FINAL "KIDS" MUSIC VIDEO

Thursday, 5 December 2013

23: Casting



This is Fergus, we are using him in our video, because he is the perfect aged young child. He as 2 years old, and is very keen to star in our film.



This is Yasmin Basan, she is 17 and will be our dancer. She is keen and enthusiastic, and is able to sing along to a song which she will be lip syncing to. Yaz loves to dress up, so this is the perfect opportunity to do so and release here inner core.


This is Niona, she is a good swimmer, and a good actor. This is why we picked her, as she will need to do both these things in our video.

22. Location Planning

Below are all the locations that I am going to use to film our video. We have tried to make them really varied, this should help keep the viewer gripped:

This is the swimming pool which we are going to use for the underwater shot. We have chosen this location, because the water is clear, and it is easily accessaible to us. Also, one of my friends is a lifeguard here, as we will need one to film in the water.

This is where the chorus person will be dancing; when not dancing with the lights and the black background.
The Chorus person will be lying lip syncing in the leaves.
We have chosen to film the main section of the chorus in the theatre, as it has a perfect big black certain, this will be great to use as a background for dancing, and to attach some little lights onto for effect.  
We shall use this corridor for the child to crawl down towards the camera. 
This is the TV that we will use for the infinity effect, the curtain on the right will be pulled back, and the camera will be closer with the room darker.

21. Shooting Script


Most of the shots in this will be for the whole sound and could fit in anywhere but there will be some particular shots
The first shot will be a stop-motion very short title sequence
Then it could include the dancers that will be lit by black light and will be wearing florescent clothing this will vary in speed and will be synced up with the song
The next shot will be a very short shot of the mother then a longer steadier one of the babe maybe on a toy in a corridor kind of like the long steady cam shot of the boy in the shining
The next lip syncing bit will be with the mother maybe with a green screen behind her or woods.
There will be a series of time lapses at certain points in the video
In certain points there will be underwater shots , possibly lip syncing and slow-motion shots of the mother jumping in reverse in/out the pool
Another shot will include the mother and the child with the mother spinning the child in slow mo possibly in the leaves
In another section a tv behind will display the image of the actor slightly behind in time of the image of the real actor playing a wave type effect.

20. Animatic



 Here is our animatic for our music video. It is very rough, but we will be following this layout.

19. Planning 5 sections to my video, make storyboard from them.

The first section is of the child, we shall see him crawling towards the camera, and also playing with toys.
Then there will be dancers dressed in odd clothes with crazy makeup, they will be dancing with a mic and a black background.
This scene will be of the singer singing outside in woods with leaves around.
After that there will be some underwater lip syncing.
The final significant part will be the TV infinity effect.






18. Story Plan

The intro to the song Kids is about 50 seconds long. Our plan is to shorten that down a bit, as it could end up going on too long. Once shortened we are going to build the word "KIDS" out of lego and use stop motion to bring it in.
When the lyrics come in, we will have a child crawling on the floor towards a camera, with a green screen in the backgroound. We will then edit with loads of colours and shapes.
On the words "Makin Mama so proud" this is where we shall see the mother of the child smiling at the baby.
We then reach our first chorus, with this we shall have a black background with someone dancing, with many lights flashing on and off. The dancers will lipsyncing some of the words.
 In the third verse ("The water is warm...") we shall have a camera underwater, we shall film lipsyncing, or if that does not work, a red cloth underwater.
We shall then have a flash cut from the water too the mother standing in fromt of a TV with the feed on the TV coming from the camera, ie an infinity effect behind the girl on the TV.
Chorus: This will be similar to to the previous chrous, however with different camera angles and shots.
The chorus repeats after that, but this time there will be a video of the child on the floor playing with toys, nad the video will fade out.

You were a child
Crawling on your knees toward it
Making momma so proud
But your voice is too loud
We like to watch you laughing
You pick the insects off plants
No time to think of consequences

[Chorus:]
Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanting to be haunted
Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanting to be haunted

The water is warm
But it's sending me shivers
A baby is born
Crying out for attention
Memories fade
Like looking through a fogged mirror
Decisions too
Decisions are made and not bought
But I thought this wouldn't hurt a lot
I guess not

[Chorus x6]