Planning My Video

 Locations:

My video is made up of a performance and narrative elements, therefore I will film it in two parts. For the performance elements of my video I want to use a field to have my artist playing the piano in. I will use a field in the countryside, which I have already got permission to use. Therefore, this will provide the location for the majority of my music video and I will then scout locations for the narrative elements of the video.



Props:

The main prop that I will be using is an electric organ/ piano. I will borrow this from my grandparents and will use a cart to move the organ from the house to the field I will be using for filming. The other props that I have used include candles to have on the organ, tarpaulin for the ground, the props are fairly simplistic for the performance element of my video. However, for the cross generational idea that I have for my narrative story line I will require a variety of props, these will include fairy lights, candles, an old movie camera and older home videos of the actors I will be using.


Actors/ artist:

The main actor that I will be using is my cousin, he will be playing my artist as the video centres around the piano piece, as a talented pianist who can play the piece, I have asked him to be my artist. Having decided to have a cross generational theme for the narrative part of my video, I have asked my grandparents to be my other actors and will film them also.










Costume:

For the performance element of the video, which features the main artist I have a good idea of what I would like to have him wearing. My artist comes under my primary target audience age as he is 23 and therefore I wanted him to contribute to what he would wear, in order to connect with the audience. I knew that I wanted the costume to be on trend, as I am wanting to keep my video modern and contemporary, despite the classical nature of the song - therefore his outfit will contain jeans, a top of his choice, a grey jumper and timberland boots, ultimately the colours that he will be wearing are fairly neutral so that it his playing and the landscape that are really emphasised and stand out.







Form of consent:

It is very important that I have a form of consent to ensure that my actors are happy to not only be in my music video, but for it to be viewed and sent to the exam board. Therefore I have created a form of consent that I will ask my actors to sign stating that they consent to having the video viewed by external sources. The image to the right is my completed form of consent with the signatures of the three actors I will use within my video.