Planning- Pitch (Updated)

Planning- Pitch

Title: Empire Cast - No Apologies

Location: Various locations

Form: Music Video

Genre: Rap/Hip-hop

Time: Daytime/Evening

Plot Outline

Character A is shown in a junkyard in a run down area in London we are going to show the character showing his poverty filled struggles we shall show him in poor run down places to emphasise the poverty that the character is in we shall also make sure the character also looks poor and we will see him wearing torn clothes and having a dirt filled face this is again to emphasise just how poor he is. As the song goes on we shall show him getting richer and getting more opportunities in life.  by the end of the song we are going to present the character as rich and show his new life we will be filming him in rich areas his clothes quality will improve and this will show his rise from rags to riches.

Character A: Junior Adekunle

Target Audience: People who like rap/hip-hop music. Also Empire Cast fans

Audience Appeal: Our music video will most likely appeal to teenagers. Many teenagers like the genres of rap/hip-hop more than people of other age ranges.

Influential Music: 50 cent - get low, Timberland - Money ain’t everything, Chris Brown Kid Ink - Hotel

Unique selling point: Our product is unique as we are going to create a storyline to one of Empire Cast’s songs No Apologies. In the official music video Empire Cast does not entail a storyline within the music video it is just them singing and dancing.

Your Roles:

·         Junior – Producer, Director, Composer, storyboard artist, Set, Costume and Prop Design, Marketing, Make-up Artist

·         Liam – Editor, Writer, Sound editor, Technical director, location scout, Cinematographer, Sound Designer

Planning- Script

Fade in to couple at Westfield Shopping Centre

Character 1(to be confirmed)- Male
Character 2(to be confirmed)- Female
Character 3(Junior Adekunle)- Male

Character 1: I'm so lucky to have you
Character 2: (disgusted) calm down we've been together five minutes (they both laugh)

Alone in different location

Character 3: She was my everything and she was snatched away from me.

back to couple guy starts receiving texts

Character 2: who's that best not be another girl.

Character 1: no just some dude who think he knows me.

End of dialogue in our music video and music begins to play.

Planning- Budget

What is being done?	Cost of Activity	Equipment Needed	Cost
We shall be filming all over London so we have to buy a day ticket or a group day ticket for a group of 4	£24 Group Ticket.	Camera Tripod	Free
Fight scene will use fake blood.	Free	Fake Blood	1.99
Total	£24	N/A	1.99
Overall Cost	£25.99

Weekly Action Plan (1)

Week ending	What has been done this week?	What has to be done next week?	Who will do it?	What day/date will it be done?
20/11/15	Liam has completed research into similar music videos equipment list, pitch feedback and initial ideas.	Liam will look to complete the shot schedule, shot list and location shots.	Liam	28/11/15
20/11/15	Junior has completed his research into his roles summarised the class feedback for their Influential music videos.	Junior has to complete his rough cut vocal for the song they are going to use the music video.	Junior	28/11/15

Weekly Action Plan (2)

Week ending	What has been done this week?	What has to be done next week?	Who will do it?	What day/date will it be done?
27/11/15	This week Liam has completed the shot list, shot schedule and location shots his deadline has been met as it was set for the 1st December.	This week Liam will look to complete the animatic storyboard and then that is his planning work done.	Liam	9/12/2015
27/11/15	This week Junior has completed the shot list, shot schedule, location shots his deadline was slightly missed as this was die for the 27/11/2015	This week Junior will look to complete a rough cut vocal for the song they are going to use for the music video complete the animatic storyboard and also finish the budget, script, risk assessment and keep up with the weekly action plans.	Junior	9/12/20125

Planning- Shot List

No.	Scene No.	INT/EXT	Location	Shot Description	Support	Speech
1	1	EXT	Westfield’s Shopping Mall	There is a long shot of a couple walking into Westfield’s mall and before this there will be an establishing shot so that the audience can see where the music video is going to be located this will be of the many different locations we are going to use.	Tripod	None (Music)
2	2	INT	Westfield’s shopping mall	There is going to be a MS/LS of a couple walking through the mall and entering different shops.	Free-hand	None (Music)
3	2b	INT	London Eye	CU and LS will show the couple messing about in front of the tourist attraction.	Free- hand	None (Music)
4	2c	INT	Wembley Stadium	MS will show the couple visiting the stadium and taking selfies in front of it.	Free- hand	None (Music)
5	3	INT	Big Ben	MS of the couple looking up at the tourist attraction and taking pictures.	Free Hand	None (Music)
6	4	INT	Westfield Mall	The editing will get a little bit faster during this as there will be a fight scene to match the editing there will MS/CS/LS all done in different angles.	Tripod and Free-Hand	None (Music)
7	5	INT	Westfield Mall	MCU/ Tracking shot of the girl breaking up the fight and stating she doesn’t want to be with any of them slaps both and then leaves.	Tripod and Free - hand	None (Music)

Planning- Risk Asessment

Event:

Filming Music Video

Date:

2/12/2015

Venue:

London

Activity / Area of Concern i.e.: what is taking place as part of the event?	Hazards Identified i.e.: what can cause harm?	Persons at Risk i.e.: who could be harmed by the hazard?	Current Risk Factor (high, medium or low) i.e.: determine the level of risk	Actions to be Taken to Minimize each Risk i.e.: what action can you take to lower the level of risk	New Risk Factor (high, medium or low) i.e.: risk factor after action taken to minimize the risk
We will be filming at Westfield mall.	Because it is shopping centre there will be lots of people and they can accidently clash with the filming equipment.	Public Actors	Medium	Make sure to make public aware that we are filming and show them where equipment is so they don’t injure themselves on it.	Low
We will filming at the major attractions in London.	Because we will be filming at some of the major tourist landmarks in London we want to make sure that we do not clash with the public as lots of equipment will be used.	Public Actors	Medium	Make sure to tell the public we are filming and potentially hazardous equipment is being used.	Low
we are going to be filming in high places in London.	we have to make sure that we are in control of the equipment and that none of it falls down.	Public Actors	High		Medium