20. SHOT LIST AND SHOOTING SCRIPT

SILENCE

An extreme long shot of the woods before the music starts.

INSTRUMENTAL

As the music starts an extreme close up of someones hand turning a CD player on.

INSTRUMENTAL

A long shot now of the same woods scene.

INSTRUMENTAL

An establishing shot of an olds sport hall.

MUSIC ESCALATES

As the music escalates another close up of the stereo is shown.

INSTRUMENTAL

It then shows a birds eye 

view of the judges setting up and getting ready.

I I I I AM YOUR BUTTERFLY I NEED YOUR PROTECTION 

BE MY SAMURAI I I I I AM YOUR BUTTERFLY I NEED YOUR

 PROTECTION I NEED YOUR PROTECTION

AS the first chorus starts a panoramic shot of a woman dressed in white singing, with paper butterflies hanging from her.

I'M A NINJA YO, MY LIFE IS LIKE A VIDEO GAME...

The main male protagonist is shown by a match on action enter of the room. 

It then shows him rapping the first part of the first verse to the judges in a point of view shot

GO NINJA GO

A mid shot of the butterfly girl in the forest.

NO CUTTING DOWN, ANYONE IN MY PATH...

A long shot of of the main male protagonist rapping.

KILLING MY FOES LIKE...

Several quick jump cuts of other rappers trying out in the audition.

I I I I AM YOUR BUTTERFLY,  NEED YOUR PROTECTION, NEED MY MAMURAI...

As the chorus starts again, a zooming from different angles as she climbs through the trees.

THIS IS LIKE, THE COOLEST SONG I EVER HEARD...

A lens effect and a low angle shot as the rapper disrupts the auditions.

I AM YOUR BUTTERFLY

This shot follows the previous one and they take turn, one after the other several times.

INSTRUMENTAL

As the last instrumental is playing and the music is fading out, a zooming out to an extreme long shot of the forest is show.

INSTRUMENTAL TO SILENCE

The final shot is a close up of a hand turning the stereo off, zooming in until fading to black.

19. ANIMATIC WITH SOUND

This is an animatic version of my video plans with sound.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO6Ca-mQTD4

18. The five Sections.

This is a storyboard I drew for the five different sections of my video.

17. Story Arc

The story for my music video is fairly simple. It follows a girl who is in love with a man who doesn't even know she exists. She roams the forrest pouring her heart to him, singing about how she needs him. The other side of the story is an audition held in the local sports centre. There are three judges who are all played by the same actress. One by one stereotypical characters come in to the sports hall and rap along to the song. The two stories link by the first audition being by the man the girl in the forrest loves. The judges dislike his audition and he knows that, and so he leaves in anger and takes to the woods. After many others have auditioned he storms into the hall, creating havoc and knocking tables over. He then leaves and sees the girl from a distance. They meet eyes as the video comes to a close.

16. Key Elements

Before filming my music video, I have to make sure it conforms to the conventions of Zef and Rap music video's. To do this I have made a checklist of things I have to include in my video.

Most rap video's have low key lighting as this adds a 'dark' feel to it.

• low key lighting
• ripped and baggy clothes on men, more fashionable on women. More 'out there' clothing as well, stuff that makes a statement and thsat you wouldn't normally imagine people to wear.

Zef settings are local cheap places with colourful walls.

• I will use a colourful sports hall for this effect.

Although rap video's are usually in clubs, forrests, bars etc. More dingey and dark settings.

• For this I will use the woods for a more 'dark' atmosphere.
• Dancing and getting into charcater. - all rap video's include some sort of dancing and Zef music videos use 'original' dancing to show they are individual and aren't afraid to be different.
• Attitude. It is key for both Zef and rap to have attitude and show everyone what you are made of.
• Confrontation. Many video's include some sort of confrontation. This allows the artist to big themself up to their audience.
• Good looking girls. - Due to the survey I did, audiences like to see good-looking people. In the case that I am using a rap song, and as this genre has a wide male based audience, I will try to make my lead female conform to this.
• Bling. Bling is very important for rap videos and it is unusual for this to not be included in a music video.
• Since Rap and Zef contrast in the fact that stereo-typical rap focuses on how the artist is the best and can afford expensive things and get all the girls, stereo-typical zef focuses on how the artists have very little but are still cool. My chosen song is more zef so I will use this angle towards the video.
• Close-ups. Rap uses close-ups to show mroe detail and understanding to the audience of the main protagonist and storyline.

15. Animation

I used Animato to create a basic story board for my video, combining the lyrics with images I felt portrayed what I want to use in my video.

PART ONE:

PART TWO:

14. SHOTS

These are the shots I plan to use a long side the different lyrics..
                                 

                                                                      SHOT ONE

The dusky forest gives off a strange atmosphere which looms over the mood of the video and sets the tone. As the video starts it will show a long shot of this forest waiting in the silence.

SHOT TWO

A shot of a panel of judges getting ready to audition people is shown before the music starts. This also helps to set the scene.

SHOT THREE

A shot of one of the judges switching on the stereo is in sync with the music starting in the song. This let's the audience know something is about to happen.

SHOT FOUR

As the chorus begins, the viewers are introduced to one of the main characters, a fairy like girl all dressed din white, floats around the forest singing as if she is somewhere else.

"I I I I am your butterfly, I need your protection, need my samurai.."

SHOT FIVE

For the first verse many different stereotypical characters are going to enter the audition room and rap along to the song. It will start with one guy who the judges really dislike and will keep referring to him throughout the video.

"I'm a ninja yo, my life is like a video game, I maintain when I'm in the zone.."

SHOT FIVE

As it break back into the chorus the girl in white will appear again, climbing through trees, 'being at one with nature and her surroundings'.

"I I I I am your butterfly, I need your protection, need my samurai.."

SHOT SIX

For the last verse, I will have the character who kept on being referred to, come back into the room and create havoc. He will knock over tables and kick chair and throw the marking sheets up in the air as he sings:

"They said I was a loser, they said I was a no-one, they said I was a psycho, but look at me now.."

SHOT SEVEN

The last shot will follow the last of the lyrics and the slow-motion havoc. It will accompany the music as it winds down to the last instrumental and will show the girl in the forrest on the ground looking directly at the camera.

13. The Institutions that might distribute my video.

After researching many big music institutions I narrowed down my choices on who would be the perfect  distributer for my music video. 'Shady Records', is one of my choices as they distribute a small list of rappers who have their own individual take on the genre. This fits perfectly as my video and song are more controversial.

The internet is also a main focus on advertising and distributing music. Youtube channels offer up awareness and can lead to fame. Such as the group of my song, Die Antwoord, became famous after one year of awaiting youtube acknowledgement.

Interscope Records is another that would distribute my music, as they have many different genres and focus on the same target audiences.

12. Research

Firstly, I looked at Channel 4/4 Music. I found out that 4Music targets females between the age of 16 and 24. I had a look at the differnet types of artists and bands they have on their site and decided it did not quite aline with my video. My video's target audience is both female and male but maybe more towards the male side.

Next I looked at MTV. This is more suitable to my video as it includes a lot of rap such as eminem, as well as pop music.

11. THE PERFECT AUDIENCE MEMBER

People who listen to Zef and rap music generally wear a lot of bling, especially Zef fans, who wear bold 'cheap trashy' l;ooking jewelry.

The perfect audience members wardrobe would be full of bright and ripped clothing, or clothes that are cheap and not designer with writing or images.