Shot list

When producing my Animatic I had to start thinking of the shots I would be using throughout my video.

I have made a list of some of the shots I aim to include within my video:

Close up shots of the character (head shots)

Close up shots of the characters lips to show lip syncing

Full body shots in order to show the characters outfits

Over the shoulder shots (mainly when looking through the dressing table mirror at the character)

Shots of just the characters hands , feet or eyes

I have selected some images taken from my Animatic in order to show some of the different shots I am to include.

This shot here shall be a close up shot of the characters feet. I would like the character to be wearing heels and walking past the camera or towards the camera. I would also like the shoes to change colour on each beat within the song.

This shot is going to be a full body shot of the character spinning round. I would like the camera to capture the full movement of the spin several times. I will place the camera directly in front of the character. I will capture this shot in the bedroom location.

This shot is going to be taken from the side. It will show the movement of the characters mouth when lip syncing the lyrics to the song. I felt that this would give the shots a bit of variation and just filming the lip syncing shots of the face from in front of the face would eventually start to look too repetitive and boring!!! To make this shot it will consist of me capturing four different images of four different types of shoes. I will then insert them into Final Cut and use a split screen to have each of the clips all showing at once. I like the idea of each of the squares within the shot changing what film it is showing every second to keep the audience interested and a bit more creativity to my editing. I will have to film the shoes in the same area with the same background. This shot will be taken from behind the character looking through the mirror. The camera will show half of the characters head and shoulder as though the camera is looking over her shoulder. However this drawing does not explain that very well!! The shot here will be a close up shot of the characters hands placing down a blusher and picking up some lipstick. The shot has the aim of showing the flow of action as the character applies her make-up. The close up shot will enable the audience to see exactly what the character is doing. The make-up will be placed upon the dressing table in the shot.

Camera shots and angles

In order for my music video to be full of different camera angles and shots I chose to explore more of the videos from 'The Saturdays' so I could aim to attract the same audience. I had a look at the video 'Higher' as I felt that I needed to look more into The Saturdays and how they use camera angles and props within their music videos to make them entertaining and successful.

Treatment Sheet

Assessment 1 - Analysis of similar products

After searching the internet, looking at current songs and certain artists albums, I have chose a song by The Saturdays. The song is called ' Lose Control'. I believe it is a very attractive song, very upbeat and has a dance feel to it. I studied the lyrics and set out to plan what would occur in the video whilst each line or group of line was being spoken. I came up with some ideas of my own whilst listening to the song, however to help me be more successful I decided to look at other videos from The Saturdays to see what their genre is within their videos, who they seem to appeal to and I searched for other pop music videos to see what they included to attract their audience.

I decided to take a look at some previous videos from The Saturdays to make sure I knew how to attract the same genres audience. I took a look at their video 'I just cant get enough'! From the video I selected certain shots that I liked and intend to focus on using similar shots in order for the genre to fit with the song.

Breakdown of lyrics

The Saturdays - Lose Control

0:00 No lyrics spoken, 15 strong beats 0:07

0:07 Oooh, ooh 0:11

0:11 Fashion, Fashion, fashion, fashion ( quietly in background ) 0:13

0:14 I always used to be the shy girl 0:16

0:16 Not a hot girl 0:17

0:18 And not your type girl 0:19

0:20 I never cared about the cool clothes 0:23

0:23 About the right shoes 0:25

0:25 Making the right moves 0:26

0:27 Who's that hot boy (Who's that boy) 0:30

0:30 When he looks at me I'm beautiful 0:34

0:34 Whos that hot boy? (Whos that boy) 0:37

0:37 I should be the face of every fashion magazine 0:40

0:40 OH! 0:41

0:41 Oooh, ooh 0:44

0:44 I'm gonna feel that feeling 0:46

0:46 Gonna lose control 0:47

0:47 Oooh, ooh 0:51

0:51 Theres a fire going on in my heart and soul 0:54

0:55 Never before i met you, baby 0:56

0:56 Never before tonight 0:58

0:58 But you're making me believe it's right 1:00

1:00 BEAT 1:01

1:02 Oooh, ooh 1:04

1:05 Im gonna feel that feeling 1:06

1:06 Gonna loose control 1:08

1:08 Tonight 1:09

1:09 BEATS (15) 1:15

1:16 Im not used to being the first pick 1:18

1:19 Like the cool chick from the in clique 1:21

0:22 I have always gone my own way! 1:25

1:25 Been my own girl 1:26

1:27 In my own world 1:28

1:29 Whos that hot boy? Whos that boy 1:32

1:32 When he looks at me I'm beautiful 1:35

1:36 Oooooh, oooh 1:38

1:39 Im gonna feel that feeling gonna loose control 1:42

1:43 Oooh, oooh 1:45

1:46 Theres a fire going on in my heart and soul 1:49

1:50 Never before i met you, baby 1:51

1:52 Never before tonight 1:53

1:53 But your making me believe its right 1:56

1:57 Oooh, ooh 1:59

2:00 Gonna feel that feeling gonna lose control 2:03

2:03 Tonight (huh huh) is the night 2:05

2:06 (Huh huh) When i leave 2:07

2:08 (Huh Huh) the past behind me 2:10

2:10 Tonight (huh huh) is the night 2:13

2:13 (Huh Huh) When im here 2:14

2:15 About to find me 2:17

2:17 YEEEAAAHHHHHH!!! ( oooooh.ooh in background) 2:23

2:24 Yeaah, yeaah ... 2:29

2:29 Never, never, before 2:31

2:32 Oooh, oooh 2:34

2:34 Im gonna feel that feeling gonna lose control 2:38

2:38 Oooo, ooh (lose control) 2:41

2:41 Theres a fire going on in my heart and soul 2:44

2:45 Never before i met you, baby 2:46

2:47 Never before tonight 2:48

2:48 But your making me believe its right 2:50

2:50 BEAT 2:51

2:52 Oooooh, oooh 2:54

2:54 Gonna feeling that gonna lose control tonight 2:58

2:59 Gonna feel that feeling gonna lose control 3:01

3:01 Im gonna feel that feeling gonna loose control tonight 3:05

3:05 gonna feel that feeling gonna lost control 3:08

3:08 gonna feel that feeling gonna lose control tonight!!!! 3:14

Target Audience Questionairre

Initial Ideas

After doing some research into songs that I can use for my music video, I have came across a song from The Saturdays called ‘Lose Control’. My aim was to find an up beat song with a good beat to dance to and lyrics that are catchy in order to ‘sing along to’.

My aim is to produce a music video aimed more towards females than males. In order to start to piece together and visualize my music video, I am going to look over the lyrics of the song to see what scenes I could create in order to portray what the lyrics are saying.

First, I need to email The Saturdays Management in order to seek approval to use their song 'Lose Control' within my video.

Below is the text I shall include in the email:

To whom this may concern,

I am currently a student studying Media Studies at Hartlepool Sixth Form College. For my coursework in order to achieve my A level within media Studies I have been set the task of creating a music video. I have chosen a song by The Saturdays called 'Lose Control'. I was hoping that you would grant me the permission to use your song. This would very greatly appreciated. I have chosen this song because I enjoy listening to it, believe it has a fun vibe and I would be able to produce a successful music video in sync to it. In order to produce the video I will be carrying out all my own filming, using my own props and editing the video on final cut, a software we use within my college.

I hope to hear back from you soon,

Thankyou

Alex McMorris - Student at Hartlepool Sixth Form College

Here I have taken a screen shot of the email which I sent: