Storyboards

We created a storyboard to help us prepare visually for what we want to accomplish with the music video.  This will benefit our group by helping us stay on target and on time. Also it will help us to be prepared when it comes to filming and will make the flow of the video much smoother. TTT-Train Track Tracie. Band-Oats.

Treatment

TREATMENT

“Train Track Tracie”

Locations:

-Crouch end (Northern Heights)

-Queens Wood (Forest)

-Metropolitan line train and station

This music video will be shot using a digital camera. The video will be performance/narrative with the performance scenes being shot through high colour contrast and the narrative being shot with a grey filter.

Scene 1

The music video begins with the lead singer on the train falling asleep to the rhythm of the train.

MS of the lead singer

SC to a CU of the lead singer’s eyes closing.(Diegetic Soundtrack of train passing. Natural lighting.

Scene 2

SC to a GRAPHIC MATCH of lead singers eyes closing then opening. The lead singer slowly opens his eyes to find himself lying on an abandoned railway platform.(shot out of focus, then gradually becomes in focus relating to the dream sequence, and the lead singer’s disorientation)

Scene 3

(Soundtrack fades into the band’s song ‘TTT’)

SC to the band playing in the woods

CU of drummer

Scene 4

SC to a LS of lead singer rising and noticing a female (Dressed in a white dress,slightly torn and muddy, illustrating purity and innocence)

SC to a MS of the female ‘Tracie’ gazing towards the lead singer

SC to a CU of lead singers face

Scene 5

Chase sequence, never quite catching the girl.

HA of Tracie gently running whilst looking back at the lead singer.

Series of Tracking MS of lead singer walking towards the camera (Editing will be fast forwarded to emphasise the dream sequence state.)

Scene 6

Cut away to LS of band playing. CU of band members playing instruments when they are prominent in the song.

Scene 7

HA of lead singer searching for Tracie. SA looking at the Tracie’s feet walking past.

Cut into a Low angle hand held shot, circling the lead singer.

Scene 8

SC back to the band; a selection of shots compiling of CU’s, MS’s and high/low angles etc specific to the register and tone of the song.

Cut in and out from performance to narrative of music video will continue for majority of song.

Scene 9

Lead singer nearly catches Tracie as she slows down to meet him however, Tracie becomes slightly transparent almost ghost like.

SC into the CU of their hands almost touching

SC back to the real world (lead singer is sitting down where the music video began)

A slow pan to the left to show the female reading a novel; she tilts her head up to catch the eye of the lead singer.

END.

My Role

My role in our group is the Producer. http://www.ehow.com/about_4682292_role-music-producer.html I have looked at this website to get a wider understanding on what I will have to do whilst being the Producer. The Producers job involves being in charge of various important aspects which will help develop the music video.

As the Producer, I am in charge of keeping the whole group in order and ensuring that everything is organized. The Producer often works with the Director to help with the overall production of the music video. I am looking forward to working as the Producer and I feel I will learn a lot from this role.

Group Evaluation of Task

What my group will be aiming to accomplish throughout this project.


Research.
We will examine the codes and conventions revolving around the genre of our chosen band.

We will examine the demographics of our band's audience. Through this we will be able to make appropriate decisons revolving around the production of our bands music video. This will be accomplished by firstly understanding the age, style, fashion, beliefs, ethnicity, gender, religion, and class.

We will research music marketing:
-What type of label will be appropriate for our bands image?

-Research into Music labels similar to that of our bands genre.

-If this label is connected through cross-media ownership to other marketing potential, outlets

-Research into similar artists

-Successful/ unsuccessful artists similar to that of our group; So that we can compare between our group and other artists. Then make valid points as to how our group can fully benefit.

-Understand the codes and convections of music videos associated with the genre of our group.