Music video pitch

1. Music Video Pitch
Georgia Spencer

2. Ideas
After watching hundreds of music videos I have started to get an
idea of what I want my music video to look like. Also the feedback
from my small questionnaire helped me think what would be best.
I would like to do an Narrative type of video which is like a small
film that normally relates to the song. I don’t think I will have the
‘singer’ in my music video as I don’t think any lip syncing will be
involved, however I am still going to keep that option open.

3. Song
On Spotify I made a new playlist where I put all my music and
over a couple days I listen to them all and put the ones I thought
had potential into another list. I cut about 300 songs down to
about 60, the next time I listened to them I really gave some
thought to what I’d do to each one. In the end it was Pendulums
songs that mostly caught my attention. It was Watercolour that I
had the most visuals for, so I have decided that this is going to be
my song choice for my music video.

4. Plot
After listening to Watercolour several times I started to visualize a
chase. I want a simple chase through the woods, and then ends
up at an discarded house with maybe some kinds of fight scene.
There is fire mentioned in the lyrics so it would be fun to film a
bonfire at night. I like the idea of an Native American style with
face paints and their chants. If I could get fake animal skins and
Native headbands with the feathers it would be good to spiritual
dance around the fire.

5. Locations
Another reason as to why I think that would be a good plot idea is
because I have good locations. I have plenty of forests around my
house and a few discarded places that we can film at. There is
also a place where there is a shallow stream witch would make
for a good shot of them running through it.

6. Costumes and make-up
For costumes I would like the main person to be in black boots,
skinny jeans and camisole with a black leather jacket. I would like her
to have Native American type paint on her bare parts of skin. Her
clothes will be a little muddy and the paint is kind of wiped off so it
looks like she has been on the run for a while.
For the chaser, I want him also to be in all black. Hoodie, jeans,
trainers and a plain black tee. I have also purchased half face
balaclava which has the bottom of a skull printed it off so I want to
paint the persons face white with black around the eyes but also
have the smudged and wiped off to look like it was a while ago that it
was put on. It would also give it a more creepy look.

7. Cast
I’m not sure if I only want two people in my music video or more. I
wanted a person that is running and a person that is chasing. But
then I started to think about a group of people chasing her might
be more effective.
Female for the person being chased and then male for the chaser
and probably a mix of male and female for the group.

8. Good camera shot and movement
Tracking shot, close-ups, extreme close-ups, mid-shots, arc shot,
long shot and extreme long shot.
Because I plan on filming it on a stabilizer it will be easy for me to
run with the character and get some good shot and movement.

9. Equipment
Panasonic G2
MacBook Retainer Display
iMovie/Adobe After Affects
Glidecam