Music Video Draft

Here is a collection of the first footage I have shot to become a music video for ADDAL's track 'I See Fire ft. Jasmine Thompson'. There is still the majority of footage missing, however, I will soon be shooting this, then the music video would make sense.

Recce Report 1

Here is my first Recce Report for Tuesday 14th October. I have listed the location details and what shots they would feature in. I have also added whether transport is included for each location. 

Casting Evaluation

Here is a collection of the lead roles in my music video and the actresses who play them. I have written information about them and why they are good choices for the roles in my music video I will produce for ADDAL's track 'I See Fire ft. Jasmine Thompson'.

Behind the Scene Evaluation

I have gathered some behind the scenes pictures of the music video that I've shot so far. They show me, the director, at work and other pictures, such as the actress after make-up and shots of the actress in certain scenes.

Production Crew

Here is the list of the production crew that contributed in the making of my music video for ADDAL's track 'I See Fire ft Jasmine Thompson'. This includes the director, producer, lighting technician and make-up artists.

Production Schedule 1

This is the production schedule for Tuesday 14th October 2014. It goes through what would happen on set of the production and what time they would happen. This includes preparing the actress for the set, preparing the set for filming, and transportation.

Call Sheet 1

This is the Call Sheet for Tuesday 14th October 2014, in which I have enlisted the necessary details of the cast and crew, as well as brief information about the locations. I have also included pictures of the locations I will be visiting.

Weather Check

I have compiled a list of information that shows the location and date i will be filming my music video and where. This shows that I have looked at what the weather will be like on those days and how this will affect filming the video. Thankfully, I won't be filming the video outside when rain is predicted to fall.

Costume Design

Here is the costume design for the main characters in my music video for ADDAL's track 'I See Fire ft. Jasmine Thompson'. These characters are the young girl and the demons that try to draw her deeper into the woods. I designed these characters on GlamStorm and added extra features that I needed on Pages, for example the tights, shoes and masquerade masks.

Asset List

Here is the Asset list for the video for ADDAL's track 'I See Fire ft. Jasmine Thompson'. I have gathered the items that will be needed in order to construct the music video. They will help in the production of the music video and I have explained for each item how they will do this.

Digipak Ideas

These are a couple of the ideas for a Digipak for ADDAL. I think that they flow with the rest of his image and how he would like to come across. These ideas aren't finalised yet but I like the idea of them. The Digipak's both feature a beautiful girl on the front cover, which is often a theme in ADDAL's artwork.

Timeline

This is the timeline I have constructed featuring the lyrics from ADDAL's song 'I See Fire ft. Jasmine Thompson'. The timeline shows the different parts to the song including choruses and verses, with lyrics where they fit.

Test Footage

Here is a collection of the test footage I shot for my music video for ADDAL's track 'I See Fire ft Jasmine Thompson'. I have gathered the test footage I managed to film. The footage shows the composition I'd like to use it my final music video. It also showed the lighting and filter's I'd like to use. I hope this video showcases my ideas about how I'd like to shoot my final music video.

Animatic

Here is the animatic constructing the images from the storyboard I made. It is played with the soundtrack of ADDAL's track 'I See Fire ft. Jasmine Thompson'. The animatic is constructed so that I know that I have enough shots to fill the track I have chosen. In my case, I have an instrumental section at the ends which I have filled in with shots but these will only be re-enforcing the messages I have put across in my previous shots.

Storyboard

This is the storyboard for my music video. I have 33 shots in which I have described what would happen in each and the lighting for them. I want each of the reality's, the heaven and the hospital, to have different lighting and then change to show how the girl has changed her perspective on life.

Jump Cut Footage (Advanced Camerawork)

Here is the footage Tierney and I made using jump cut techniques which showcase advanced camera work. Below, is the Tierney showcasing jump cuts on the stairs in the library. We filmed on my phone and used the software Splice to edit the clips together. The second clip we did was the disappear shot where Tierney filmed me to create the illusion that I could disappear. Again, we used the software Splice on my phone to edit the shots. The third and final jump cut technique we used was showcasing Tierney walking to one area and appearing at the next, again, this  was filmed on the stairs located in the library.  

Website Draft

Here is the draft for the website that I have created for ADDAL:

http://addalmusic.weebly.com/

I wanted to stick with the simplistic style that ADDAL has stuck with for his profiles because I want ADDAL's image to be simplistic and modern. The html isn't a proper address as this would mean paying for the address. So that meant signing up for a free website design. I used a similar font to what ADDAL has used on his profiles and artwork. Soon I will hope to advertise his SoundCloud and YouTube profile in order to advertise his music.

Casting Photos

Name: Lilly Jordan
Age: 17
Height: 5ft 6
School: The Leigh Academy

I have casted Lilly Jordan, an actress from the Leigh Academy Yr 13 Drama class, to play the lead role as the young girl. Lilly has played a number of roles including Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', Nora in 'A Dolls House', Blanche is 'A Streetcar Named Desire', which is why should be great to play the role of the young girl as she has experience with playing demanding roles. I also know that because she is an actress she won't be unprofessional and I know that the work for my music video will be done quickly and done well. Also, because Lilly is a teenager herself, she will able to relate to the stress and emotions that teenagers and young adults have to face in everyday life. I know that Lilly would be able to convey the theme of music video, depression, with sensitivity as she knows that it a serious topic.

Moodboard

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Lyrics Analysis

Video Pitch

Email from Artist

My artist ADDAL, is signed to Unity Group Talent Agency. On his SoundCloud profile the email shown to get in contact with is edouard@unitygroup.fr, who is the CEO of Unity Group. He gave me the permission to use ADDAL's song. He has even asked if there is anything they need from their side. I am really happy that ADDAL is signed to this Talent Agency as they even create music videos, in which I can get inspiration and camera techniques from. I would like to get permission to create a website for ADDAL because so far he hasn't got a website, just a Facebook, SoundCloud and Instagram profile.

Artist's Image & Genre

Above top, is a collection of the artwork that is with his songs released onto his SoundCloud profile. His image is modern with the style simplistic to match his music. The artworks all include girls as the image. This give me a format to work with when I create a DigiPak for his track 'I See Fire ft Jasmine Thompson'. I also gives me the idea that a girl would definitely feature in the music video. Above bottom, is ADDAL's Instagram profile, in which he posts the artwork of his track releases on SoundCloud. He gets feedback from what people think of the tracks with likes and comments. He has linked his Facebook profile so that people who are interested in his music can get in contact with him. This is a good example of advertising because it gets him out there.

The Talent agency he is signed to is called 'Unity Group'. They advertise his Facebook page and if someone wanted to book him they would book him through them. Another management that ADDAL seems to be signed to is FP Artists, who are focused on scouting, booking, management and organisation of events. They advertise his latest tracks on SoundCloud and his Instagram profile.

This image was found on FP Artists page for ADDAL. It seems like this could be an image of ADDAL, however this in hard to tell because there is no evidence to suggest this. ADDAL seems like an artist who covers his identity and rather lets his music speak for him, like most DJs, which I think he fits into more. This means that my music video would be ideal because it means that his identity isn't shown and his music is telling a story. His music is described as 'emotional' music which fits in which my idea for a music video because the sensitive topic of depression can be emotional.

Genre - Indie Pop

I think that ADDAL's music can be defined as Indie-Pop because he takes alternative music and makes them more mainstream to viewers by adding beats and instrumentals. Indie Pop is defined as a genre of alternative rock. This means that his music is less melancholic than alternative rock and more upbeat. However, in my music video I am making the message more alternative rock because I want ADDAL's music to connect with people emotionally.

Video Pitch Script

Hello, the song I've decided to create a music video with is the 'I See Fire' remix by ADDAL that he mixed from Jasmine Thompson's cover of Ed Sheeran's song 'I See Fire'.

The plot of the video is a girl who has just woken up from an incident. She is in hospital and she passes into the after-life and she had to decide whether her life is good enough to carry on or whether she should go to heaven. I got inspiration from the recent release of the film 'If I Stay', because Chloe Grace Moretz's character also has to decide whether she should stay or not.

 

The main theme of the video is depression because the girl has to decide whether her life is worth carrying on with. I chose the theme of depression because many young adults face depression everyday. One in five children and adolescents is affected by mental health problems and disorders. Those aged 18-24 have the highest prevalence of mental disorders of any age group. This is why depression should be taken seriously and I would like to bring awareness to this in my music video.

The young girl's attempted death will be hinted as a suicide due to her depression, however the act will not be played out as it is a very sensitive topic to be considered carefully. The music video will look at the affect that will play out rather than the cause.

The video will play out two realities, one where the location is real-life, and the other where she is imagining herself in the heaven she dreamed of. The realities will match the song I chose with real-life being the lyrics, and her heaven being instrumental. 

Her real-life will include close-ups and intimate shots because it is reality and the topic of depression should be taken seriously. She will wake up sitting in the hospital bed in a hospital gown. Her eyes will look drained and have dark circles. The filter of the location will be very saturated to show the darkness that she has gone through. I would like to do a shot of her head underwater in a bath as close-up, this could draw on the topic I want to focus on, and give something emotional for the audience to watch.

Her dream will include wide shots of landscapes and harsh lighting to show the hyper-reality of her dream. It will includes shots of nature, for example, there will be shots of flower fields and woods. There will be panning shots and lots of lens flares. I hope to include hyper-reality into my music video to show that the heaven isn't reality. I will do this by include odd characters in the dream. For example, if there were people dressed in black with masks on, then you would know that isn't reality because that doesn't happen in real-life

The beginning of the video will be real-life as she is comatose but wakes up in the after-life. Which leads her to move onto her heaven that she dreamed of. 

The middle of the video will switch between reality and her heaven. 

Her conflict in her choice in whether she should stay in heaven or go back to reality. She has to decide whether her life is good enough in reality to continue with. There will be different flash-backs, one of her attempted death when she is in a bath and one of when she is with her friends around a bonfire. 

The end will be the deciding factor of whether she passes to heaven or stays in reality. I want my music video to be a motivation to those with depression, so I want the ending to be a positive resolution. This would mean that she choses to stay in reality and the end of video ends with her waking up finally.

Lyrics

'I See Fire' - cover by Jasmine Thompson, remix by ADDAL

0.00-
Oh, misty eye of the mountain below
Keep careful watch of my brothers' souls
And should the sky be filled with fire and smoke
Keep watching over Durin's son

0.34-
INSTRUMENTAL

1.08-
If this is to end in fire
Then we should all burn together
Watch the flames climb high into the night
Calling out father, stand by and we will
Watch the flames burn auburn on the mountain side

1.27-
INSTRUMENTAL

1.43-
And if we should die tonight
Then we should all die together
Raise a glass of wine for the last time
Calling out father, prepare as we will
Watch the flames burn auburn on the mountain side
Desolation comes upon the sky

2.06-
Now I see fire, inside the mountain
I see fire, burning the trees
And I see fire, hollowing souls
I see fire, blood in the breeze
And I hope that you'll remember me

2.27-
I will cover my eyes
For if the dark returns then
My brothers will die
And as the sky's falling down
It crashed into this lonely town
And with that shadow upon the ground
I hear my people screaming out

2.43-
Now I see fire, inside the mountain
I see fire, burning the trees
I see fire, hollowing souls
I see fire, blood in the breeze

3.00-
INSTRUMENTAL

4.10-
END