MUSIC VIDEO
ASSIGNMENT 2
YOUR GROUP NAME
HERE

TASK 1 Idea Generation and
Research

In this controversial production based around the horrors of
modern day America, Glover uses a lot of single-take shots
with there being very little cuts, to signify that they are
showing the entire situation and not just cutting away to try
and cover it over with over elaborate transitions. Furthermore
the song also includes countless examples of intertextuality
based off of horrific real life events, to have happened in the
U.S. Just several of these events include the black choir, which
references the awful shooting to have occurred in 2015 by a
white supremacist, or when Glover himself executes a man in
the pose of the old racist caricature ‘Jim Crow’ from the
1820’s. On top of that Donald Glover even adorns old timey
confederate army trousers throughout the entirety of the
video, whom of which have been known for committing
heinous racial crimes over the last 200 years and more
infamously known for establishing the Ku Klux Klan.
The song also uses a great deal of editing techniques in both
the music and the video itself from which I can take huge
inspiration from, with the video transitioning from one single-
shot take to another by having it move quickly towards the
right, as if Donald Glover has miraculously appeared in
another section of the warehouse. On top of that, at the
beginning of the video, the music starts out as this old African
inspired folk melody, of which slowly morphs into Glovers
very own song. This is likely another link to the African roots
of American society and how a lot of crime seems to circle
around African Americans, either with them being the victim

Rag’n’boneman’s “Human” is a song
expressing the angst of the human condition
and the inability of humans to be perfect or
even fix many of the “real problems” in life. It
has a very simple theme throughout the
entirety of the video, people, or humans as the
song is called. The editing style appears very
simple, yet affective, as it quickly moves from
person to person using examples of stop
motion and other simple transition effects.
Through this, Rag expresses that not everyone
is perfect, nor does everyone has the same
appearance, but we are all of the same species
and none of us are faultless, meaning
judgment of others shouldn’t be a social
normality. Furthermore through the use of in-
depth camera work, they focus on these many
flaws we as humans possess, as a means of
praising those who may or may not figure into
our general term of beauty; because as we can
see there are no super models in this video,
just normal people expressing their own
unique form of perfection.

Goodbye bread
This song by Ty Segall enforces many ideas I want to include in my own
works. I’m not overly fond of his particular genre of music, however their
use of camera work and editing style entices me; specifically the slow pan
backwards, which in turn causes the scene to become more and more
chaotic. This type of art style, which causes a generic scene to morph into
something insane as time progresses, is one I would very much like to
implement into my own works as it seems to give audience members a false
sense of security, before the video becomes a mental visual spectacle;
which is a great method of surprise, because it completely takes viewers off
guard. Furthermore the vibrant colours present right from the start to the
end of the video are likely there to entice audience members, who may be
new to the song and therefore are unaware of the progressing insanity that
entails. This is a must in videos like this, because even if they start off
mundane you need to have at least one singular pulling factor, other than
the music itself.

This song is a representational video with
the main purpose of entertaining the viewer
while not distracting from the song itself,
the video only really consists of following
the artist as he walks down a street casually
interacting with the people around him. The
main technique used in this video is that of
the travel camera and close up jump shots,
but other that that there are barely any
other post production techniques used in
this video. However this editing style fits the
genre of casual pop, as it doesn’t go over
the top like similar pop bands, but at the
same time it keeps its up beat tones.

POTENTIAL SONGS
The Who - Baba O'riley
The Artic Monkeys - Do I wanna know?

POTENTIAL
TECHNIQUES
•Tilt shots- this shot combined with some interesting action and
with perfect coordination between the camera operator and the
action can lead to a perfectly simple yet elegant shot.
•Panning shots- this shot can build up tension as it slowly pans
horizontally across the screen and similar to the tilt shot, can
reveal interesting characters and objects in a nerve rattling build
up of motion.
•Zoom shots- a shot like this can make a whole scenario tense
and or creepy, which draws in viewers and keeps them involved
in the story/production.
•Tracking shots- a shot like this will keep the shot looking
smooth, without the need for perfectly steady hand eye
coordination. On top of that the video will be easy on the eye for
audience members, without any jerky camera motions.
•Dutch angels- A Dutch tilt is a camera shot in which the
camera angle is deliberately slanted to one side. This can be used
for dramatic effect and helps portray unease, disorientation,

MIND MAP OF IDEAS
[SUMMARY OF IDEAS]
•A long tracking shot lasting the entirety of the song,
pulling back from the main cast member as mayhem
ensues around them, in full slow-mo. -The Who: Baba
O’Riley
•A song which cuts along with the beat of the track, so
that every time it happens they’re in a completely
different location. -The Artic Monkeys:
Do I Wanna Know?

SUMMARY
3 opportunities of your ideas
•A tracking shot means no major cuts or editing will be present
in the production, otherwise that will ruin the whole point of
the tracking shot, meaning less time will be centered around
editing and cutting out faulty footage.
•On the other hand a video that contains literally hundreds of
cuts, transitioning to countless different locations will be a
spectacle for the viewer to greatly enjoy, because there won’t
be a single string of mundane scenes, everything will be
unique. Plus it would be a nice challenge to accomplish.
•Tracking shots allow for an unexpected reveal which offer a
surprise to the audience by first showing objects adjacent to
the subject and then landing on the subject. This is impactful
because your understanding of the subject is shaped in relation
to the objects seen before and the contrast can be extremely
impactful.

SUMMARY
3 restrictions to your ideas
•A tracking shot must run like a well oiled machine to come out looking
decent and therefore it requires a lot of choreography and
concentration for the take to run smoothly, so the chances of it getting
done in a short space of time are unlikely, leaving you with less time to
do everything else crucial to your production.
•A production which cuts in complete synchrony along to the beat,
doesn’t allow for the longest stretch of scene, as the space between
each beat only lasts around 2 seconds and therefore I would find it a
struggle to implement much of anything into that small window of
time.
•A continuous tracking shot must be filmed in an open area space,
otherwise you’ll end up knocking into surrounding objects. On top of
that working outside in the open leaves you viable to the elements, like
rain and wind which can negatively effect camera equipment.

FINAL IDEA –
ARTIST/TITLE/INFO
Name of track / name of artist: Baba O’riley/The Who
Brief biographical background: The Who are an English
rock band formed in London in 1964. Their classic line-
up consisted of lead singer Roger Daltrey, guitarist and
singer Pete Townshend, bass guitarist John Entwistle and
drummer Keith Moon. They are considered one of the
most influential rock bands of the 20th century, selling
over 100 million records worldwide.
Links to other artists: Queen, The rolling stones,
Metallica
Genre info: Classic rock

FINAL IDEA – TRACK
SUMMARY
History: “Baba O'Riley” by The Who was initially part of an idea (later thrown aside)
of a follow up rock opera to Tommy: Lifehouse. Pete Townshend wrote it after his
experience at Woodstock. It did well as a single in Europe, but appeared only on
the album in the US and the UK. The name of the song is a combination of Meher
Baba, about whom and his influence on him Pete Townshend elaborates in a
Rolling Stone article – an Indian guru that kept silent from 1935 until his death in
1969 who inspired Townshend spiritually, and Terry Riley – a musician and
classical composer that also inspired him. Mistakenly called sometimes “Teenage
Wasteland” due to the repeating phrase.
Context: to quote Pete Townshend “A self-sufficient dropout family group
farming in a remote part of Scotland decide to return south to investigate rumors
of a subversive concert event that promises to shake and wake up apathetic,
fearful British society. Ray is married to Sally, they hope to link up with their
daughter Mary who has run away from home to attend the concert. They travel
through the scarred wasteland of middle England in a motor caravan, running an
air conditioner they hope will protect them from pollution. There are regular
people, but they’re the scum off the surface; there’s a few farmers there, that’s
where the thing from ‘Baba O'Riley’ comes in.”
Style: Baba O’Riley is a classic rock song which goes on for just over 5 minutes,
with a whole spew of different pacing's and tempos included, massively
differentiating it from typical music which tends to have separate, spaced out

FINAL IDEA – YOUR IDEA
•The video starts off with an empty chair in the middle of a field and laid
upon it, are the remnants of a pizza box. As the musical intro builds up
in tempo, a man approaches the chair with a blood drenched banjo in
hand. He then lifts up said pizza box and places himself down upon
the chair in complete exhaustion and lays the blood stained instrument
beside him in an upright position. The pizza is then put upon his lap
and opened to feast on the succulent slices whilst the camera begins to
slowly pan out. As the camera pans out, the main man is completely
oblivious to everything around him and continues to eat his pizza with
a still face.
•The thing happening around him is an all out battle, for food. Which
links to the first lyrics ever spoken in the song “down here in the fields
I fight for my meals”. So I’ve decided to make a very literal
interpretation of these words, in a darkly humorous sort of way. In this
long stretched scene, there will be fights breaking out between cast
members, with bodies also splayed around the scene defeated. Then by
the end when the music speeds up to a rapid pace, the video will do
the exact same but in reverse, covering over everything that just
happened in the last 5 minutes in about 20 seconds, ending once again
on the pizza box like a big loop.

TASK 2 Pre-production
Assessment

LOCATIONS
I plan to film the entirety of my music video in an actual field,
just outside the college grounds. This plan of action will give
everyone included in the production an easy means of reaching
said destination, seeing as all of them go to college anyway
and secondly being that its an open plain of land it will give
everyone, including myself easy access into the area. The only
issue with filming in an open area is the problem with weather,
especially torrential rain which can negatively affect camera
equipment, as well as the surrounding area, turning a once
beautiful sprawling field into a desolate marsh land, which will
lower team morale and make it impossible to film on; this will
have a knock on affect causing us to change plans and shoot
on a different day. Leading onto the matter of cost, I may have
to book kit depending on availability, but most everything
needed for the shoot I have at my disposal, so cost really wont
be a major obstacle; unless I happen to need something crucial
to the shoot, which I can’t book at college.

EQUIPMENT
Firstly and most crucially I need a camera, specifically the
Fujifilm XT3, of which I have in my possession, This
allows me to film in 4k if required and has what I believe
to be the best picture quality out of any 2nd grade tier
camera for us amateur film makers. Furthermore It works
perfectly well with the second piece of equipment at my
disposal, the DJI Ronin-S handheld gimbal which allows
me to make perfectly smooth video footage without the
need for masses and masses of heavy top tier camera
equipment, like a dolly rail.

FACILITIES
I have all of the major adobe software on my home
computer, but the app I will be primarily using will be
adobe premiere, which allows me to upload and edit
the available footage in any which way I want;
Furthermore it’s the only piece of video editing
software I can say with certainty that I can handle with
relative ease.

PROPS/COSTUME/ETC
•A chair (preferably a deck chair) for the main cast
member to sit upon
•A pizza box for the main cast member to eat
•A banjo/ukulele for the main cast member to bare
•Costumes will consist of clothing we don’t care for, so if
they happen to be damaged during filming it doesn’t
matter

TASK 3.1 Visual Planning

00:00-1:15
1:15-1:48
1:48-2:17
2:17-2:34
2:34-3:13
3:13-3:31
[final instrumental] 3:31-5:05

Basic preliminary plan

Pizza box
Pizza box on chair
(camera pans out)
Main cast member
walks
Up to abandoned pizza
box
Main cast member sits upon the
Chair, places the box upon their
lap and lays the ukulele beside
them in an exhausted frump
A battle surrounds the main cast
member as the camera slowly pans out
from the centre piece of the screen
(being the main cast member)
The video then quickly rewinds
back through everything that has
just entailed, which matches
along side the very final
instrumental

TASK 3.2 Organisational
Planning

PRODUCTION GROUP
INFO
Include names, contact info, and defined roles at
difference stages of production, using a table is
suggestedBen Lawrenson
Sam Johnson
Connor Jones
Jodie Wood
George
Luke
Georgina
Ben Sherwood
Ryan
James

SCHEDULE
- 2 weeks pre-production: giving me enough
time to thoroughly plan out every step of the
routine and gather all available cast members
- 1 week filming: with the rehearsal on
Tuesday making certain everyone’s aware of
the choreography, with the final filming
session on the Wednesday.
-1 week editing during the half term period:
seeing as I have all the available software at
my home, the editing process won’t take too
much time out of my schedule, with it
probably taking a day or so to come out with
the finished rendition of my production.

LOCATIONS
The locations seen in these photos
are all similar in aesthetic (bar the
tunnel photo), with them all being
suitable for my music video.
Furthermore all of these locations are
in close proximity of one another,
located just outside of the college
grounds, meaning none of my actors
will be forced to travel a far distance.
The fields are meant to connect
alongside the lyrics “Out here in the
fields I fight for my meals” and
therefore a large proportion of the
video will be filmed outside in a field
like location, with it being a very
realistic take on the song choice.
Apart from that, the video will also be
filmed in a wooded area, pictured in
photo 4. This will enable me to weave
in this separate footage into the main
field footage, if the stand alone video
turns out to be quite mundane; and
hopefully this factor will boost the
overall entertainment value of the
production. The last location is
pictured in photo 5, with it being the
cycle track underpass following on
from the road alongside college. This
1 2
3 4
5

RISK ASSESSMENT
•Working on a damp surface can lead to extreme consequences
such as trench foot which is a serious condition that results
from your feet being wet for too long. To prevent such an
outcome, those who will be taking part in my production must
wear thick socks and shoes suitable for the dank environment.
•Another risk is that camera equipment may become damaged
due to the surrounding elements, like wind and rain, of which
can get into the essential electronics and or cause set pieces to
be taken by the blustery conditions. On top of that, crew and
cast members will likely become unruly due to the weather,
leading to a disruptive shooting session. Therefore to prevent
this, look at the weather forecast beforehand and be sure to
film in a frame of time with somewhat decent conditions.

CONTINGENCY PLAN
The entire basis of my production is that it’s a literal take
on the song ‘Baba O’riley’, therefore I have to film in a
field like setting as to match the lyrics ‘Out here in the
fields, I fight for my meals’, whether that be in a less
condensed grassy plain or an actual field surrounded by
flora and plantation is of no massive concern to me.
However, if the weather continues to push the shoot to a
later date, I will be forced to find a large indoor area
suitable for filming, such as a hanger or storage unit
similar to that seen in the Childish Gambino music video
‘This is America’; and Luckily for me I know where to
book such a space, not too far from the college grounds,
in a fairly small village called Elvington.

TASK 4.1 Production
Record/Log

THE FILMING PROCESS
I ended up filming with nine people in total, in three
separate locations across/close too the college grounds,
accumulating over 20 takes in total and apart from the
lack of people whom I wished would also take part in the
production during the planning process, everything
proceeded as planned and we finished off just before half
term with enough footage to create something of a
decent quality. On top of that, I didn’t need to force/bribe
any members of the cast to be in said video, with
everyone (in the class at least) being more than willing to
give up their time and help me in my project, without the
need of persuasion; and that just made my life a whole lot
simpler.