Monday, 10 November 2014

Pitch of ideas


We wanted to have some similarities between the original music video and the one we will create. In the original music video there are a few scenes with star like projections so in our music video we wanted a galaxy theme to the performance shots like it's a place where the character can escape to.



 We also decided to take the lyrics literally. For this we decided to have a bond between two sisters as the narrative idea. We will also include some similar shots like the ones below.


Health and safety


Planning for Digipak and Magazine advert


Here is two ideas for the digipak we have to create. Idea 1 is inspired by the galaxy theme that runs throughout the music video for 'Mother We Share' and our idea for our music video. Idea 2 is a bit more creative and dark which is also a theme that we want to include in out music video.



For our magazine cover we were inspired by The Vaccines poster and Lorde's ablum cover. We also want the poster to be similar to the digipak like CHVRCHES poster and digipak.


The Vaccines poster

Lorde's album cover

CHVRCHES album cover

CHVRCHES poster





Timeline of music video

The Mother We Share Music Video Timeline-

There are a lot of locations that they use:
  • Bedroom
  • Performance 
  • Sitting room
  • Window
  • Street/ Outside
  • Diner
  • City

  1. 00:00-00:05- Long Shot of girl in bed
  2. 00:05-00:08- Close up of moving hand and name of band
  3. 00:08-00:13- Birds eye view close up of her head and name of song
  4. 00:013-00:19- Zoom out performance shot
  5. 00:19-00:23- Close up of hand twisting her hair then close up of turning on her back
  6. 00:23-00:28- Different angles of performance shots
  7. 00:28-00:30- Sat down on sofa
  8. 00:30-00:33- Different performance shots in time with music
  9. 00:33-00:38- Close up and Long shot looking out of window over city 
  10. 00:38-00:39- Mid performance shot
  11. 00:39-00:41- Close up of looking out window
  12. 00:41-00:42- Mid Shot performance shot
  13. 00:42-00:45- Mid Shot and Close up getting dressed
  14. 00:45-00:50-Mid shot 
  15. 00:50-00:54- Long Shot and looking around
  16. 00:54-00:57- Side close up and mid shot
  17. 00:57-00:59- Close up walking 
  18. 00:59-01:03- Range of performance shots
  19. 01:03-01:10- Long shot of basket ball players and close up
  20. 01:10-01:12- Mid shot
  21. 01:12-01:15- Resume previous shot
  22. 01:15-01:19- Range of shots similar to before
  23. 01:19-01:24- Long shot, Close up and Mid shot
  24. 01:24-01:25- Mid shot
  25. 01:25-01:28- Mid shot
  26. 01:28- 01:31- Mid Shot and Close
  27. 01:31-01:38- Close up and Long shot walking
  28. 01:38-01:41- Silhouette and smoke
  29. 01:41-01:46- Close up pan around skate park
  30. 01:46-01:49- Mid shot and long shot layered 
  31. 01:49-01:52- Slow motion skaters
  32. 01:52-01:53- Mid shot
  33. 01:53-01:56- Slow motion walking close up
  34. 01:56-02:00- Layered mid shots of band
  35. 02:00-02:03- Close up of face
  36. 02:03-02:05- Layered mid shots of band
  37. 02:05-02:06- Long shot
  38. 02:06-02:08- Layered mid shots of band
  39. 02:08-02:11- Close up crying
  40. 02:11-02:13- Close up
  41. 02:13-02:20- Long shot and close up of walking
  42. 02:20-02:22- Zoom close up
  43. 02:22-02:30- Zoom out and effects. Also establishing shot of city
  44. 02:30-02:34- Band performing with layered effects
  45. 02:34-02:37- Close up and effects
  46. 02:37-02:46- Range of performance shots with effects
  47. 02:46-02:50- Long shot and establishing shot with more effects
  48. 02:50-02:56- Same shots as before
  49. 02:56-03:00- Low angle close up and establishing shot and effects
  50. 03:00-03:10- Same shot as before with little effects
  51. 03:10-03:15- Effect and fade to black

Megan and Beth 'The Mother We Share' timeline-

Locations we will use:

  • Bedroom
  • Street/outside the house
  • Hallway
  • Kitchen
  • Performance
  • Bus 



  1. 00:00-00:07- Abbie leaves the house
  2. 00:08-00:13- Sit down at table (with drink?)
  3. 00:14-00:16- A performance shot of Megan w/ projector
  4. 00:17-00:23- Changing shots between Abbie & Megan
  5. 00:23-00:35- Performance of Megan w/ hot chocolate (2 different shots?)
  6. 00:36-00:46- Arguing and Abbie walks out
  7. 00:46-00:56- Performance w/ projector
  8. 00:57-01:06- Abbie drinking or dancing
  9. 01:07-01:18- laying on the bed lip syncing
  10. 01:19-01:24- lip sync projector
  11. 01:25-01:30- Abbie gets intoxicated
  12. 01:31-01:40- Abbie point of view
  13. 01:41-01:53- her drunk calling Megan
  14. 01:54-01:59- close up of phone lighting up and Megan answers
  15. 02:00-02:04- Megan leaves the house
  16. 02:05-02:12- running down road to collect Abbie
  17. 02:13-02:25- bus scene
  18. 02:26-02:36- Performance scene w/ projector
  19. 02:36-02:51- Megan helps Abbie in to house and helps her into bed
  20. 02:52-03:05- Long shot after helping Abbie get into bed 
  21. 02:57-03:04- then sleeps on sofa to keep eye on her
  22. 03:05-03:10- Close up, Aerial shot of Megan falling asleep. 



Editing software plans

The main effects we will be using within our video are:

1. Double exposure - We will be using this when Abbie is in the streets, drunk. This will create an effect of point of view and to show how her character is feeling. 

2. The projector - even though this is a physical effect, we will also use this when doing the double exposure and to allow it to relate back to the chosen genre. 

3. Text - this will be shown towards the beginning of the video. What will be written is the artist name along with the song title as this is similar to their original music video. 

To edit the video we will be using Premier Pro as this is a standard program that we are familiar with from using this previously.





Analysis of song lyrics

Mother We Share - CHVRCHES (Lyric meaning)

Storyboard and Shot list



1.
- shot of character two coming down the stairs
2.
-mid shot of narrative between the characters
3.
- close up of singer making hot chocolate and sitting down
- zoom in mid shot of performance sat at the table
4.
- close up of character with glass bottle
-mid shot of character with mug in the kitchen
5.
- two shot of both of them arguing
6.
-mid shot of singer with projector
7.
-close up of singer with projector
8.
- aerial shot of artist laying in bed
9.
- close up of phone on table in bedroom
10.
- extreme close up of artist answering phone
11.
- mid shot of her sitting up and leaving room (Camera follows character)
- close up of her putting on coat/jumper
- long shot of her leaving home
12.
- long shot & jump cuts of her running in different locations
13.
- A mid shot of character two crying
- close up of same character, make-up smudged
14.
- long shot of artist picking up other character from outside a party
- a mid shot of the two characters on the bus (Night)
- a long shot of them getting off the bus
- a long shot of them getting into the house
15.
-artist looking after character two
16.
-artist going to bed and closing eyes when music stops

Filming/editing schedule

Letter to Record Label



Props and Equipment List



  • Microphone
  • Photos
  • Hot Chocolate for kitchen scene
  • House Keys
  • Phone
  • Musical Instruments




  • Canon camera
  • Projector
  • Tripod
  • Trolley
  • Phone


Photographs of locations

We have decided to have most of the music video in a house. Therefore the main locations we will use are a bedroom, kitchen and a hallway. We will also film on a bus and outside on a street.

Bedroom- this will be used a lot throughout the music video

Kitchen- this location will also be used a few times in the music video

Kitchen- We will be able to get a range of camera angles because the kitchen is quite big

Hallway- here we will show the main characters arguing

Stairs- this is were the music video will start with the narrative scene

Street- this will be used for the main character to run down


Costume Planning


Our outfits will be inspired by this:



 Here are the photos of my clothes that I will be wearing:
Black Jeans
Over sized Jumper

Grey Long sleeved top

Plaid Shirt

Boots




Mood board



This mood board is our inspiration for the music video. We decided to take inspiration from the "Mother We Share" music video with the galaxy theme. We will use a projector at school to achieve this look. The common make up look for this genre is either natural or dark lips and/or heavy eye liner. Also the hair is often in loose waves or in a messy bun.

Initial Planning ideas

When we were sharing our initial ideas we found we were not sure on what song we wanted to do so we made a mind map on the two songs we liked best.
"Come Together" by Echosmith
"Mother We Share" by CHVRCHES
We decided to do "Mother We Share" because we have more ideas for the music video.