P4: Planning 

 

        Unit 18 Cinematography Music Video Treatment/Proposal 

Concept/idea: 

In our group, we are going to create a music video for the song Nightmare by Set It Off to showcase our cinematography skills. Our music video uses amplification with themes of narrative. In the music video, our character is going to be running from their darker self through different nightmare sequences. The types of nightmares we will include are Running from a shadowy figure in a dark alleyway at night and being in school again. We will also include a prologue and epilogue to develop our storyline further.

Target audience: 

We are going to target teenage and young adult explorers. We chose this audience since pop punk/rock music isn’t mainstream unlike pop music. Teenagers and young adults are only just experiencing the real world. They are trying to figure out their identity and how to express/deal with their emotions. 

Production team: 

Creating a music video will require us to take on a lot of roles. Most importantly, we will need actors to perform, videographers to film the video, an editor to edit our music video, a set designer, costume and makeup artist. We may also need a foley artist for any foley effects we may need or include in our music video for diegetic sound.  

Faith’s roles: Cinematographer, foley artist, joint editor 

Liam’s roles: Actor, costume and makeup artist, set designer, joint editor

Distribution: 

Thanks to globalisation, we can distribute our music video quickly and globally through the internet. YouTube is a great social media to do this, and we could distribute through other social media channels. Music videos can still be seen on the TV too. 

Genre: 

The song Nightmare by Set It Off is in the pop punk music genre. Therefore, our music video will follow the genres of pop punk music videos. MCR is a famous band in the genre. They wear dark clothing etc. They desaturated the colours in their Black Parade music video. This fits the conventions of the emo genre. In their I’m Not Okay music video, they used dark humour. 

Themes/setting location: 

A convention of music videos is they change locations a few times throughout. To begin with, the prologue will be set in a bedroom. The second scene location we will use an alleyway near Hungerhill School. The next scene will be based in college. Being back in school is a nightmare some people have. We will use the lecture theatre in college for our performance segment. At the end, the character will wake up again in the bedroom in the epilogue.

Legal and ethical issues: 

Copyright protects an artist’s work (video, audio, graphics, books etc) from being used or copied without their permission. we will have to make sure that our music video isn’t similar to others out there, so we do not infringe the copyright law. Libel is a false written statement and slander is a false spoken statement that can damage someone’s reputation. We will not be slandering or being libel towards anyone. The victim of these damaging statements can sue them for it. Because our music video is going to contain some darker tones, we will need to be wary of the BBFC rating we give it. We will also need to create permission forms for the actors, so they agree to be in the music video. 

Violence and promoting crimes (drugs, murder etc) is very unethical and children would not be allowed to watch this content. Discriminating against groups of people is also very unethical and wrong. We will need to be mindful of the violence ethical issue the most since we may contain a or illude to violence in our music video; this fits the conventions of the pop punk genre.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Equipment List

Equipment Name	Description (purpose and filming effect)
Canon 250D Camera	This will be our basic camera for the recording of the video. The camera has adjustable aperture and is light enough to take with us everywhere. Additionally, it will be the most high quality camera we can use.
2x Tripods	We will require a tripod to keep our camera still whilst having static shots. Additionally, we we’ll require a separate tripod in order to hold the studio light.
RGB studio lights (FL80 RGB)	This will be used to help us modulate the light levels in the shoot, additionally, opening options for colour changing to help connotate certain emotions or atmospheres.
Lenses	The lenses we will be using are fisheye and portrait.

 

 

                    

 

 

Risk assessment- Nightmare Cinematography Music Video

Company name:                               Assessment carried out by: Faith Smith

Date of next review:                         Date assessment was carried out:14.11.2022

 

What are the hazards?	Who might be harmed and how?	What are you already doing to control the risks?	What further action do you need to take to control the risks?	Who needs to carry out the action?	When is the action needed by?	Done
Equipment falling and being damaged	Both of us	We are going to make sure the equipment is on steady ground and set it up properly before filming.	N/A	Both of us	When we film
Tripping and falling off stage/on a path or over equipment	Both of us	Bundle all the wires together so that they are out of the way. Wear grip shoes and keep an eye on our surroundings.	N/A	Both of us	On set
General Safety	Both of us	We are going to film the alleyway scene when it is sunset, so we are safe in the environment, and we are less likely to be harmed by strangers.	Possibly film the alleyway scene on several days depending on how quickly it gets dark. We will have to walk home so this is important for our safety.	Both of us	A few days before we plan to film.
The weather and electricity		We won’t film outside when it is raining since this can damage the equipment. We will check the weather beforehand.	Don’t have any water near our equipment or a plug at all since this can damage the equipment and cause an electric fire.	Both of us

 

 

 Prop List

Name of Prop	Scene Used	Sourcing From
Prop Knife	All but the opening scene	Classmate
Microphone and stand	Performance scenes	College
Tic Tacs	Opening scene	A local store

 

Costume Item	Scene Used	Sourcing from
Cloak	All but both bedroom scenes	Classmate
Trad Goth Makeup	Choruses	Classmate
School clothing (white shirt, black trousers, black shoes, tie and maybe a blazer)	Lecture theatre and school scenes

 

 

 

LOCATION RECCE 

Prepared by		Faith Smith		Date				14.11.2022
Location Details		We are going to film in Doncaster UTC, hopefully Cast if we have permission and in an alleyway near Hungerhill School and in someone’s bedroom. This adds up to two indoor and one outdoor scene.
Scene/Purpose of filming		In our music video, the character is going to be cycling through lots of nightmare scenarios. They will be in their bedroom to start with going to sleep. These are going to be walking through an alleyway by themselves, a school nightmare and a lip sync scene where the character sings to an empty crowd.
Site Contact Name			Doncaster UTC			Site Address			College Rd  Doncaster   DN1 3BF
Contact telephone			01302 976515			Point of access			Front doors
Permissions			As we are students at DUTC, we will not need permission to film in an office there.			Availability			Our college can be busy at times so we will have to film when it is quiet such as lesson times. Also, if we cannot film in cast, we will use the lecture theatre for the lip sync scene which we may have to book.
Points of Interest						Suitability/Possible shots			Close ups, extreme close ups…
Safety Issues			Tripping down the stairs or because of equipment			Electricity Supply			We will have electricity from the plug sockets and if we decided to use batteries.
						Light			Sun from the windows and overhead electric lighting unless we decided to turn the lights off. We will use our own lighting too.
						Windows			There are some windows throughout DUTC.
						Noise			Other students talking, when the lessons change over and noise throughout the building since it can echo. This won’t matter though since we won’t need sound for our music video; our sound is the Nightmare song by Set It Off.

 

 

 

Site Contact Name		Cast		Site Address		Waterdale, Doncaster DN1 3BU
Contact telephone		01302 303959		Point of access		Through the front doors
Permissions		We will need permission in the form of a location permission form to film here.		Availability		There may be limited availability since they might hold auditions and shows.
Points of Interest		We would like to film the lip sync scene in the theatre.		Suitability/Possible shots		Close ups, extreme close ups, medium shots, wide shot, establishing shot of the empty seats, medium shots….
Safety Issues		Weather can cause equipment to be damaged  Tripping, falling over  Traffic when getting there.		Electricity Supply		We will need batteries since they may not be many plug sockets.
				Sunlight		There will be no sunlight, we might use the spotlight and have red lighting.
				Windows		There will be no windows since it is a theatre.
				Noise		N/A

 

 

 

Site Contact Name		Alleyway		Site Address
Contact telephone		N/A		Point of access		Near Hungerhill School
Permissions		N/A		Availability		Always available
Points of Interest		Alleyway		Suitability/Possible shots		POV shot, close ups, extreme close ups…
Safety Issues		General safety since alleyways can be hotspots for crime.		Electricity Supply		We will need batteries.
				Sunlight		We will hopefully be filming this scene during sunset.
				Windows		There will be no windows since it is an outside space.
				Noise		N/A

 

 

Site Contact Name		Atherton Residence		Site Addres
Contact telephone				Point of access
Permissions		All		Availability		24/7
Points of Interes		Bedroom		Suitability/Possible shots		Other side of the bed
Safety Issues		Tripping hazards  Avoiding spillages		Electricity Supply		Plug sockets
				Sunlight
				Windows
				Noise		N/A

 

 

 

                                             Set Designs

Here you can see the set design/flat plan of our locations, however we did end up changing some of the locations which you can see in the recce below.

 

 

 

 

LOCATION RECCE

Prepared by		Faith Smith		Date				14.11.2022
Location Details		We are going to film in Doncaster UT and Sandall Beat Woods.
Scene/Purpose of filming		In our music video, the character is going to be cycling through lots of nightmare scenarios. They will be in their bedroom to start with going to sleep. These are going to be walking through an alleyway by themselves, a school nightmare and a lip sync scene where the character sings to an empty crowd.
Site Contact Name			Doncaster UTC			Site Address			College Rd Doncaster  DN1 3BF
Contact telephone			01302 976515			Point of access			Front doors
Permissions			As we are students at DUTC, we will not need permission to film in an office there.			Availability			Our college can be busy at times so we will have to film when it is quiet such as lesson times. Also, if we cannot film in cast, we will use the lecture theatre for the lip sync scene which we may have to book.
Points of Interest			Lecture Theater			Suitability/Possible shots			Close ups, extreme close ups…
Safety Issues			Tripping down the stairs or because of equipment			Electricity Supply			We will have electricity from the plug sockets and if we decided to use batteries.
						Light			Sun from the windows and overhead electric lighting unless we decided to turn the lights off. We will use our own lighting too.
						Windows			There are some windows throughout DUTC.
						Noise			Other students talking, when the lessons change over and noise throughout the building since it can echo. This won’t matter though since we won’t need sound for our music video; our sound is the Nightmare song by Set It Off.

 

 

 

Site Contact Name		Sandall Beat Wood		Site Address		Doncaster
Contact telephone		N/A		Point of access		Gates
Permissions		N/A since it is a public location		Availability		24/7
Points of Interest		Woods		Suitability/Possible shots		Wide angle, establishing, medium, close ups, panning…
Safety Issues		Other people general safety, animals, items thrown in the woods, branches etc…		Electricity Supply		Batteries will be needed for the camera since there is no way we can charge them in the woods.
				Sunlight		From the sun.
				Windows		N/A
				Noise		Animals in the woods, trees, other people…

 Here you can see I have added another set of recces. This is because we changed the locations we wanted to record in so I had to create new recces for this.

 

To help us visualise how our music video will look and what order our rushes will be in, we created some storyboards. These are relevant to the new locations and you will be able to see how we have followed the storyboards in our rushes.

                                     Shot List

Video type/ SD card Number	Shot type	Description	Quality/frame rate	Time code in	Time code out
MVI_9489	Establishing shot, panning	Forest. pans left, right, up and down to music beat.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:00:07	00:00:09
MVI_9494	High angle	Character walks.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:00:10	00:00:13
MVI_9496	Medium shot, pan left	Character looks scared and looks around.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:00:13	00:00:18
MVI_9497	Close up, pan shot	Someone taps the character’s shoulder, and they turn around in fear.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:00:18	00:00:23
MVI_9498	Dutch angle. Medium shot	Character puts their hands on their head, they think they are losing their mind.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:00:24	00:00:28
MVI_9491	Establishing panning shot	Shows how there is no one else in the forest.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:00:29	00:00:32
MVI_9500	Ground level panning shot	Can see the character walking, view from the tree.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:00:32	00:00:35
MVI_9505	Medium camera shot, pan left	Character is getting really scared “Breathing gets faster”	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:00:35	00:00:43
MVI_9448	Pan up, close up shot	In theatre, pan from feet to face.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:00:43	00:00:48
MVI_9437	Medium camera shot	Character sings in theatre.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:00:48	00:01:15
MVI_9452	Medium camera shot	Character sings in theatre.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:00:48	00:01:15
MVI_9507	Close up, pan around subject	The character runs into shot, camera pans around them.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:01:15	00:01:26
MVI_9508	POV shot	Character looking at their hands.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:01:26	00:01:27
MVI_9509	Ground level shot	Character walks.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:01:27	00:01:29
MVI_9511	Medium camera shot	Character walks past tree to show transition of time.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:01:29	00:01:30
MVI_9512	Medium camera shot	Character walks past tree to show transition of time.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:01:30	00:01:33
MVI_9513	Full shot	Character falls to floor and screams in anger.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:01:33	00:01:37
MVI_9452	Medium shot	Character sings chorus.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:01:37	00:02:00
MVI_9441	Establishing shot, pan left	Shows empty seats in the theatre to show how alone the character feels.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:01:42	00:01:46
MVI_9453	Medium shot	Character sings chorus.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:01:37	00:02:00
MVI_9518	Medium shot	Character feels weak.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:02:00	00:02:05
MVI_9519	POV shot	Character is looking towards the floor.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:02:05	00:02:09
MVI_9522	Medium	Character plunges to the ground.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:02:09	00:02:12
MVI_9520	POV shot	Falls to ground.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:02:11	00:02:12
MVI_9524	Close up shot	Reaches above for a way out.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:02:12	00:02:15
MVI_9514	Spinning pan POV shot	The trees spinning.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:02:15	00:02:17
MVI_9526	Medium shot	Character realises that it isn’t their time to die.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:02:17	00:02:22
MVI_9528	Medium still shot	Character keeps trying to escape the forest but ends up back in the same spot.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:02:22	00:02:25
MVI_9529	Full camera shot, zoom in	Character gives up and lays on the floor	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:02:25	00:02:34
MVI_9457	Medium camera shot	Character sits on stairs and sings the chorus.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:02:34	00:02:45
MVI_9456	Medium camera shot	Character sits on stairs and sings the chorus.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:02:34	00:02:45
MVI_9440	Medium camera shot, panning	Character sings the chorus.	1920 × 1080, 25.00 fps	00:02:45	00:03:21