Preperation and planning: Filming locations, costume, props and actor profiles

Location:

We will be filming on location in 4 places;
Our school:

A hilltop:

A multistory car park:

Shopping centre:

Filming for green screen use will be on 2 locations:

Doncaster road:

Doncaster airport:

Costume:

The costume for Kanye will be;

• Sunglasses
• Pink polo top
• Joggers or jeans
• Tracksuit jacket/informal jacket
• Trainers

The costume for Lupe will be:

• Sunglasses
• Formal jacket/Blazer
• White shirt
• Bow tie
• Black trousers
• Gold watch
• Black Shoes

The trumpeter and airport scene actors costume will be formal wear.

Actor profiles:

Lupe: John Cotterill

 

 

 

Kanye: Ryan Deegan

 

 

Extras: Josh Hobson

Props:

The props that I will need is:

• A Trumpet
• Suitcase
• Table/Counter
• Computer/mac
• Passport
• Airport signs
• Airplane ticket

Schedule list

Production Schedule Created so our finished product can be completed by the deadline, and created efficiently.

Filming for Chorus  - Tuesday 3rd December & Tuesday 10th December
Filming for First and Second Verse Wednesday 4th December & Wednesday 11th December
Filming for Hook and Third Verse - Thursday 5th December & Thursday 12th December
Editing to be Completed after December 13th when all filming and footage has been acquired.

Equipment booking form

Although our group has already acquired most of the equipment that we need and have it on hand ready to use, we still have to borrow and book out some props and equipment from our school, for example the drama department, to lend costume parts. Full details can be found below.

Risk assessment

When shooting our music video there will be potential risks when it comes to filming. This will be due to the fact of shooting in precarius locations or in slightly risky ways such as filming while moving.

Below is a Table of the potential risks/dangers that could occur when shooting our video:

Final storyboard

This is the final version of my groups storyboard. There has been some changes from the original to make the video and filming possible to do.

Final treatment

Chorus 1 : Fade in from black to a shot of the sun and when the score kicks in the camera pans down to a courthouse with the main singer walking down the steps at the front, the court house going with the lyrics "I'm gonna testify". He then walks down the stairs and pulls on his jacket/blazer making himself look cool or "extra fly".

Verse 1: Cut to performance, The main singer and a trumpeter on a hill top, trumpeter will be playing score.

When the lyrics "Me and my momma Hopped in a u-haul van" play a long shot of a woman and a younger man are getting in a van and driving away from a parking lot/house.
When the lyrics "no phone in my apartment" play a shot of the singer walking out of a empty apartment with a box in his/her hands.
When the lyrics "I just wanna shine" are played a mid shot silhouette of the singer is shown in front of the sun.

Chorus :  Cut to performance, The singer and the trumpeter on a hilltop, pans up to sun at top of the screen.
The sun in the top of  the shot and several hands reach up to it from the bottom of the shot. ( Touch the sky)

Hook 1: A mid shot of 2 singers that pans out and down to the shadows of the 2 men on concrete/tarmac

Verse 2: Long shot of singer walking down the street and goes into a shop, when the lyrics "those new loafers hurt my pocket" plays he walks out of the shop with a bag or new shoes on.

When the lyrics "Baby im going on a airplane" play it shows the singer approaching an airplane, it then continues onto the singer sat in a window seat of the plane as it takes off.

Chorus 2: Sun is shown in the plane window and the singer grasps his hand in front of the sun.

Verse 3: Performance, Singer and trumpeter on rooftop,
Long shot/mid shot of Singer walking down middle of the road singing while cars drive either side, When the lyrics "My best foreign car" play the singer drives up and gets out of a car.

Chorus 2: Performance, Singer and trumpeter on a rooftop

Hook 2: Group of people on the hilltop looking up and reaching up, one singer on this shot, centre.
Group on rooftop looking up and reaching up, the other singer in this shot, centre.
Half and half of the above 2 shots and then fade to black, person in the centre made up of the 2 singers.

Treatment

Chorus 1 : Fade in from black to a shot of the sun and when the score kicks in the camera pans down to a courthouse with the main actor walking down the steps at the front, the court house going with the lyrics "I'm gonna testify". He then walks down the stairs and pulls on his jacket/blazer making himself look cool or "extra fly".

Verse 1: The main singer and a trumpeter on a hill top, trumpeter will be playing score.
When the lyrics "Me and my momma Hopped in a u-haul van" play a shot of a woman and a younger man are getting in a van.
When the lyrics "no phone in my apartment" play a shot of the singer walking out of a empty apartment with a box in his/her hands.
When the lyrics "I Just wanna shine" are played a mid shot silhouette of the singer is shown in front of the sun.

Chorus : The singer and the trumpeter on a hilltop again.
The sun in the top of  the shot and several hands reach up to it from the bottom of the shot.

Hook 1: A mid shot of 2 singers that pans out and down to the shadows of the 2 men.

Verse 2: Singer walking down the street and goes into a shop, when the lyrics "those new loafers hurt my pocket" plays he walks out of the shop with a bag or new shoes on.

When the lyrics "Baby im going on a air plane" play it shows the singer approaching and getting on-board an air plane, it then continues onto the singer sat in a window seat of the plane as it takes off.

Chorus 2: Sun is shown in the plane window and the singer grasps his hand in front of the sun.

Verse 3: Singer and trumpeter on hilltop, Singer walking down middle of the road singing while cars drive either side, When the lyrics "My best foreign car" the singer drives up and gets out of a car.

Chorus 2: Singer and trumpeter on a rooftop

Hook 2: Group of people on the hilltop looking up and reaching up
Group on rooftop looking up and reaching up
Half and half of the above 2 shots and then fade to black

Animatic for Touch the sky