Planning Footage

As I have previously stated, I would like my music video to show many different kinds of relationships, the shots will be in time with the music and I think I may divide the verses and have a friendship be the first half of the first verse and have the second half be a romantic relationship etc.

I don't want to have ALL the friendship footage in a clump, and all the romantic footage in a clump, etc, I want to spread it all out so its a continuous story.

I haven't yet decided how much of the video I want lip synced - if at all, so below I have done a table showing the pro's and con's of each option.

	PRO’S	CON’S
Live performance/lip sync	·         It feels real from the perspective of the main character/artist, as they can sing the lyrics they are feeling	·         The actors may get shy and not put enough effort or confidence into their performance, which can seriously alter the quality of the video ·         There is no set narrative, we can only rely on the lyrics to picture a scenario
Narrative story	·         We can relate the lyrics to a story we can see, we don’t have to use our imagination ·         A narrative can make us think, I think this adds an interesting element.	·         There’s no live performance meaning some people may not feel the narrative and song are directly connected
Mixture	·         You have both elements of a narrative and live performance, getting the best of both worlds	·         It can be distracting if there’s a tension building point in the narrative, and then there’s a cut to an artist singing ·         It can divide the music video up more perhaps making it more lighthearted than if there was a solid block of a strong narrative.