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PitchBy Sam and Ruben

Our Chosen Song

We have decided to ‘Archie Marry Me’ by Alvvays for our music video as it is a typical song of the Indie Rock genre which we feel can be easily remade and created into something original with our own interpretation. We will also be able to relate our music video to the lyrics of the song as it is heavily orientated around marriage and love. This romantic, free spirit convention is also typical of the Indie/Alternative Rock genre. The overall tone of the song is very happy and summery which will allow us to convey a strong community feel in our music video and also include some naturistic imagery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAn3JdtSrnY

Indie Rock/Pop Genre

Storyboard and Narrative

The narrative story of our music video is not a specific beginning-middle-end but rather two entwining scenes.

The first scene is of an outdoors wedding between two men, although one of the men is wearing a wedding dress. There will be 10-15 guests, a priest and a minimalist set with chairs and a cake as the only props.

Our video’s second scene is a live performance of the wedding band playing our chosen song “Archie, marry me”. The band will feature two of the wedding guests and the newlywed couple.

We have decided to do this as our music video as it is relevant to the lyrics of the song which are about marriage

Storyboard part 1

Storyboard part 2

Storyboard part 3

Locations

We want to film our video in a range of locations so we have a diverse video throughout. Other music videos of this genre tend to have more then one filming location and so we shall follow this convention.

We plan to film in a church setting (in a church) and a rural setting (a field or woods).

Both these locations are going to be used as they can be associated with weddings. For instance the wedding will take place in the field and churches are commonly associated with marriage.

Locations

We will film in a field located near to school so we are able to get other students to act in our wedding as the wedding guests or a nearby forest.

We will film in the church near to Ruben his family knows the vicar of Creaton and will allow us access in the church to film with our instruments.

Creaton Church

Fields for our wedding

Props

For our music video to be successful and professional we need to include props which are realistic and add to the overall aesthetic of our video. As we are aiming to shoot a minimalistic video in the style of a home video, we don’t require many high-tech or high expense props. Due to budgeting and the fact we’re going to have to spend a large proportion of our budget on a wedding dress we are aiming to source as many of our props as we can from our homes and our sixth form. This will also be in conjuncture with the overall ‘homemade’ tone our video will have.

Props

Chairs x15: Our video requires seating for our outdoor wedding and as we plan to have 15 ‘guests’ at the wedding. We will use school chairs.

Musical Instruments: We will need a whole band set up for our music video to achieve the live performance aspect of the video. This will include an electric guitar, a bass guitar, a drum kit, a microphone and amplifiers.

Cake: We will need a wedding cake to make the wedding more realistic. We will also have miniature wedding figurines atop the cake.

Actors

Ruben Clark: We will use Ruben as the bride as cross dressing subverts the norm. This technique is seen in many different music videos of this genre as it conveys a carefree/free spirit alternative attitude.

Actors

Sam Thompson: We will use Sam as the groom at the wedding. We have chosen to do this because as Sam has put towards writing script and storyboard for the project, he understands the sort of acting and character we are aiming for. In addition to this as he is heavily involved with the project he will be able to commit time to the filming of our video.

Actors

Harry Medlock: Our good friend Harry will be the priest who marries the bride and groom.

Actors

Our additional actors will all be extras acting as guests at the wedding. We will source these actors through asking our friends and peers at Sixth Form. We have chosen to take this approach as it means that transport for the extras to the filming locations will be simple and cheap as both locations are just a few minutes from our Sixth Form.

Furthermore, by including our friends in our video we hope to create an up-beat, warm location which will reflect the wedding scene we are filming.

Costumes

The groom (Sam) will be dressed up smartly in a traditional wedding suit, complete with a white flower in his top pocket. We have chosen this costume as it is easily to visibly identify the character as the groom due to the traditional nature of his costume.

Costumes

The bride (Ruben) will be dressed up smartly in a traditional white wedding dress, complete with a white veil over his face. We have chosen this costume as it is easily to visibly identify the character as the bride due to the traditional nature of their costume.

Costumes

The bride (Ruben) will be dressed up smartly in a traditional white wedding dress, complete with a white veil over his face. We have chosen this costume as it is easily to visibly identify the character as the bride due to the traditional nature of their costume.

Possible Problems

Lighting Problems: Keeping the scenes consistently well-lit may be an issue as the outdoors scene is obviously very dependent on the sun and the indoor church scene features large stain glass windows which let in a large amount of light. To address this issue we will use special effects in post-production.

Technical problems: There are no plug sockets or electricity in the church (its well old) or in our outdoors location so we will need to ensure that the cameras have spare battery packs for the day of filming

Crew

Sam Thompson: Writer, co-director, actor and producer

Ruben Clark: Writer, co-director, actor and producer

Harry Medlock: Actor Nils Turner: Actor

CrewHi I’m Ruben Clark.

Hi I’m Sam

Thompson

Shot Location

Lighting

Cast Director

Shot and Angle

Props

Health and Safety

Date of Shot

Contingencies

8 - - - - - - - 9/12/15

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9 Church

Church interior

Ruben, Sam, Nils, Harry (Band)

Ruben Long shot

Instruments, amplifiers

Heavy equipment

19/12/15

Church closed

10 Church

Church interior

Band Ruben Close up

Guitar - 19/12/15

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11 Church

Church interior

- Ruben Medium shot

Church ornaments

- 19/12/15

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12 Church

Church interior

Nils Ruben Close up

Bass guitar

- 19/12/15

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13 Church

Church interior

Band Ruben Long shot

Band rig

Heavy equipment

12/12/15

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Shot Location

Lighting

Cast Director

Shot and Angle

Props

Health and Safety

Date of Shot

Contingencies

14 Church/Field

Daytime

- Ruben/Sam

Worm’s eye

- - 19(12)/12/15

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15 Church

Daytime

Ruben Ruben Long shot

- Trip over the dress

19/12/15

Church closed

16 Church

Daytime

Ruben Ruben Close up

Bouquet

- 19/12/15

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17 Church

Church interior

Sam Ruben Medium shot

- - 19/12/15

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18 Church

Church interior

Harry Ruben Close up

Bass drum

- 19/12/15

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19 Church

Church interior

Harry Ruben Medium shot

Drum kit

- 19/12/15

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20 Church

Church interior

- Ruben Close up

Amplifier

- 19/12/15

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Shot Location

Lighting

Cast Director

Shot and Angle

Props

Health and Safety

Date of Shot

Contingencies

21 Church

Church interior

Sam Ruben Medium/long shot

Guitar - 19/12/15

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22 Field Daytime

Ruben, Sam

Sam Medium shot

Confetti

- 12/12/15

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23 Field Daytime

Extras Sam Medium shot

- - 12/12/15

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24 Field Daytime

- Sam Medium shot

Caterpillar cake

- 12/12/15

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25 Field Daytime

Sam Sam Close up

Bottle - 12/12/15

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26 Field Daytime

Sam, Extras

Sam Medium shot

Bottle - 19/12/15

Bottle doesn’t fizz

27 Field Daytime

- Sam Birds eye

Bouquet

- 19/12/15

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Shot Location

Lighting

Cast Director

Shot and Angle

Props

Health and Safety

Date of Shot

Contingencies

28 Field Daytime

Sam, Ruben

Sam Close up

- - 12/12/15

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29 Church

Daytime

Sam Ruben Long shot

Wall - 19/12/15

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30 Field Daytime

Ruben Sam Medium shot

Confetti, veil

- 12/12/15

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31 Field Daytime

Ruben Sam Close up

Confetti, veil

- 12/12/15

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32 Church

Church interior

Sam Ruben Close up

Guitar - 19/12/15

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33 Church

Church interior

Ruben Ruben Medium shot

Microphone

- 19/12/15

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34 Church

Church interior

Harry Ruben Extreme close up

Snare drum and drum sticks

- 19/12/15

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Shot Location

Lighting

Cast Director

Shot and Angle

Props

Health and Safety

Date of Shot

Contingencies

35 Field Daytime

Ruben Sam Long shot

Bike - 12/12/15

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36 Field Daytime

Sam, Ruben

Sam Long shot

- - 12/12/15

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Production Schedule

Date Action

9/12/15 Organise and prepare costumes and props

10/12/15 Book the camera ready for filming

11/12/15 Organise lifts and actors

12/12/15 Bring props and everything needed for filming

Date Action

24/12/15 Download all of the film from the cameras onto movie maker

5/1/16 Begin editing the shots while following the storyboard

2/2/16 Upload the finished video to youtube

Pre-Production Post-Production