Song Choice
The song I have chosen to do for my music video is 'Break Stuff' by the floridian rock band 'Limp Bizkit.
Style
The style of my video is going to be similar to the style of alot of rock music videos that I've seen; with the video consisting of a performance segment and a narrative segment, with both segments intertwining with each other.
Performance Segment
The performance segment of the video is going to be filmed in a performance room in The Hack (Music Department) here on site at college. The cast for the performance will involve a vocalist, a guitarist and a bassist, aswell as whatever number of cameramen I get to film the segment. After some planning, I ousted the drummer from the cast list, after deciding that obtaining a drum kit, moving it to the location and finding someone who could imitate the song on the instrument adequatly would be too time consuming, not to mention the limited space we have to fit all the cast members and instruments in. The performance segment will involve a lot of fast cutting due to the pace of the song, but this will require alot of stopping and starting, having to rewind the music to get a certain shot of the cast at that time in the song, making the filming of this segment foreseeably long.
Narrative Segment
The narrative segment of the video has not yet got a specifically planned filming location, but will be some sort of street or urban setting, following the convention I've seen in rock music videos of urban locations being used. The narrative will start with the male main character waking up on a street, after a hard nights drinking. Throughout the song, the narrative will involve the main character making his way presumably home, whilst nursing a hangover that causes him to stagger slightly and grab his head in pain. With such a hangover, the main character is portrayed as a defenceless individual; this is shown throughout the narrative, with the character being repeatedly assaulted and put down by random strangers who he comes across on his way home. He is first shoulder barged and knocked to the ground by a passing group of people who then carry on their way laughing at the main character who is left on the ground. After getting back to his feet, he is then approached by a stranger who at first starts a conversation with him, but then tries to grab his wallet, resulting in a struggle, ending with the main character being punched in the face and the stranger running away with his wallet. Again staggering on his way, he is then bombarded with rocks, being thrown by someone nearby who is elevated off the ground and out of reac, with one of the rocks hitting the main character in the face, causing him to start bleeding from his mouth. In each of these three ordeals, the main character has been too hungover to defend himself, but after the third incident, he has had enough and finally snaps. He finds himself a melee weapon and comes upon the group of people who had knocked him to the ground (The least severe incident) and commences to rush them and start beating each of them as they try and flee. The narrative is a visualisation of the songs lyrics and theme; anger and rage.
Narrative Segment Camera Work
The first shot is an extreme close up of the main characters face on the pavement, with him waking up from his alcohol enduced slumber. The majority of the shots will be medium and long shots of the main character staggering on his way home, aswell as his hostile interactions with the people he comes across. Most of the shots will be of the main characters front, but I wil use a mix of side shots and angles inbetween as to emphasise his condition and expression after each ordeal. After each incident, the camera will tilt by some degrees, representing how the main character is slowly being pushed over the edge, or it could even represent his moral compass, how after each time he is assaulted, he moves a step closer to turning to violence, anger and rage. Close up's will also be used alot, as to emphasise the main characters expression, especially when he is about to confront the group of people who knocked him down, with his weapon in hand, as his face will be full of anger, rage, and the temporary madness of violence. Such an expression will be the summary of not just the characters anger, but also the summary of the songs theme.
Performance Segment Camera Work
The performance segment will involve a variety of close ups, medium shots and long shots. The clsoe ups are a necessity as to show the expression of the cast members as well as there performance. The medium shots will be used to catch mulitple cast members in one shot whilst they perform. The long shots will be used far less than the other shots, used only to catch a few shots where the camera appears to zoom out and shows the cast members at a distance.
Editing
The editing will involve a lot of fast cutting for both segments as to fit the songs fast beats and rhythm. The narrative segment will have far less fast cutting, as the whole purpose of a narrative is to provide a story for the song, and if the segment has too much fast cutting, then the viewer may not understand or comprehend the story the narrrative is trying to portray. To amplify the lyrics of the song, I will use captions in a peculiar way. After watching this music video:
I have decided to caption the last lyric of specific lines in the song. By doing so I will amplify the last lyric of these specific lines. Captioning these last lyrics fits the way the song is sung, with certain lines emphasisng the last lyric eg. "Everything is FUCKED" "Everybody SUCKS" The captions will fill the entire screen, with no transition for when they come onto the screen and when they go off the screen, instead they will suddenly appear on screen when the lyric is sung and will then suddenly dissapear off screen afterwards.
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