Statement of intent:
For the preliminary exercise, I'm planning to make a 2 minute music video about anti-bullying and how a young teenager becomes a better version of himself and stops others from bullying. The beginning of the advert is introduced with the main character heading to school and he deliberately going to put on this sluggish and rude attitude to emphasise his role as a bully. In addition, the background sound will have this upbeat noise to fit the mood of a selfish bully.
The middle of the advert will zoom into a shy boy eating his lunch in the cafeteria, ands then cuts to the main character (bully) confronting him with pact shots (close -up) shots), and the bully starts to mess with him and ruining his mood whilst he ate his food. The bully would be seen as accomplished as he just bullied a student from his school. The scene ends with him getting reminded that he should switch from his old ways. The final seconds contrasts the music tone where it gets happier when the bully becomes a better person and a bold slogan appears stating " “You will never reach higher ground if you are always pushing others down”
2) Write a
script for your preliminary exercise on your blog. This needs to include stage directions AND dialogue. To see how a TV drama script is presented, and to look at professional examples, check out the
BBC Writers' Room and click on Script Library. These will not be music video scripts but the layout will be the same.
3) Casting: Who will be in your preliminary exercise music video?
4) Plan your locations: Where you will film your preliminary exercise? (You can film off-site if you wish to do this for homework - this is what we would strongly recommend). Important note: You CANNOT take any students out of any other lessons OR disturb any other lessons in the school. If you wish to film in-school then you will need to film with Mr Ray supervising or after school with a Media teacher present.
- Filmed in a classroom for one of the shots
- In the playground
- Restaurant
5) Write your shot list: every shot you plan to film. This needs to be far MORE shots than you will actually use in the final edited version - plan extra angles, close-ups, long shots and more. You can find an example shot list here. This is for a narrative film but the layout will be the same.
Junior Going To School
Shot No. | Shot | Filmed? |
1 | Wide shot of him getting ready |
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2 | Over the shoulder (OTS) of him walking through his house door |
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3 | Reverse shot to shot 2 – Him planning his next moves |
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4 | Close up of Junior Arriving In school |
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5 | Medium shot of Him walking with in the hallway with his members |
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6 | Extreme close up of junior’s clothes ( rugged and messed up) |
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7 | Wide shot of junior and friends going to their class late |
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8 | Close up of Anthony’s face in anger |
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9 | Medium close up of junior sitting back at his seat |
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10 | OTS shot of the classroom |
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11 | Long shot of at the end of the class |
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12 | POV shot of him walking to lunch | |
School Hall
Shot No. | Shot | Filmed? |
| Close up on him walking to the cafeteria | |
Shot No. | Shot | Filmed? |
1 | Close up on students at the tables eating |
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2 | Over the shoulder shot of junior seeing a kid bump into him. |
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3 | OTS - junior confronting the kid for bullying him |
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4 | Wide shot of Junior pushing him out the way |
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5 | Extreme wide shot of the students staring at him. |
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6 | Establishing shot of The food |
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7 | High angle shot of Junior |
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8 | Extreme Close up on His eyes |
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Table
Shot No. | Shot | Filmed? |
1 | Wide shot of Junior walking with his food. |
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2 | Medium shot of Anthony’s hands in pocket. |
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3 | Wide shot of him tripping up on the shy kid bag. |
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4 | Close up on his food on the bully's face |
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5 | Close up Junior getting up and pressing his body against the kid. |
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Middle of cafeteria
Shot No. | Shot | Filmed? |
1 | Wide shot of the estate and Anthony walking. |
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2 | Medium shot of junior pushing the kid to the ground |
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3 | Wide shot of junior pouring his tray onto him |
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4 | Close up on the kid crying and running away |
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5 | Close up on the bully laughing whilst he watches the kid run away |
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realisation of his actions
Shot No. | Shot | Filmed? |
1 | Wide shot of junior cleaning himself up |
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2 | Crane shot of Junior seeing the kid looking jnto his locker |
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3 | Close up on junior face - smiling at him |
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4 | Extreme close up on the kids face tears dropping |
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5 | Extreme wide shot, to wide shot and lastly to medium shot of Junior stomping loudly towards the boy. |
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6 | Medium shot of Junior compressing him into the lockers |
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7 | Close up of junior bullying him and sacking him down for money |
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8 | Medium shot of junior walking away feeling happy |
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9 | Close up on Junior face's when he got a sudden memory when he was the victim of being bullied in school. |
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10 | Medium shot of him realising he's doing the wrong things. |
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Back In the cafeteria - Junior becoming a better person
Shot No. | Shot | Filmed? |
1 | Wide shot of the cafeteria again |
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2 | Medium shot of Junior looking cleaner and has a happier attitude |
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3 | Wide shot of him collecting his food and walking to his table |
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4 | Close up on Anthony’s face - sees the kid alone |
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5 | OTS - Him behind the kid and gently asks if he can eat with him. |
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| Filmed? |
1 | Wide shot of both talking and smiling |
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2 | close up shot - The slogan appears |
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| END OF MUSIC VIDEO |
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