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Music Video Project
This project explores your ability to create an original piece that explores
the relationship between the lyrics of your song and the story line that
is associated with the meaning and intent of that poem. The poem should
explore the moods or emotions associated with an idea, issue, or interest
that have some personal or meaningful connection to you.
Once you've completed your music video, fill out the Music Video Critique.
Requirements:
1. Original video footage that follows the plot line (a story) to your
song.
2. Soundtrack of selected song.
3. 1.5 to 5 minutes in length
4. Minimum 4 locations/scenes that support the plot line of your song
5.
Parallel Action: two stories happening simultaneuosly but alternating
in the edit
6 . Minimum of 40 creative/motivated shots with variety in field of view,
angles, height, and movement.
7 . Use of dramatic lighting such as cast or attached shadows or silhouettes.
8 . Apply filters or effects that add to the meaning or mood of the piece.
9 . Include title or graphic animation at some point during the song
10. Opening music video style titles and closing credits
Step 1- The Song and
Story
- The choice of song for this project will become the script for your
piece, so it is very important that you choose something that will allow
for creative visual representation.
-You can choose a song written by someone else or write one of your own.
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Use a story elements hand-out to focus your theme, charatcters and plot
line. Fill in the details for the following
- Make sure your song is long enough to create a developed piece and appropriate
for school.
- Your song should be a minimum of 15-20 lines.
-Your song should have a story line or can be a collection of scenes that relate to the mood of your song. Answer the following on a separate sheet of paper:
Story Elements |
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Theme- What's the big question, problem, issue you want to discuss- Boredom, Vanity, Consumerism? What? |
Hero- Who is your main actor/protaganist |
Goal- What's their mission? What do they need to deal with over the course of the song? |
Adversary - Who's going to stop them or give them problems....is it someone or their own problems? |
Flaw- No one's perfrect, so what's your hero's tragic or comedic flaw? |
| Apparent Defeat- We all fail on the way to achieving our goals, so what are the hero's stumblings or setbacks? |
Final Conformation - What's the climatic moment the sums it all up? |
Self-Revelation - What does the hero learn or fail to learn |
Resolution - What does your audience walking away feeling? How does it wrap up? |
Step 2- Create a 2 Column Shooting Script
-Brainstorm
a list of at least twenty "dream" shots or images you
would could imagine working with your project.
-Your shooting script is a combination of: specific shot descriptions
and the audio from the lyrics of your song.
-You should format a page with three columns : Shot #, Shot Description,
Audio/Dialogue
-Remember to label your shot descriptions of of people or objects using
the abbreviations we’ve used in the past:
ELS, LS, MS, MCU, CU, ECU...
-Experiment with color, composition, lighting and WALLDO
-Use lots of close-ups, motion, graphic
and index vectors.
-Use props and costumes as well as variety in locations or subject matter
whenever possible.
-All shooting scripts must be approved before you begin shooting.
Step 3- The Shoot
-All the footage for this project must be shot by you and be the best
video you can shoot.
-Use a tripod.
-Observe cut-off points, head room and lead room. Remember the rule of
thirds.
-Find a partner or friend to help you the day of your shoot with composition
or props
-Watch the lighting of your shoot.
-Review shot requirements to make sure you have all the footage you need.
-Remember to experiment as much as possible composing and framing shots.
Step 4- Edit Footage
-Import all your clips
-Arrange clips in timeline according to poem script
-Create and edit stills in photoshop
-Add opening music video title and closing titles and effects
-Remember to fade in from black at the start and out to black at the end.
All projects will be graded according to how well you’ve
met the list of requirements.
No project is complete until it is exported to the master tape.
No credit will be given to incomplete projects.
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