2) Research:
This music video uses a similar concept that I would like to use for my music video, having people who seem to be like grim reapers taking the dead to the afterlife. However, like the production I would want to create, this music video presents death in a somewhat positive and hopeful way. I think the idea of time being an important motif in the video is very good idea which will also work well in my production.
This music video uses a similar concept that I would like to use for my music video, having people who seem to be like grim reapers taking the dead to the afterlife. However, like the production I would want to create, this music video presents death in a somewhat positive and hopeful way. I think the idea of time being an important motif in the video is very good idea which will also work well in my production.
In this video, there is a very natural setting in a forest and this is the kind of setting that i would like to use in my music video. The girl's costume is also something that I would want my actress to be wearing. I would also like to include a scene with my actress and actor playing the guitar and singing together.
There are many shots of Taylor Swift walking through a forest and I would want many of my shots be very similar to these, except with a brighter tone and atmosphere. The costume is also very similar to what I would want my actress to be wearing.
Filming 08/02/16 onwards
Editing 08/02/16 onwards
4) Treatment
A girl is sitting on the staircase looking depressed and somber while arguing can be heard in the background, she runs up the stairs and rushes into her room. She grabs her tablet bottle and shakes a few pills in her hand and swallows them. A close up on her face as she closes her eyes and it fades to black.
Standing at the bus stop as cars drive past, she puts in an earphone and presses plays on a song. There is a close up on her face once again and she close her eyes for a moment and when she opens her eyes, she is in an entrance of a forrest with a lily in front of her. She turns around to look at the road and turns back to look at the forest. She grabs the lily and runs into the forest.
P walks around in the forest with the lily in her hand, in a bright and happy mood, doing various things to pass the time; picking up leaves, making pictures with twigs, sitting on a log and thinking.
As she walks into a clearing, she notices a guitar leaning against a tree. She goes towards the guitar cautiously and eventually picks it up and begins to play it slightly. While she is unaware, a boy walks into the clearing, looks at his watch, and when she does notice him, she is taken aback and steps away from the guitar. The boy carefully sits and begins to play the guitar and the girl is reassured and begins to bond with the boy by listening him to play and singing with him.
The boy and girl start doing things together in the wood; collecting leaves, making pictures with twigs, sitting on a log and thinking. However the boy keeps looking at his watch and the girl notices him
After a while, the two return to the clearing. The boy looks at his watch one more time and then looks at the girl. She takes his two hands and holds them in her hands. As she does this, she remembers her past troubles and is finally ready to leave. She nods assuringly and lets go of his hands. The boy takes out a watch and gives it to her as a token to remember that time in the afterlife is forever. The boy lifts his hood over his head and the two start walking towards a field. They walk into the distance and disappear. The lily is the final thing in the scene.
6) Shot list
Shot No.
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Seconds
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Shot
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Description
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1
|
3
|
Long
|
Shot from the left of the stairs with protagonist (P) sitting on the
stairs
|
2
|
4
|
Long
|
Shot from the front of the stairs, P sitting on the stairs, she gets
up, and runs up the stairs
|
3
|
1
|
Medium
|
Shot from the inside of the room of P coming into the room
|
4
|
3
|
Medium
|
Shot from the opposite side, P rushing to the table
|
5
|
5
|
Medium low angle
|
P taking her bottle of tablets, shaking a few onto her hand and then
a pan from her hands to her mouth as she swallows the pills
|
6
|
3
|
Close up
|
Shot from the left side of P’s face and she sighs, fade to black
|
7
|
2
|
Long
|
Shot from across the road, P waiting at a bus stop
|
8
|
1
|
Close up
|
P’s phone
|
9
|
3
|
Medium
|
Shot from the right side of P, pan from her phone in her hand and
then taking an earphone into her ear (music starts)
|
10
|
6
|
Extreme Close up
|
P’s closes her eyes and
then opens them again
|
11
|
5 0.11
|
Long
|
P in the entrance of a wood with a lily in front of her, planted in
the ground
|
12
|
3 0.11
|
Close up
|
P turning behind to look at the road
|
13
|
3 0.14
|
Medium close up
|
Shot from the other side, P turns around and faces the woods
|
14
|
3 0.17
|
Close up
|
Shot of the lily, P’s hand takes the lily
|
15
|
2 0.20
|
Long
|
P running into the woods with the lily in her hand
|
16
|
5 0.22
|
Close up
|
Tracking shot from behind, P walking with the lily in her hand
|
17
|
5 0.27
|
Medium
|
Tracking shot from the front, P walking
|
18
|
4 0.32
|
Medium
|
P crouching down picking up leaves
|
19
|
3 0.35
|
Medium Close up
|
Shot from the right side of her looking at leaves
|
20
|
4 0.39
|
Long
|
P stands up and dusts off her dress
|
21
|
4 0.43
|
Medium low angle
|
P sitting on a log looking around
|
22
|
3 0.46
|
Close up
|
Shot from the left, shot of her kicking her feet
|
23
|
5 0.51
|
Close up
|
Shot from the left, P smiling and looking up at the sky
|
24
|
3 0.54
|
Medium long
|
Tracking shot from the right, through some trees and branches, P
walking
|
25
|
5 0.59
|
Close up
|
Shot from behind P, making a picture out of twigs and sticks
|
26
|
2 1.04
|
Close up
|
P smiling
|
27
|
2
1.06
|
Medium Long
|
P looking at something, curiously
|
28
|
3
1.09
|
Long
|
Over the shoulder shot of a clearing with a guitar leaning against a
tree
|
29
|
5
1.14
|
Long
|
Guitar leaning against a tree and P, cautiously walking towards it
|
30
|
3
1.17
|
Medium Long
|
Shot from the right, P takes the guitar and plays it a little
|
31
|
2 1.19
|
Close up
|
Shot from the left P smiling and singing
|
32
|
5
1.24
|
Long
|
Shot over P’s head and a boy (B) walks from the other side and notices P, looks at his
watch and looks back up
|
33
|
4
1.28
|
Medium
|
|
34
|
3 1.32
|
Medium
|
Shot from the right, B walks over to take the guitar and smiles
|
35
|
2 1.35
|
Medium
|
P smiles
|
36
|
5 1.37
|
Medium
|
The two are sitting together playing the guitar
|
37
|
4 1.42
|
Medium
|
Shot from behind P + B are making a picture out of twigs
|
38
|
3 1.46
|
Medium close up
|
P+B look at each other smiling, b looks at his watch
|
39
|
2
1.49
|
Close up
|
B’s watch
|
40
|
3
1.51
|
Long
|
Tracking shot from behind, P+B walk together
|
41
|
2
1.54
|
Medium close up
|
Tracking shot facing P, P looking at B smiling
|
42
|
4
1.57
|
Medium
|
Tracking shot from the front, P+B walking together
|
43
|
5 2.01
|
Close up
|
P+B’s hands replanting the lily
|
44
|
2
2.06
|
Medium
|
B stands up after crouching and
takes his hand out
|
45
|
2 2.08
|
Close up
|
Shot from a high angle, facing P,
who is looking at B’s hand then back up at B
|
46
|
4 2.10
|
Extreme close up
|
P taking B’s hand
|
47
|
6 2.14
|
Medium long
|
P+B sitting on a log and holding hands
and B lifts his hand to look at his watch
|
48
|
2 2.20
|
Close up
|
B’s watch
|
49
|
6 2.22
|
Medium
|
Shot from the left side, P looking
at B looking at his watch and she looks a bit disappointed
|
50
|
4 2.28
|
Long
|
P and B walk back to the clearing, P
is leading B
|
51
|
4 2.32
|
Medium long
|
P stops and B stops in front of her
|
52
|
2 2.36
|
Medium long
|
Shot from the right, B is looking at P slightly confused
|
53
|
2 2.38
|
Medium Long
|
Shot from the left, P looks at B
sadly and looks down at the floor
|
54
|
8 2.40
|
Medium long
|
P carefully takes B’s hands and
holds them, fade to white
|
55
|
4 2.48
|
long
|
Flashback of P sitting on the stairs
sad
|
56
|
3 2.52
|
Medium long
|
Shot from the left side, P still
holding B’s hands, she has her eyes closed and seems in slight pain
|
57
|
2 2.55
|
Close up
|
Flash back of P taking the pills
|
58
|
6 2.57
|
Medium long
|
Shot from the left, P relaxes, lets
out a sigh and opens her eyes
|
59
|
3 3.02
|
Medium long
|
Shot from the right B looks at P
sadly
|
60
|
4 3.05
|
Medium long
|
Shot from the left, P nods assuring
B
|
61
|
4 3.09
|
Close up
|
P slowly lets go of B’s hands
|
62
|
5 3.13
|
Medium long
|
Shot from the right, B takes out
something from his pocket
|
63
|
2 3.18
|
Medium long
|
Shot from the left, P looks at B,
confused
|
64
|
4 3.20
|
Medium long
|
B takes P’s hand and put’s something
in it
|
65
|
4 3.24
|
Close up
|
P opens her hand and sees a watch
|
66
|
4 3.28
|
Medium long
|
Shot from the left, P brings the
watch to her chest, and lets a small laugh out, almost going to cry
|
67
|
4 3.32
|
Medium Long
|
B pulls his black hood over his head
|
68
|
2 3.36
|
Medium Long
|
Shot from the right, B lets out a
small smile, fade to black
|
69
|
7 3.38
|
Medium
|
Tracking shot from behind, P+B walk
together towards a field
|
70
|
4 3.45
|
Low angle shot
|
P+B looking to the distance
|
71
|
6 3.49
|
Long
|
Shot from behind, P +B walking off
into the distance and slowly fade out the shot
|
72
|
5 3.55
|
long
|
Shot of the landscape with P+B
disappeared
|
73
|
4 3.59
|
Close up
|
Pan down to the shot of the lily,
fade to black
|
7) Mise-en-scene:
Casting: Girl - Ruth
Boy - Mozwin
Locations: House and Fryent Country Park
Props: -Pills
- Lily
- Guitar
- Watch
Costume: Girl: Start of the video - jumper and jeans with hair tied up
When the music starts - White dress, white shoes with hair out loose
Boy: Black t-shirt and black jeans with a black hoodie, watch
