Music Video Draft 1

Props List

• Mobile Phone- to show text messages being shared between the characters
• Photo/ Photo frame- to connote the romantic sub genre earlier on in the video through a photo of the couple.
• Books- representation of her 'good girl' side. For the library scene and the beginning scene when she is studying.
• Laptop- relatable to every teenager as this is needed for revision/ school work. Appeals to the target audience as it is an scene connected to real life.
• Leather Jacket and Dark Lipstick- to connote the character's 'bad girl' side, it's a setreotypical image of bad girls.
• Bandana- to connote the male character's 'bad boy' side and to create a subtle link between the band and our video. 

Shooting Schedule

As a group we decided to create a shooting schedule. We looked through everyone's timetable to see when we had a free period to film or if we were free during the weekend. We also noted who would be required for the filming and what we would film so that we know what props we may need to bring and so that everyone knew which setting we would have to be in to film. Communication between the members of the group was important in order to fill out the shooting schedule.

Storyboard and Lyric Analysis

Story board (1)

Story board (2)

We used the lyrics to help us plan out what scenes we want our video. It allowed us to match the visuals with the lyrics, so we had a clear understanding of the narrative. We found that analysing the lyrics was much more effective than creating a storyboard.

This helped us to plan our narrative as our music video is narrative based, we needed a clear story. Analysing the lyrics allowed us to create the story and have a solid base to work on.

Genre and Subculture

We have chosen to create a music video based  in the pop/ rock genre. The chosen song for our music video is 'Good Girls' by 5 Seconds of Summer (5SOS).

5 Seconds of Summer- Good Girls

A very similar music video to this one is 'Feeling This' by Blink-182. We believe that 5SOS may have been inspired by their video and included intertextuality within their video as one of their influences and favourite band is Blink-182.

Blink-182- Feeling This

Both videos have a prison setting and similar shots, if not the same, to what we see in the music video. The music video contains similar narratives as it is about badly behaved people causing riots in prison and their performance of the band playing the song outside of the prison, is very similar. 

Another band that is similar to 5SOS is McBusted. Much like 5SOS McBusted also have a pop/ rock influence to their music. In this particular music video it shows that people who are normally 'good' turn bad and it also has scenes where everyone in the office is causing a riot similarly, in the 5SOS- Good Girls video everyone in the prison is causing a riot.

McBusted- Get Over It

Another music video that follows a similar narrative to 'Good Girls' is 'Blank Space' by Taylor Swift. At the beginning of the video she is shown to be innocent and is portrayed as a 'good girl' but towards the end of the video she becomes destructive and reveals who she is underneath.

Taylor Swift- Blank Space

Location List

Location	Why will it be filmed here?	Any restrictions/ difficulties/ rules?	How will you overcome the problems attached to this location?
Bedroom- Chloe’s room	Bedroom scene for lyrics- “cause every night she studies hard in her room”	Quite a small space, may be difficult to set up a number of shots	Limit the amount of people and objects in the room
School Library	So that the visuals match the lyrics- “I swear she lives in that library. But if you ask her she’ll say- ‘that’s where you’ll find me!’”	Consider the students in the library, there may be a lesson in the school library, we have to stick to the rules of being quiet	Ask the librarian if we are allowed to film in the library and what would be the best time to film there
School toilets	Transition from ‘good girl’ to ‘bad girl’- change of makeup.	This is a public place so we need to consider the other students. The space is quite small.	Film during lessons time as there won’t be any students in the bathroom.
Street (outside house/ outside school)	To get a variety of scenes in the background and for the chorus.	Have to be aware of the public and vehicles.	Try to film during a time in the day where the street/ walkway is less likely to be used.

Shooting Schedule

Day/ time	Location	Shot description
School day	Library Art studio School bathroom	Shots of the school. Close up of essays with her name “a straight ‘A’ student Designed to look like a prison/ mug shot background. Mug shot scene. Making faces at the camera- not being serious. In the bathroom- messing hair and putting dark lipstick- over the shoulder shot
Weekend	House	Close up/ panning shot/ mid shot of her room to set the scene. Mid shot of her studying on her bed- ‘good girl’. Close up of her magazines in her room, picture of her boyfriend and her in a frame and text from boyfriend- “at least that’s what her parents assume.” Costume change: puts on her leather jacket, messy hair and black boots- over the shoulder shot. Mid/ long shot of her sneaking out of her house- “she sneaks out of the window to meet with her boyfriend” Mid/ long shot of her walking up to her boyfriend. Mid- shot of the boyfriend waiting for her. Shot of them hugging.