Casting

Below are a few of the people I have casted in my music video. I believe they are all capable of miming along to the lyrics and will do so in a professional manner. I also think collectively they portray a wide range of people of all ages from all backgrounds which is a key aspect of the video I want to create.

Location Planning

My video will contain many locations due to the idea I have of filming many people. When it comes to choosing these locations I need to make sure that they all have suitable lighting, they are free from distractions such as people and noises and that the background is not messy/appropriate for what I'm filming.

One location in particular needs to be planned that bit more carefully and that is the location where I choose to film my green screen. This locations needs to be chosen carefully as it needs to have quality lighting so the green screen works effectively and it also needs to have a large flat wall where I can pin the green screen sheet tightly too.

The location I have chosen for this is a classroom in my school. I have chosen this room because the lighting is good and there is a large flat wall directly under a sky light which means the lighting should be good.

Practice Shoot/Editing

Today I filmed a friend lip synching to my song to see if the idea was going to work. I found that whist the idea is quite time consuming it is doable and the end results look good so I shall persevere with this idea. One thing I did learn though is that it is crucial to keep the camera and the person in the same position as the lighting can change in the background. I learnt this when it came to editing my mock shoot as in one scene the background has a grey tinge to it and then it jumps to another scene where the background looks more red.

Testing out my idea

The idea I have for my music video is to have a wide variety of people, in a diverse range of locations singing along to my song. This however is quite a complicated procedure and I'm not entirely sure to whether it will work or not. Therefore in the next couple of days I intend to film a mock music video just to see if it is possible. I will film people on their own, in twos or groups, from a variety of angles singing along to lyrics I hold on a board. Once this is done I shall see if it works well when I come to edit it. If it does then I will proceed with this idea.

Completed Storyboard