mood and digipak

Overall Mood Board:

Color Scheme:

Social Media Mood Board:

Digipak Mood Board:

Audition

Notes

Demonstrated strong acting skills with a convincing portrayal of the character.
Emotions were effectively conveyed.
Height was suited for the role.
Showed very good body language.
Performance appeared slightly stiff. The facial appearance of the actor does not match what we are looking for.

Emotions conveyed felt very flat.
She did not connect to the character which made her look unconfident/hesitant.
There was minimal use of body language.

The actor did not seem confident in her performance.
She lacked facial emotions and body language.

Lacked variety in facial emotions, made it difficult to connect with the character.
Moments where the character was dropped too quickly, affected the overall flow

Performance was overly exaggerated.
She doesn’t look mature enough
Demonstrated potential for supporting roles.

Mateo showed decent expressions which relatively matched the song.
His height is not what we are looking for.
He does not look mature.

The expression portrayed by Anandi was incredible.
Her appearance is young which does not match our expectations
Her height is shorter than what we want

Recce Report

Production working title	A2 music video
Sheet #	1
Date	9th September 2024

Location type	Restaurant
Address	Warehouse, lalitpur, nepal
Contact if permission needed	n/a

Transport to location	Car
Distance from school	1.4 Km
Power outlets	8
Potential issues when filming	Power cuts

Risk Assesement

Location: Warehouse

Risk	Who is at risk?	What can be done to avoid the risk?	Is the risk high, medium or low?
Trip while walking on steps	Cast and crew	Look and walk	medium
Car accident	cast and crew	Make sure drivers are insured and tell everyone to wear seatbelts	medium
Lighting stand may fall	Cast and crew	tape/ secure equipment on to floor	Low
Breaking a glass beer bottle	cast and crew	Wear proper gear before shooting the scene and stand at least six feet away	high
Long shooting hours can cause tiredness/ fatigue	cast and crew	take breaks, eat and hydrate	medium
Earthquake	Cast and Crew	Get under table Once shaking stops go outdoors in open area	medium
Smashing glass TV can cause injuries	Cast and Crew	Ensure the cast and crew is standing at a safe distance from the TV. Crew should stand at least 6 feet away from the TV Cast and crew should be wearing proper safety gear	High
Fire	Cast and Crew	Keep fire extinguisher nearby	low