1. Artist Decision
2. Initial Ideas
3. Initial Pitch + First Sample Footage
4. Pre-production Plan
5. Final Idea
6. Storyboards
7. Cast, Costume and Make-up
8. Make-up Runthrough
9. Croquet set!
10. Production Schedule Update
11. Coronavirus update: Cast is lost!
12. Croquet shoot
13. Coronavirus update: Performance footage!
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1. Artist Decision
The artist I'm working with is local Luxembourgish artist, Aem (Youtube, Instagram, Facebook), a young Portuguese singer who recently won the Screaming Fields song contest with the single, City Ties. We are going to meet up soon to discuss ideas and songs that she has either completed/works in progress.
Her genre of music is electro dreampop, a more lo-fi subgenre of electropop. I don't know too much about conventions of electropop music videos, so I'm excited to learn more.
It's really exciting that I'll be working on making an actual promo music video for an artist, instead of imitating/recreating another artists style, it's an opportunity to be really creative.
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2. Initial Ideas
Initial Idea 1
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Initial Idea 2
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3. Ideas: Initial Pitch + First Sample Footage
Now that the song is closer to being finished I have a more solid idea about what direction the music video can go in.
Because its quite a slow song with a lot of heavy bass I'd like to experiment with making it quite psychedelic. I'd still like to play with gender bending characters, and have some violent element that can be filmed in slow motion.
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4. Pre-Production Plan
1. Cast
Costume
makeup (for performance - 2 highly made up, some stripped - artificiality, maybe experiment with black and white - sweet child)
Lyrics timing sheet
21/01/2020
2. locations scout (fond de gras, tram, studio, gardens and fields)
film for sample cut + experiment with kit (gimble)
do animatic, do voiceover of track, with pics and sample footage (ties in with lyrics timing sheet)
23/01/2020 + 25/01/2020 (for fond de gras)
3. expand on planning for narrative scenes
brainstorming
23/01/2020
4. props/set dressing
24/01/2020
5. refresh and revisit genre egs
schedule all this - rough end point is Friday of next week
costume - maybe waistcoat? fob-watch? cane or hat (alice cooper, pimp association?)
2 locations - one very feminine w masculine touches, the other the reverse
maybe stockings and suspenders?
ripped jeans with fishnets
maybe bring multiple costumes to the sample shoots
subtle references, maybe to cabaret (cultural capital, simulacra)
in studio, maybe use colour masks, everything in black and white but the hair?
costumes for croquet players
make sure to complete ordering by this weekend
each have a feminine prop - parasol, nail file, that kind of thing
Costume
makeup (for performance - 2 highly made up, some stripped - artificiality, maybe experiment with black and white - sweet child)
Lyrics timing sheet
21/01/2020
2. locations scout (fond de gras, tram, studio, gardens and fields)
film for sample cut + experiment with kit (gimble)
do animatic, do voiceover of track, with pics and sample footage (ties in with lyrics timing sheet)
23/01/2020 + 25/01/2020 (for fond de gras)
3. expand on planning for narrative scenes
brainstorming
23/01/2020
4. props/set dressing
24/01/2020
5. refresh and revisit genre egs
schedule all this - rough end point is Friday of next week
costume - maybe waistcoat? fob-watch? cane or hat (alice cooper, pimp association?)
2 locations - one very feminine w masculine touches, the other the reverse
maybe stockings and suspenders?
ripped jeans with fishnets
maybe bring multiple costumes to the sample shoots
subtle references, maybe to cabaret (cultural capital, simulacra)
in studio, maybe use colour masks, everything in black and white but the hair?
costumes for croquet players
make sure to complete ordering by this weekend
each have a feminine prop - parasol, nail file, that kind of thing
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10th February 2020
5. Final Idea
Final idea from harriet Barlow
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6. Storyboards
Croquet storyboards:
Fond-de-Gras Storyboard:
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16th February 2020
7. Cast, Costume, Make-up
Heather 1
Ryan, Aem's Boyfriend
Red shirt/blouse/cardigan from Ema's wardrobe, black slacks, going to dye some cheap white sneakers red.
red make-up (eye shadow or lipstick, maybe both we'll see how they look)
Red croquet bat and ball
Heather 2
Adam, mutual friend, long hair
Green jumper with furred cuffs, black slacks, going to dye shoes green
green themes make-up (eye focused)
green croquet bat and ball
Heather 3
Jade or Eli, mutual friends, long hair
Yellow knitwear vest with white shirt underneath, flared sleeves (pirate-esque), going to dye shoes yellow
yellow make-up (eye focused)
Yellow croquet bat and ball
"Buttler"
Jade or Eli or Leigh (preferably female)
white shirt, bowtie, black slacks, smart black shoes, black tux, top hat?
Silver tray with lid, glass/fancy vase with strange food inside (gummy bears or tic tacs)
Winona Ryder/Christian Slater mashup character
Aem
still uncertain on wardrobe, thinking a pair of dungarees she has with puffy mesh brightly coloured blouse underneath, blue shoes, long black trenchcoat on top (to be taken off during vid)
blue make-up
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25th February 2020
8. Make-up Run-through
8. Make-up Run-through
Make-up Run-through
We practiced the different make-up looks on one of the cast members, I'm really happy with it - the colours pop, conventional for the electopop genre, and the level of skill was really good in applying it, so the androgyny doesn't look distasteful, Ryan actually looks really glamorous
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9. Croquet set!
Filming had to be postponed due to poor weather conditions this week, the update is to film this coming weekend.
Good news, I’ve been hunting through second hand shops and I found a pristine condition croquet set! Being second hand it was only 5€, which really helps free up budget for other props/costumes, so I may rethink some of the planned outfits/mise-en-scene.
For now I need to clean the bats up a bit so they’re presentable for extreme close up shots.
Good news, I’ve been hunting through second hand shops and I found a pristine condition croquet set! Being second hand it was only 5€, which really helps free up budget for other props/costumes, so I may rethink some of the planned outfits/mise-en-scene.
For now I need to clean the bats up a bit so they’re presentable for extreme close up shots.
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30th February 2020
10. Production Schedule Update
Because the weather has been so bad, we're postponing the filming of the croquet scene, in 2 weeks there is meant to be sun!
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13th March 2020
11. Coronavirus update: cast lost!
Cast members lost!
we have lost 3 cast members - their parents have forbid them from leaving the house in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Remaining cast members are:
-Aem
-Ryan
-Adam
I'm thinking that they can just be the 3 heathers now, and I've asked Adam if we can borrow one of his mums' dummies to be the butler, it looks quirky and we can but a top hat, bowtie and the long JD trenchcoat on it to still be a reference to the Heather's character.
His mum had quite the selection to choose from:
we have lost 3 cast members - their parents have forbid them from leaving the house in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Remaining cast members are:
-Aem
-Ryan
-Adam
I'm thinking that they can just be the 3 heathers now, and I've asked Adam if we can borrow one of his mums' dummies to be the butler, it looks quirky and we can but a top hat, bowtie and the long JD trenchcoat on it to still be a reference to the Heather's character.
His mum had quite the selection to choose from:
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Final Decision:
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15th March 2020
12. Prep for croquet shoot!
Props!
all the props are gathered in the kitchen ready to go, were picking some up with Adam, costumes are prepared.
Make-up
Aem is doing the make-up while I put the nail polish on the boys
Costume
We've had to try a few different costumes, because some just didn't look right, Adam is now wearing a dress and Ryan is wearing a loose fitting shirt with loose black trousers and a necklace. We've added some jewellery too (pearls and the necklace for Ryan and Aem)
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13. Coronavirus Update: Performance footage!
Aem's parents have forbidden her from leaving the house due to the coronavirus crisis. Because of this we cannot film the performance footage on the tram or at the fond-de-gras.
To work around this we will be doing a video call as she films herself in the barn attached to her house.
I will be giving her directions on make-up and movement, and costume.
To acknowledge the situation, she will be wearing a mask, which she will take off to reveal dark lipstick, which deters the male gaze.
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