Music Video Treatment

Setting

My setting is going to mainly be set in a well built up area. This will most likely involve a town, where the chosen cast will walk through various streets. The start of the clip will be a house where the character will then be seen leaving the house. The video will then be centred on the journey of the character. Other locations will include various alley ways and fields. The journey however will be speed up as i want my video to start off during the morning and then finish during sunset.

 Cast

My video is mainly going to be centred around one main character as it follows his journey. Other characters will include secondary characters which will feature in the video a couple of times throughout. Finally the other characters will be the background characters that will not be important in the video; they will just add a sense of realism to it.

 Costume

I have not chosen a specific costume at this put for my characters. This is because they will be wearing everyday clothes such as jeans, t-shirts, jumpers, trainers etc.

 Props

I do not intend on using many props throughout my video. There will however be a mobile phone that is used many times throughout by the main character, who will be texting, many things that relate to the chosen song throughout the video.

 Visual style

I will include many effects in my video that will be included when i come to edit and put together may video. I will use lighting to darken the image many times throughout the clip; this will be included to add a certain mood to my clip at certain points.

 Camera work

I will include many forms of shots and angles during my video. One of the main ideas I have come up with for my video so far is to include a shot at the start of my clip that shows a sunrise and a shot at the end of my clip that shows a sun set. I will do this keeping my camera still and using a wide shot to capture the video. The main shot size that i will use in my video will be a medium shot, which will mainly focus on my main character. Other shots will include POV to put the audience into the characters shoes and close ups to show characters emotions. I will be using a Nikon D5200 to shoot my video, which has 1080p HD capability.

 Editing

I will be using various editing techniques on my video. These will include many eye line match techniques to focus on what the character is looking at. Another technique that i will use is a time laps, this will be used for the sunset and sunrise to speed them up so they fit in with the time frame of the video. I will also slow the pace of my video down many times throughout the video, this is a good aspect because this is a popular aspect used in many music video today.

 Narrative/performance

The narrative and performance will mainly be highlighted when the lyrics can be illustrated on screen. There will be many points when the character will have to perform certain things in the video. The narrative will be centred around the journey of the main character and what he comes across on the way. The characters performance will mainly be determined from the text messages that he receives throughout the clip which will change his mood at different times.