My Music Video - The Pitch

(Intending to use an original song composed in collaboration with Mike Galvin)

"Opening with extreme long shot of subject by river, watching it run. Cut to close up of her face, which is concealed by a mask - contemplative.
Cut to close up shot of her hands holding a paper boat.
Cut back to medium long shot of subject, looking down at river.
Fade to black.

Moment of silence/blackness.
Music starts and editing has multiple different extreme close ups of different parts of subject against a plain background appear, giving a flashing/strobe effect.

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The pause before the lyrics shows a medium close up of the subject, standing still, looking into camera.

(cut together the rest of the footage as appropriate)

Film subject against green screen; staring at camera, dancing/spinning, watching action on green screen, looking at something off-camera in the distance

Go-pro Footage; street signs from a car window, riding bikes, climbing trees, walking a dog, jumping into water, trampoline, bonfire, mosh pit at a concert, running for a train, building a fort, reading a book, playing a record, eating pizza with a group of friends, fairy lights and candles, drawing, baking

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Song ends and it cuts back to medium long shot of subject by the river. Subject is still watching the water, but then she sighs, and floats the paper boat into the water.
Shot of paper boat floating away.
Medium close up of subject watching for a moment; she then goes to take off mask.
Low angle shot of mask falling to ground just in front of camera, and then her feet walking away. Back to starting shot position, extreme long shot of subject walking away (fade out of focus, to blackness.)


Iconography
As part of creating a brand for a singer, it's very useful to associate certain themes, ideas, behaviours or imagery with them, as it creates a memorable impression for the audience and therefore makes them easier to sell as a brand.
I've decided that I want the subject of my video to wear a mask, as this creates a narrative enigma as to who she is. It also adds a quirky sense of 'otherness' to her, which may further intrigue audiences. Most importantly however, the lyrics of the tell the story of someone who's about to enter a new stage of their life, who feels bound by expectations and uncertainties, and simply wants to live a great life and have fun despite these fears.
I'm still toying with the specifics of how the mask can help to symbolise all of this, but I plan to cover these ideas in more detail later on.

The idea of a plain coloured mask gives potential to add colour/paint to it during the music video

The simplistic geometric animal head masks are another possibility that intrigues me. 

 

This is the first pitch I made. 

Collectively, we were underprepared as a class (although I did feel that my own 13 minute pitch answered all the necessary questions and painted a clear picture of my vision), which meant we had to do another pitch .

This is the second pitch I made.

The second pitch was also given the green light by my teacher, so now begins the hard work!