Posts

Pre-Production

Planning casting - Costume sketches, Costume creation  Prop Sketches, Creation Music Demo, Production - Mastering Location Scouting Storyboarding Pyrotechnic plan Lighting plan - Set design Casting, Promo plan Risk assessment  Shooting needs Ease of use VFX dummy shots Production rehearsal

Research

Image
Origin of music video In modern day, music videos are considered a highly effective marketing strategy to boost the artists exposure of sound based media. Music videos act both as a compliment to the story; emphasizing narrative points. And also as a means of effective promotional material.  However, this is the modern understanding of music videos. Ideas in which were not entirely invented overnight. The development of video aided music was a gradual process and is believed to have started as early as 1894 (Edward B. Marks and Joseph W. Stern - The Little Lost Child, 1894). This conceptual piece was not entirely a recorded video, nor did it contain video at all. The musicians devised a 'Stage Gimmick' in where they would project images behind them to accompany the lyrical content of the song. Because of this, the chord progression and lyrics were not the only cause of emotion - but so was the images displayed. In a way, this can be compared to a modern day projected PowerPoint...

IDEA

Image
IDEA 1 15-20 Minute Runtime - Set in 1980's Leeds, a rival gang group of Punks set aside their feud to combat police brutality... Until a new face arrives and reignites their hostility.  Location: Hyde Park, Leeds Cast: 6 (+extras) Music:  Click Here   IDEA 2 5 Minute Runtime - Non Conventional Music Video presenting biblical imagery in a futuristic earth. Pre-Apocalyptic futuristic surrealism. Location: Earth, Space Cast: 4 (+ extras +band) Musical style: Pop-Rock IDEA 3 5-10 Minute Runtime Short Thriller set in one room, the story revolves around a doorbell. The doorbell chime is a recurring theme in the piece, and symbolizes the next stage in the narrative - imagine the bell chimes in 'A Christmas Carol'. Location: Fictional Residence in Cornwall Cast: 6 Musical style:  Click Here Origin & Development: Idea 1 -  The initial plot idea was to be a modern day drama, based on the death of a loved one. This will be presented in a way in which the audience will...