Coursework: Preliminary exercise 2024

1) State the song you have chosen for your preliminary exercise.

21 Gracie Abrams- logo may be like a small star or a crescent moon

2) Choose at least three music videos similar to your concept and watch a clip or more from each. Make bullet-point notes on everything you watch, commenting on camerawork, editing and mise-en-scene.

Gracie Abrams Risk- casual clothing, performance is just lip syncing, looks natural, simple artist logo. Editing speeds up to mirror her state of mind

I miss you I'm sorry lyric video- soft lighting, phone camera to make it more personal, clothes looking like her pyjamas 

Two people lyric video- I may want to add lyrics to my video so this video had the kind of vibe i would want mine to have. The simple font of the lyrics

3) Write a short music video treatment for your extract (this is basically a script for your music video). You can find an example of a treatment here. If you are making your real coursework then feel free to use the treatment from your summer project.

The music video for "21" by Gracie Abrams, reimagined by ΝΑΣΡΑ, captures the essence of indie pop through a nostalgic lens. Her artistic identity relies heavily on her uniqueness and her performing in the indie pop genre adds to that., Also, her music has a narrative focus using relatable experiences and her visual style ties it together with warm colours and candid illustrations. I plan to show the bond between two people, then their falling out and distancing, then the self reflection. I will then layer the video with illustrations.

4) Write a shot list containing EVERY shot you plan to film AND additional shots to create flexibility when editing (in a music video you will find you need FAR more shots than you think, particularly close-ups). These additional shots can be close-ups, alternative angles or something more creative. I advise using a simple table on Microsoft Word/Google Docs to set out your shot list - you can find an example here (this is from narrative filmmaking but the same format can be used for any video project). 

Shot No.	Shot	Filmed?
0.00-0.05	artist logo intro- fade in from black wity logo in centre Soft background
0.05-0.10	Logo fades out and close up of shoes being taken out of the box -Slow zoom in handled movement - soft lighting
0.10-0.20	Wide shot of friends in the park (remember symmetry) Close up of them walking to show shoes - shot from behind them -golden sunset -maybe slow motion to add dreamy effect -vocals of song appear here
0.20-0.23	Quick close ups of friends looking at each other and laughing
0.23-0.26	close up of the other friends reaction and laughing back
0.26-0.30	Medium shot of friend nudging each other
0.30-0.40	Performance shot of artist singing while journlling
0.40-0.45	Medium shot of friends baking and messing around

5) Plan your mise-en-scene: what iconography are you including to ensure your audience understands the genre and style of your artist? Plan your settings, costume, make-up, props and lighting. 
soft lighting, sunset golden colours, makeup - youth, guitar

6) Plan a shooting schedule that will ensure everything is filmed by the deadline. Include when, where, who is required, planned equipment and any other aspects you need to arrange. 

half of the video will be filmed on Monday and the other half will be edited on Tuesday. Equipment- maybe a guitar. I will be my own artist and Tharnika will be a supporting actor