Casting
I didn't find casting too much of a problem really. I have a lot of family and friends; a lot with with musical backgrounds, who would be willing to participate and help me with the music video. I tried to find a suitable person which in some cases, matches the style and look of the rapper. So when it came to the final product, the voice and miming of the actor matches a lot more and doesn't look strange. This is also why I have chosen a 'low-key' artist to do a music video for, because if I picked a big profile rapper, the audience will be more likily to discourage the video due to them knowing the voice or song of the artist. In the end I chose my cousin to be the rapper, as he was the same background as the rapper, he was available a lot of the time, and he would suit and match the song more than anyone I know.
Locations
Next I had to look at appropiate locations. After breaking down the lyrics I figured I would need around 11 different locations. This would seem like a difficult task, however a lot of my locations are shot in rooms, so I could simply use rooms in my house to film in like bedrooms, bathroom, dining room etc. Below I have images of all the locations I plan to use and how they are going to be incorporated.
Desk Scene
I didn't find casting too much of a problem really. I have a lot of family and friends; a lot with with musical backgrounds, who would be willing to participate and help me with the music video. I tried to find a suitable person which in some cases, matches the style and look of the rapper. So when it came to the final product, the voice and miming of the actor matches a lot more and doesn't look strange. This is also why I have chosen a 'low-key' artist to do a music video for, because if I picked a big profile rapper, the audience will be more likily to discourage the video due to them knowing the voice or song of the artist. In the end I chose my cousin to be the rapper, as he was the same background as the rapper, he was available a lot of the time, and he would suit and match the song more than anyone I know.
Rapper XV
Junior Bell (cousin)
Locations
Next I had to look at appropiate locations. After breaking down the lyrics I figured I would need around 11 different locations. This would seem like a difficult task, however a lot of my locations are shot in rooms, so I could simply use rooms in my house to film in like bedrooms, bathroom, dining room etc. Below I have images of all the locations I plan to use and how they are going to be incorporated.
Dark Room
Twilight Chair Scene
Bathroom
Desk Scene
After Party
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| 'Girls Room' |
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| Bedroom Scene |
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| Laptop scene |
Effects
Extreme slow motion
This effect would be used for the 'after party' scene in which the rapper will be at the top of the bed rapping as the people to the left and right of him are moving in extreme slow motion. I am going to use this effect because this shows the connection between the rapper and the people in the background; in other terms, they're not on the same level. The slow motion represents that they are out of sync. An example of this is in the music video 'Kid Cudi-Pursuit Of Happiness'.
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| Kid Cudi - Pursuit Of Happiness |
Zoom in effects
I have choosen to use this effect because it is a good way to represent the 'rabbit hole' theme; the zooming into the eye represents the hole. This effect would be used for the 'dark room' at the start of the music video.
I have choosen to use this effect because it is a good way to represent the 'rabbit hole' theme; the zooming into the eye represents the hole. This effect would be used for the 'dark room' at the start of the music video.
Extreme rewind
I am going to combine this effect with the zoom in eye effect as the eye zooms into the end of the music video. This is then played backwards extremely fast (about 4-5 seconds) and starts right back to the beginning where the video plays all the way through from the start. An example of this is in the music video Eminem - Spacebound (3.50-3.56)
This effect can be executed using sony vegas. This is a very simple and straghtforward effect to do which will help enhance the depth of my music video.
I am going to combine this effect with the zoom in eye effect as the eye zooms into the end of the music video. This is then played backwards extremely fast (about 4-5 seconds) and starts right back to the beginning where the video plays all the way through from the start. An example of this is in the music video Eminem - Spacebound (3.50-3.56)
This effect can be executed using sony vegas. This is a very simple and straghtforward effect to do which will help enhance the depth of my music video.
Split screen effect
This effect will be used when the rapper is walking down the street on the phone to his 'girl'. This split screen effect will be good because they will both be in the shot and this shows the connection between the rapper and the female. It is used in a lot of music videos and TV shows such as 24 for example, as it displays the emotion and reaction on more than one person or object. This effect will again be used using sony vegas. An example of this effect is shown here:
This effect will be used when the rapper is walking down the street on the phone to his 'girl'. This split screen effect will be good because they will both be in the shot and this shows the connection between the rapper and the female. It is used in a lot of music videos and TV shows such as 24 for example, as it displays the emotion and reaction on more than one person or object. This effect will again be used using sony vegas. An example of this effect is shown here:
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| Kid Cudi - Split screen effect |
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| 24 - Split screen effect |
3D Camera Movement: Ceiling-street effect
For my music video, I intend to use 3D camera movement to switch between two different scenes. It would start off with the afterparty and the camera would lift up above the celing and into a shot of the camera placed on the street floor. This would all be one smooth, quick transition. An effect similar to this is found in the Eminem music video - Stan.
Freezing
This effect is quite similar to the extreme slow motion effect in which you appply the same methods in the adobe after effects.
Old TV effects
Because 'The Twilight Zone' tv series was shown in black and white, I thought it would be a good idea to incorporate an 'old tv effect' into this. I have included a number of ideas including tv static transitions, tv errors and tv countdowns. This will be used to show an old feel to it; blending in old black and white clips with the footage I plan to shoot. After doing some research, I came across various stock footage in which I had permission to use in my music video. This is found on the link: http://recroomhq.com/downloads/2010/04/14/tv-static-freebie.html
Examples of the TV effect include these images:
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| Tv Error |
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| Tv Static |
Picture Within Picture
This effect would have to be one of the most challanging task as I plan to literally recreate an ending scene of the twilight zone. I plan to come up with shots similar to that of those in the video, mainly focusing on the disturbing girl on the rocking chair. However, instead of the TV show playing, It would be the rapper in the 'Dark Room'
Reflection
For this effect I would have to film two scenes from exactly the same position. One of the artist rapping into the mirror and then one simply standing infront of the mirror. Then I would have to mask out the vidth him standing in the mirror. This would enable an effect where he is staring at the mirror, but infact the rapper is moving around in the mirror; the reflection is different.
Storyboard
Storyboard
Before I began shooting my music video, first I had to plan the shots and get a rough idea of how the video would look like once I had finished. For this I used a software called Storyboard Pro in which I could storyboard my images and different shots. Also this program has the function to choose default characters in different sizes, poses and styles. This meant that I didn't actually need my rapper to be in the shot. I storyboarded the main and most important shots and came out
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| Zoom in shoot of rapper walking down the road |
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| Zoom in shot of TV |
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