Planning

It will begin in the subway with nayib beginning the song

Goes like this

Shots from Lightwoods Park of Nayib miming to the song.

I come back with the big boy bars

These p****** cant touch flows like this

Back to subway, with a few shots of Nayib miming.

On this ting like this h*** on D***

Man wanna watch me, from my head to ma toe

From my wooly hat, down to ma creps

No man cant test, cuz I will go mad with my flow

You should already know Im a star like trek

	A shot of a sign saying, “welcome to edgbaston”

Tunes get around like the local skets

Im an animal but am to stick for the vets

Shots taken walking on bearwood high st

Got ninez and teks (reversed) aiming for your chest

So I suggest, you don’t get me vexed

Get me vexed and Ill get you ex’d

Shots from Lightwoods Park (miming)

Im known from the east to the west

So I don’t really care, who got your team reps

Cuz ill merk your boys, so tell me whos next.

Shots from Car Park (miming)

And Ill merk off any goons

More time catch me in studio making tunes

Im the younger that’s making moves that always improves

Back to Subway (miming)

Beef ting, you can never last in my shoes

But, when it comes to the crunch,

Ill put a man …. In a permanent snooze

A few shots of a man lifting weights.

Flake off any guy, flake any dudes

Range of shots from car park. (miming)

Yhyh and im coming for your title

Watch me get messi just like lionel

You wont see me collabing with a s**t me

Cuz its like seeing a muslim with a bible

And if your claiming top spot..

Then moretime you’re my rival

A few shots taken by the cannel. (miming)

Against me theres no chance of survival

 get left in hospital, with no signs of revival

Shots in the car park, of artist rapping.

so tell me whos better the I

you aint answering I know why

 cuz no ones better then N to the Y

Don’t move on road, you can see ne in the sky

So offending me, don’t try

Shots from lightwoods Park. (miming)

I come hard a beat, im fly

… I come first like January

you man come 7^th like july

Shots from cannel. (miming)

blacked out hood, down to my face

roll with the dogs, sumfing like nate

always see me on road with

with with man lyk haych

so don’t step out of place

you don’t get eaten up, quicker then food in a plate

Shots from Car park (miming)

man get left with 2 wholes like eight

look like im gonna tell you straight

Cuz mana think, I aint on it no more

A few shots from subway. (miming)

Ut the truth is, if your thinking that

Then you must be off it for sure

Im overly sick but I don’t need a cure

Im overly raw

Man get laid out flat on the floor

Shots from cannel. (miming)

Phone up haych to the one

Cuz man like him is down for the brawl

So if you start beef, ill end it

Something like a sentence with a full stop

Mixture of shots from all locations.

When im on the mic, I blessed the booth

So when you enter, best take your shoes off

But mind your feet don’t get burnt

Because im spittin flames

You should already know whos hot

My boys are doing it, your boys are simply not.

Planning

Initial ideas for your music track, what does the track suggest? Is it happy? Sad?

This track is very fast paced, with a range of different instruments used which gives it a good effect. This song has no specific mood; it is a fast paced rap.

Note down any images that appear as you listen.  These could relate to the lyrics, the beat/tempo, the mood of the track

The song has a good fast tempo with a range of loud beats.

Note down any shifts in the track – tempo, narrative, mood – think about how you would highlight this in your video

In the video we will have the artist miming to the song in gangster fashion. The overall mood to the song is more hip/hop or grime, where the audience are left listening to the lyrics alongside watching the video. There is not much of a shift in the track, it stays at the same mood and tempo more or less, and however in the short breaks between we will have a range of different shots in different locations. After doing the research we saw, there is much importance on the artist in the videos where the artist acts very ignorant, miming to the song in gangster style. This is why we will follow this, and make sure there are many different shots so the audience don’t get bored whilst watching the video.

Identify points in the track where you can have a start, middle, and end (is there a slow build up for start? Instrumental intro? Verse chorus structure?) and mark these on a timeline on the storyboard

Our video will start slowly; with quick shots of all the different locations we have taken the footage. We chose this starting for our video to introduce all the settings, so the audience get a feel for the video beforehand. This also helps create importance on the track and artist, as the audience are waiting to see the main character, and want to hear the track. Then the track will go from slow to fast this helps speed up the action in the video.  In the middle of the track we a have a range of shots, with the artist miming to the song in different locations. Many different camera angles have been used with a good variety of locations. We will also have a few shots of road signs, or a man lifting weights with tattoos, to give the audience a little rest from just seeing the artist miming to the song. 

Planning Script So Far

Script for film

INT.  Underground subway morning/ afternoon

Begins with a few quick shots of all locations visited. For example the car park, high street, subway, garages, steps, town centre and so fourth.

After these quick shots we will have many different angle shots of Nayib, miming to the song in gangster fashion.

Nayib will be wearing a black top and hoody, with blue jeans and casual trainers.

The song will be played on my speakers next to the camera.

Cut. To Car Park Midday

To change the location appropriately, we will end the previous shot with an extreme close up of Nayib’s mouth, as he is miming to the song. Then once we come back out of the ECU, we will be in a new location.

Here we will have more shots of the artist miming to the song, in a gangster manner. For example his facial expressions of a “bad boy”, with hand movement in a gangster approach and body posture like “I’m the best”.

Cut. To High Street Later in the day like 4:00PM

This will be a quick cut where we go from the car park, to the high street.

In this shot we will have Nayib walking on the high street past the shops, miming to the song. Here we will have a range of different camera angles such as over-the-shoulder shot, pan, low angle shot, mid shot, medium-long shot and etc. Alongside these camera angles we will have good amount of camera movement as he is walking past the shops.

Cut. To Vandalised area with graffiti, 11:00AM

In this shot there will be Nayib in front of a vandalized wall miming to the song.

 A range of camera angles will be used to best effect.

Cut. To Car Park Midday

A quick cut back to the second location, to keep the rhythm and change the shot sequence so it does not look like we are going directly from one place to another again and again.

Cut. To Staircase, Midday

A few quick shots of Nayib sitting on the stairs miming to the song will be taken.

Gradually camera goes near him and he slaps the camera away, this quickly changes to the next shot.

Cut. To Drama Room, Dark backgrounds with dim lighting

Shots of Nayib will be taken of him miming inside, so it contrasts and makes it a little different instead of having all the shots outside in broad daylight.

A range of different camera angles and techniques will be used, to keep the audience interested.

INT. Subway, Afternoon

There will be quick shots of all the locations as we started to keep a good sequence to the video.

It will end with Nayib walking away outside the subway.

This is another good shot used within this video, which we will use in the making of ours. This shot is located in a car park, where you have slight daylight in the background, with the main character standing. It is a medium close up which is an effective shot to use with a few quick cuts.

There are many good shots used within this video. Such as this one, here we have a close up on the cage with the main character in the background. The camera focuses on the cage with the background smudged. Then straight after, the camera focusses on the main character from the same position, however the cage gets smudged. This is a very good technique which helps create meaning on the character, and gives the audience a little change in between the video. We will use this technique in our video, with our main artist behind the cage. 

This is a good shot, where we have a black and white background with the main character the only subject in the frame; he’s colour clothes look more appealing due to the dull background. This is a good technique as the character gains more of an impact, and looks more dominant in the shot.

To finish off the video, we have a medium long shot of the main artist walking on the road. This is a good method to end the video, as it suggests the importance and shows the main character throughout the video. This shot shows him altogether walking in towards the camera. 

Here we have an opening shot for the music video called ‘Slang Like This’. I chose this shot as an example, because it is a good technique to begin the song. This shot is located in a dark underground subway, with background light (daylight) and the main character walking in towards the camera with a black hoody. The style of walking in to the camera suggests he is the main character in this video, furthermore the hoody helps emphasise it is a grime/hip-hop generic song. This is because stereotypically we would expect these techniques to be used in these genre videos.

Here, we have an example of a good technique to switch to a different shot. The main character slaps the camera away, and then automatically the shot changes. This is a very good professional technique which we will use in our video. Furthermore in the background here we can see graffiti, which shows the vandalised walls in the underground subway. This helps follow the generic conventions we would expect. 

A good camera movement technique has been used here with the camera going back as the main character walks in towards the camera. This helps keep pace in the video and keeps the interest of the audience, instead of having the camera fixed in one place all the time. 

I chose this shot, not for the camera techniques but for the style of acting by the artist. Here we have the artist miming to the song with ignorance, and a level of attitude, which we can see through his facial expressions and hand movements. He is walking up with a level of attitude, and visibly we can see that arrogance which we would expect in a grime or hip-hop music video. 

This is a good camera shot, where we have another hand-held camera shot but this time following the artist from behind. The artist can look back into the camera and mime to the song. We will also use this technique in our video. 

In this video, we have many constant cuts from one shot to another; this is a good technique as it keeps the audience’s interest. This is an example of a close-up which is used on the artist’s face as he is miming the song. This is a good shot as it makes sure we have a variety of different shots, and the background is smudged. This helps create much meaning on the lyrics and shows the facial expressions of the artist as he is singing the song.

Annotations of music videos

Example 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeryKq0-BEs

Here you can see the beginning of the track, where we have a good technique of editing used. As the songs kicks in with the use of instruments, similarly the video goes accordingly. In this case we have drums kicking very fast, at the same time we have this image flickering at very fast speed to keep in time with the song. This is a very useful technique, as it involves the audience and keeps them at pace with the song. 

This is another good shot used within this video, as it follows generic conventions, which we would get in a grime/hip-hop video. For example 4 boys with black clothes, with hoods, suggest it is a gangster type approach. Furthermore these characters are black, and stereotypically this shows it is a hip-hop orientated video. The white boy in the middle wearing a cap, which is another prop, which is usually used in such videos, looks odd which suggests he is the main character in the video. 

This is a good shot in this video, as it is a low angle shot, which makes him look superior. Furthermore his posture portrays that level of arrogance, which we would expect in a music video with this genre. 

To be continued....