Design Plans

We draw the studio design for a birds eye vie perspective, this helped as to organise and allocate props etc. The set out is quite simple because most of the attraction lies with the performance of our artist. We tried to create a theatre like atmosphere. In order to achieve this we got three rows of red theatre chairs which look on to the stage. The stage also reinforces the theatre location. We planned in one door on each side one used as an entrance and as an exit. Another reason for the two doors is that we want to create a certain feeling for depth. The 2 exists and entrances give the feeling of an outside world which reinforces the weirdness of the absurd world that is occurring in the theatre. We also draw our backstage are which is essential because we have to store our props and other artist there.

Our lighting design is very much like in a theatre. We light the stage quite

bright and the seatsare keept dark so you can just see the outliens of the chairs an people. The lighting of the stage is going to be a warm washlight and consists out a couple of soptlights to put the focus on the artist.
However because of the factthat we use a green screen where we are going to project the video on we need to light it very carefully. Green screen needs to be light very right and on an equal level if this is not the case it will be hard to project something on it later in post production.

Camera Test

We used a camera test in order to find out whether the cast looks good on camera, is able to being directed and if the studio design works roughly. We also tried to recreate the set slightly by putting up chairs in rows in order create the feeling of a cinema or theatre. Then we let our actress perform while we played the music out loud. During this we told her to perform and gave her different emotional states which she had to express by dancingor facial expressions. We put our focus on weather she worked on camera and if an audience could connect with her. Even though if she was nervous and unprepared we came to the conclusion that she suited our style and genre. We tried out several shots and mad her turn up in front of the camera etc. wanted to find out if our actress suited the style and genre of the music video. We played the music out loud and told our artist to dance, move, and lip sync. This is what she will do in the actual shoot. She was supposed to act

playful and mysterious. We set up a simplistic version of our set which was a row of chairs and told Ruby to interact with her “double” which was placed on the chairs.

We told her to jump and hide under the chairs, suddenly turn up in front of the camera and dance. Ruby performed in front of the camera however she performed to her “double” sitting on the chairs. We changed camera angles and positions in order to find out which shot worked best.

We wanted to see if our acteres was able to convers with her "double" (her oserselve) and if the juxtaposition worked of he being enrgetic and loud and her otherself more observing. We looked for the best shot that would portail this meaning.

However we did not have the opportunity to test all of our artist. We decided to pick a dancer, drummer, gymnast. This would be advantageous for our quirky pop video. The 3 different elements make the stage performance more intereseting.

We are not able to put up a video of our camera test becauase the school system lost it. Otherwise it would be here

Storyboard

Storyboards are used to visual the images that will appear on the screen. You work out the types of shot, the angles, the camera movements, the mise en scene, the colours and shapes, anything and everything.

Storyboards are where the real work happens. Storyboards are much cheaper to experiment with, to try things out than messing about on the day of filming. A piece of paper and a pencil and a storyboard artist cost a lot less per day than the million pound a day that will be spent on movie.

Pop Videos are just the same. You work out all the shots on the storyboard before you even begin to think of filming. You spot the mistakes, the things that don’t work, and put them right in the storyboard before you film. It is a bit like creating a puzzle or a plan, which you shoot to, and then you put the puzzle together afterwards. The Storyboard builds on the timeline and is used to visualize the shots.

For example we drew a long shot which

is used to put focus on the physical actions carried out by the artist. We use jump cuts in order to reinforce the absurd world the artist is performing in. This is made clear in our storyboards. We go from Long Shot to Mid shot from Mid Shot to Close-Up. We make clear in our storyboard where and how the artist is moving. This is done by white arrows that point in the direction t

he artists moving. We are using close-ups in order to introduce the unknown artist to the viewers.

Another Example are tracking shots which we use to create a smooth and comfortable atmosphere this is however juxtaposed by the actors performance and editing techniques. We track from right to left which is comfortable to watch for the audience. We also use a tracking shot in order to reinforce the unexpected twist that occurs in the end. Tracking is signalised by black arrows that point in the direction of the track.

I found this link on the internet it is the storyboard prodction of The Lion King

These videos describe how to storyboards and the process of pre-producion.

Timeline

In order to be able to visualise our ideas we created a timeline. This helped us to add a structure into our pop-video. We first wrote down the words of the songs and tried to link lyrics to verbal descriptions of the images. In our timeline we decided how long a shot would be and weather the editing would be fast or slow. The normal duration of a shot in a music video is 3 seconds our introducting shot is 8 seconds long, in extreme slow motion and shows the artist jumping. This shot creates the feeling of flying. All these thoughts are written down in our timeline and are used to help us to structure our storyboard. Our shot length changes towards 30 seconds we chose to do that to increase the tension and speed the pace up.

Through that we can see if it works or not if actions match to the lyrics (which the do not have to) or, if editing fits to the beat which is common in pop music videos and creates a flow. It gives information about Shot types, camera movements and angle.

For example, we counted the number of closeups which we needed because we must introduce the new artist. Doing this helped us to present the artist clearer and more effectively. In one shot we have a extreme close-up of her lips through the use of our timeline we know exactly when the shot will occur and what the lyrics will be this helps us to speed up the shoot.
Another Example is from 39sec to 53sec where we have a lot of close ups of a drummer drumming on card boxes splashed with colours. The music plays rhythm which is matched with the drumming.

This is our Timeline:

POP VIDEO : TITLE Ta Douleur YOUR GROUP: Felix, Victor + Tess PAGE NO.1

WORDS or MUSIC …………………..	TIME	PERFORMANCE …..	NARRATIVE……………	IMAGES
Leve toi, c’est decide Laisse-moi te remplacer, je vais prendre ta douleur.	0-8	A wide shot of the singer jumping in slow motion so it looks like she is flying with the character watching in the frame
Doucement sans faire de bruit, comme on reveille la pluie, je vais prendre ta douleur.	8-13	Backup singers appear on the beat 1 at a time – jump cut.
Prendre, ta douelur, je vais prendre ta douelur	13-18	Mid shot of all the backup singers confused to why they are there.
Elle lute, elle se debat, mais ne resistera pas, je vais bloquer l’ascenseur.	19-25	A wide shot of character walking in and sitting watching, getting comfortable etc.
Je vais prendre ta douleur (repeat by BUS)	26-30	Lip Sink close up of singer Link Sink close up of BUS or shots of band dragging the drum set on.
Saboter l’interrupteur	30-33	Lip Sink close up of singer or shots of band dragging the drum set on.
Je vais prendre ta douleur	34-38	Mid shot of singer with hand out “taking the pain” and then a look up to the camera – close up of her face with wide eyes – dolly zoom	Snippets of CU of frog face.
Clapping, noises etc.	39-53	Mixture of shots (ECU,CU,MS etc) of cardboard boxes with paint on them, and the band member hitting the boxes and the paint splatting everywhere.
Clapping, noises etc.	39-53	Mixture of ECUs/CUs of singer and band making the noises with their mouths.
Mais c’est qui cette incrustee? Cet orage avant l’ete Sale chipir de petite seour.	53-1.00	Mixture of shots of her putting make up on, eye, blusher and then puts lipstick all over her face.
Je vais tout lui confisquie ses flechettes et son sifflet je vais lui donner la fessee	1.00-1.07	Close up of frog jumping, then mid shot of her frog jumping over the other band members.	Snippets of CU of frog face then CU of her face
(Je vais prendre ta douleur) by backup singers	1.07-1.09	BUS lip sink and Mid shot Lip sink of singer and her arm.
Je vais prendre ta douleur	1.09-1.11	Cut to CU of her tensing up and it is a massive muscle of someone else
La virer de la recre	1.12-1.14	Mid shot of the cinema seats with the girl and others sitting down, moving round etc
Je vais prendre ta douleur	1.14-1.19	Mid shot of the cinema seats with the girl and others sitting down, moving round etc
Mais c’est qui cette heritiere, qui se baigne, qui se terre, dans l’eau tiede de tes reins?	1.19-1.26	Mixture of shots of her in different costumes – afro’s etc mixed with shots of BUS making the noises
Je vais la priver de dessert lui faire mordre la poussiere de tous ceux qui n’ont plus faim	1.27-1.33	Singer wearing massive over-all which is too big trying to dance
Je vais prendre ta douleur (BUS)	1.33-1.35	Singer see’s a box with ‘pain’ written on it.
Je vais prendre ta douleur	1.35-1.37	Box with ‘pain’ written on and singer destroying it with bat.
De tous ceux qui n’ont plus rein	1.38-1.41	Box with ‘pain’ written on and singer destroying it with bat.
Je vais prendre ta douleur (BUS)	1.41-1.43	Shots of singer in straight jacket trying to get out, Band help her, she runs around the stage.
Je vais prendre ta douleur	1.43-1.45	Mid shot her throwing the straight jacket off at the climax
Dites moi que fout la science A quand ce pont entre nos panses?	1.46-1.54	Bird’s eye view of singer lying on ground singing, mixed with shots from side angle and then at the end she gets up and appears in front of the camera.
Si tu as mal la out t’as peur tu n’as pas mal la ou je pense!	1.54-2.01	Wide shot from behind the character with the singer right in front of her.
Qu’est-ce qu elle veut cette conasse? Le beurre ou l’argent du beurre? Que tu vives ou que tu meures?	2.01-2.07	Suddenly she’s back on the stage with swords fighting off the other band members. OR kart wheeling and flipping etc (Ruby can do this!)
Faut qu’elle creve de Bonheur ou qu’elle change de godasses faut qu’elle cruole sous les fleurs change de couleur	2.09-2.16	Jump cut in different colours whilst throwing flowers, shoes and cake jumping around the stage.
Je vais prendre ta douleur	2.16-19	Lip Sink of singer and BUS
Je vais jouer au docteur	2.19-2.22	Lip Sink of singer and BUS
Je vais prendre ta douleur	2.23-2.27	CU Over the shoulder shot of singer right in front of girl.
Dites moi que fout la science a quand ce pont entre nos panses?	2.28-2.35	Wide shot over the shoulder standing in the rain. (Girl’s head moves showing she is shocked BUT audience don’t actually see her face.)
Si tu as mal la ou t’as peur tu n’as pas mal la ou je chante!	2.35-2.43	Then wide shot over the shoulder of them standing in the rain.
Ah la, Leve-toi (repeat) mixed with noises from band	2.43-3.03	Wide shot of big suitcase and she is chucking everything out trying to find more things to entertain her with, Mid Shot of her almost giving up.	Last 5 secs – Wide Shot -she’s finishing her song, stands still, wide shot of the audience leaving because its finished. Then a ‘tracking in the round’ shot from her back to show the front of the girl watching (who is the same person)

Props List

· Frog??

· Baseball Bat

· Small box

· Cardboard boxes

· Paint

Cast List

· Singer – Ruby Kammer

· Band/BUS – Oscar Jackson, Alistair Toovey,?????

Location/Set Design

· 3 rows of cinema seats

· Black Studio

Costume List

· Afro Wig

· Straight Jacket

· Huge all in one costume too big for singer