Creation of my Music Video-Story board and Script

Firstly I have created a storyboard for my Music Video so that i know exactly which shot goes first. Because of this it will enable my Video to have a sence of continuity whilst also making it easier to film.
Story Board

 

           For my Music Video I have written a script which will be used in the first shot. I have used a fairly informal language choices in order to reprensent my target audience's speech patterns.

Planning of Music Video- basic Idea

Music Video
For my music video, I am using a mix of both filming, which will be done with a Camcorder,and Stop Animation, which will be done with a Stills Camera.

Filmed-Basic Story line
The basic Storyline of my music Video is about two characters who have fallen out due to one the characters naivety, which refers well to the title of the song. However the cause of the argument is about one of the friends relationship problems. I have chosen to incorporate this within the storyline of my music video as I believe it relates well to my target audience meaning that due to my audience's relatively young age and because of this their rather inexperience of relationships, I believe that they may have experienced a similar scenario.
Stop Animation-Basic Idea
For the final product I am creating, I want the instrument itself to be the main part when using stop animation. This technique of making the instrument and the lyrics within the song as the main part of the video or in my case the main part of my stop animation segment, can also be seen in the music video "little Lion Man" by mumford and Sons. By doing this, it will also portray what is being played/used in the music itself. However, this piano will not be a real one in quite a lot of the segments. The influence for this came from watching the stop-animation video,"Her morning glory"as that video also uses objects to look like other things. As the Female artist playing the "piano" will be the main part of this Video, I have also decided that I will incorporate changes of nail vanish colour and the words of particularly significant lyrics onto the fingers of the artist. This will be done using Stop animation. I have also decided that in order to make my Video more visually appealing, I will move objects on the board of the piano that are relevant to the lyrics. This again will be done using stop animation.

Locations

Planning of Music Video- Creating of original piece and analysis

Original Piece

"Naive"

I'm not saying it’s your fault
Although you could have done more
Oh you're so naive yet so
How could this been done
By such a smiling sweetheart. Ohh and your sweet and pretty face
in such an ugly world
Something so beautiful.
Ohh that every time I look inside

I know, she knows that i'm not fond of asking
True or false, it may be... Well, she's still out to get me.
And I know, she knows that i'm not fond of asking
True or false, it may be... She's still out to get me! I may say it was your fault
Because i know you could have done more
Oh you're so naive yet so
How could this be done
By such a smiling sweetheart.
Ohh and your sweet and pretty face In such an ugly world
Something so beautiful.
That every time I look inside
I know, she knows that i'm not fond of asking
True or false, it may be... Well, she's still out to get me.
And I know, she knows that i'm not fond of asking
True or false, it may be... She's still out to get me!
So how could this be done
By such a smiling sweetheart
You're so naive yet so You're such an ugly thing
For someone so beautiful
That every time you're on his side

I know, she knows that i'm not fond of asking
True or false, it may be... Well, she's still out to get me.
And I know, she knows that i'm not fond of asking
True or false, it may be... She's still out to get me!
Just don't let me down
Just don't let me down
Hold on to your kite
Just don't let me down
Just don't let me down
Hold on to your kite
Just don't let me down
Just don't let me down
Hold on to this kite Just don't let me down

Analysis

Language
Above are the lyrics to the song I will be creating an original cover of. I have chosen this sp
ecific song as it uses lyrics such as "naive" and "smiling sweetheart" that relate well to the age of my target audience. More so the language used throughout is quite informal an therefore is more likely to reflect the speech patterns of my viewers.
Semantics
In this song imagery is used especially at the end with "hold on to your kite."  From this it could be argued that such language choices allow indivisuals to hold their own meaning regarding the lyrics. This use of imagery is arguably a feature used regularly in song lyrics and because of this makes the song more personal to the listener.
Repetition
Repatition is used throughout the song and is arguably a frequently used feature of songs and also Indie music. Examples of this can be found in the chorus in "I know she knows that i'm not found of asking" and in the verse with "your so naive yet so." This is arguably a commonly used feature as it makes the song more memorable to the listener. 

Creation of original piece of music

The song that I am creating an original cover of to use in my music video is naive by The Kooks. To do so I went through the following stages;


Firstly, I have chosen my friend Vicky to sing a cover of this song. I have done this as she is an experienced vocalist, yet more precisely, she she has experience singing songs of this particular genre which is Indie/ Alternative.

Secondly, after that we discussed what instruments to use in the original cover. We agreed that vocals and guitar would work well due to the Indie/ alternative genre of the piece. However we also decided to use piano as well to best compliment the song.

Recording

After I had chosen the vocalist and the instruments I was going to use for the original cover which will accompany my music Video, the next thing I did was to record the piece of music.

1. Firstly, as neither Vicky or myself can play the guitar, I found a guitar backing track of the song to use in my original cover. I did this by searching on goggle and finding websites that possessed such covers. 

2. After finding the backing track I recorded the artists vocals. However in order to this I firstly printed off the lyrics. Yet also before I recorded the vocals both I and Vicky discussed both what key it should be sung in yet also what vocal techniques should be used. Next I  recorded the Piano piece onto a separate track that will accompany the vocal parts in certain sections. However before recording the piano segment firstly both I and Vicky distinguished what cords to use in order for it to accompany both the vocals and backing track well.

3. After recording both the vocal and piano parts,  I have edited both  tracks onto a single track on the Music programme Audacity, then converted it into an mp3 file and placed it onto my Itunes. I have done this so that I can easily edit this piece of music onto Adobe premier to accompany my Music Video.