Chosen song - Cutting to the beat

The lyrics for our chosen song:

These are various shots and editing techniques that we could possibly use throughout our music promo. We have analysed the lyrics of the song, and thought about the possible shot types that we could include. These shots will used to represent the ideas of our promos narrative and the performance of the band. This process will make it easier to plan our production and will give us a guide line of shots when we begin the filming process.

(close ups of the instruments) Gets out of bed

and looks at the clock (close up of the clock)

sees the time

there's no tick and the tock

he was just in time

instead of walking before the chime.

That lonely midnight wanderer (mid shot of male walking down a street)

sets off walking in search for an answer

(mid shot of the bands performance) he left everything from home to business

that lonely midnight wanderer.

He used to live the perfect life

Nice house, great kids but a botch of a wife (Cuts/flashbacks to argument in the narrative)

she left him for an Italian fling

left him on the streets without a thing.

That lonely midnight wanderer

sets off walking in search for an answer

he left everything from home to business

that lonely midnight wanderer. (shots of broken clocks)

(slo-mo shots of clocks smashing)That lonely midnight wanderer

sets off walking in search for an answer

he left everything from home to business

that lonely midnight wanderer. (Zoom out from the clock broken around character)

We will use the timings of the song as a continuous way of editing the shots we have filmed. Doing so, will make sure that once the editing process is finished, the music promo will run smoothly and will prevent any parts that stick out for the audience.

Shot list

 

 

Shot	Details
Extreme close up	Extreme close up of the drumsticks sitting on the snare drum.
Close up	A close up of the microphone with no actors standing behind
Close up	Close up of the guitar leaning against an amplifier before the performance.
Close up	Close up of the bass guitar lying flat on the floor with leads on top
Close up	Close up of the dust on top of the symbols for the drums.
Mid shot	Mid shot of the main protagonist walking down the street. The audience will be looking from behind the actor looking down the same street.
Close up	Close up of the main protagonists feet as he walks down the street. The audience will be given a side view of his feet.
Long shot	Long shot of the band as the song begins to play the song. The shot will lasts for several seconds.
Long shot	A long shot will show the main protagonist walking down the street as everything else surrounding him is in slow motion.
Mid shot	A mid shot will focus on a man dressed as a rabbit eating a carrot. This will show the disjunctive style of video and the intertextual link to the shining.
Mid shot	A mid shot of the drummer about to hit the symbol full of dust.
Close up	A close up will show the symbol full of dust being hit by the drummer – The shot will switch to slow motion as he hits the drum
Long shot	Shot the other bands members dressed up in the street wearing abstract costumes
Close up	The camera will zoom into the band member’s eyes and show them looking away.
Mid shot	Shot of the main protagonists face looking back from the other bands members.
Close up	Close up of the band singer singing into the microphone.
Mid shot	Mid shot of the guitarist performing the solo
Close up	Close up guitarists fingers on the guitar playing the solo
Long shot	Long shot of all band members performing the song
Tracking shot	Tracking shot will follow the main protagonist walking further down the street.
Long shot	Long shot of a set of double doors – The actor will appear on camera and will head towards the doors
Close up	Close up of the actor placing hands on the door handle and pulling open the door
Mid shot	A shot showing the main protagonist walking into the room with the doors shutting behind him.
Extreme close up	Extreme close up of the main characters eye – will be interlinked between the performances.
Pan	The camera will pan across the performance studio and will show the three band members.
Close up	Close up of the clocks sitting on the shelf and the floor
Mid shot	Slow motion mid shot of the main actor swinging a bat at the clock
Close up	Close up of the clock smashing in slow motion.