Inspiration - Kesha; Take it off

This video by Kesha has inspired us to use glow paints as an effect as on it you can see by these screen grabs the paint being thrown about and i think that this will look good in our music video to show the hurt of each character and by throwing paint round etc... will relieve the stress that they are under and then will be able to see each characters personality by the colour of the paint that they throw. For example if one character throws red paint, then it will show that she needs love in her life or maybe has occurred heartbreak in her life which is brought out by the paint colour red.

Treatment Sheet

Treatment sheet

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Risk Assessment

When filming our music video we will all have to consider the risks involved before filming it. For instance, when we are first on the beach we will have to make sure the tide doesn’t look like its going to come in and we will have to make sure that wherever we lay down there isn’t any glass etc… that we could cut ourselves on. Also we will have to walk around the areas of Seaton that we are shooting in and make sure there is nothing in our way that we could fall or trip over. As we are filming in the surroundings of sand dunes and car parks also, we will have to walk round the area before we start to make sure there isn’t any logs or twigs that we could fall over as we run onto the beach in our video, this will make us be aware of our surroundings and the dangers we may face if we don’t plan out our sequence’s properly. As we are making a fire for our music video when we are in the sand dunes, we will have to be careful that it doesn't get out of control or over the top that we can't handle it, as this will be dangerous.We will also have to watch out for each other when filming, as we won’t want the person who is filming being knocked over by one of the actors and then damaging the camera equipment. We will have to plan out were the person who is filming is going to stand after every shot to make the shooting and running of it flow into each scene of the music video, so we make it look as professional as possible.

Breakdown of lyrics

Instrumental (0-1:00)



My skin is like a map, of where my heart has been (0.58-1:04)
And I can’t hide the marks, but it’s not a negative thing (1:06-1:11)
So I let down my guard, drop my defenses, down by my clothes (1:12-1:18)
I’m learning to fall, with no safety net, to cushion the blow (1:19-1:25)

I’ve found your finger prints on a glass of wine (1:29-1:33)
Do you know you’re leaving them all over this heart of mine too (1:36-1:41)
But if I never take this leap of faith I’ll never know (1:42-1:48)
So I’m learning to fall with no safety net to cushion the blow (1:49-1:55)

I bruise easily, so be gentle when you handle me (1:56-2:02)
There’s a mark you leave, like a love heart carved on a tree (2:03-2:10)
I bruise easily, can’t scratch the surface without moving me (2:11-2:17)
Underneath I bruise easily, I bruise easily (2:18-2:25)


My skin is like a map, of where my heart has been (2:27-2:32)
And I can’t hide the marks, but it’s not a negative thing (2:34-2:39)
But if I never take this leap of faith I’ll never know (2:41-2:47)
So I’m learning to fall, with no safety net, to cushion the blow (2:48-2:54)

I bruise easily, so be gentle when you handle me (2:54-3:01)
There’s a mark you leave, like a love heart, carved on a tree (3:02-3:08)
I bruise easily, can’t scratch the surface without moving me (3:09-3:16)
Underneath I bruise easily, (3:17-3:20)

I bruise easily, so be gentle when you handle me (3:24-3:30)
There’s a mark you leave, like a love heart, carved on a tree (3:31-3:37)
I bruise easily, can’t scratch the surface without moving me (3:38-3:45)
Underneath I bruise easily, I bruise easily (3:46-3:50)

I bruise easily (3:50-3:54)


I bruise easily, so be gentle when you handle me (3:54-4:00)
There’s a mark you leave, like a love heart, carved on a tree (4:01-4:07)
I bruise easily, can’t scratch the surface without moving me (4:08-4:14)
Underneath I bruise easily, (4:15-4:19)
I bruise easily (4:20-4:22)

I bruise easily, so be gentle when you handle me (4:23-4:29)
There’s a mark you leave, like a love heart, carved on a tree (4:30-4:36)
I bruise easily, can’t scratch the surface without moving me (4:37-4:43)
Underneath I bruise easily, (4:44-4:48)
I bruise easily (4:49-4:51)

Instrumental (4:52-5:54)

As there is a lot of remixes to this song we have chosen a remix within a remix, so it was hard to find the exact timings out as some of the words have also changed within this version. We have tried to get the timings as accurately as we can, as there is a 2 minute instrumental piece at the beginning and the end of the song, where here we can add our flashbacks in when we create our video.

Initial ideas

Different version of our song

We looked for different versions of the song for bruised water, and we decided to use this one as it is faster and more up beat and has a longer beginning so we could include our flash backs at the beginning for the first minute.

Audience profile

The audience for our music video is going to be teenagers as that is the age group of the type of trance genre is aimed at, as teenagers like quite up beat fast pace music and thats what 'bruised water' is like. We are going to aim our music video towards teenagers by using the setting as a beach as we think this is a place were teenagers can relate to and most likely go to. The teenage age is around 13-19 so as a bigger age range we need to think carefully about not making our video too young or too old.

Callsheet

Callsheet

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inspiration for the flashbacks

This video has inspired us to create a flashback effect at the beginning of our music video.

inspiration for our make up

Brief shopping list

Costume ideas

This is our ideas for our costumes in the forest scenes. The dresses will be made out of muslin and to create an old effect will be stained with tea bags. The dresses will be wrapped round us like a 'goddess' style but then will then later on unravel to reveal a blag short dress underneath. We will also have black contact lenses in to show that the characters sadness has now turned to anger and fury. This idea has came through to show the characters are overcoming there problems and fears. We are planning to make our costumes ourselves.

Make up list

This is just a brief idea of how we would want our make up to be in our final music video.

Lyrics to 'Bruised Water'

Chicane Lyrics (featuring Natasha Bedingfield) – Bruised Water

My skin is like a map, of where my heart has been
And I can’t hide the marks, but it’s not a negative thing
So I let down my guard, drop my defenses, down by my clothes
I’m learning to fall, with no safety net, to cushion the blow

I bruise easily, so be gentle when you handle me
There’s a mark you leave, like a love heart, carved on a tree
I bruise easily, can’t scratch the surface without moving me
Underneath I bruise easily, I bruise easily

I’ve found your finger prints on a glass of wine
Do you know you’re leaving them all over this heart of mine too
But if I never take this leap of faith I’ll never know
So I’m learning to fall with no safety net to cushion the blow

I bruise easily, so be gentle when you handle me
There’s a mark you leave, like a love heart carved on a tree
I bruise easily, can’t scratch the surface without moving me
Underneath I bruise easily, I bruise easily

Anyone who, can touch you, can hurt you, or heal you
Anyone who, can reach you, can love you, or leave you

So be gentle
So be gentle
So be gentle
So be gentle

I bruise easily, so be gentle when you handle me
There’s a mark you leave, like a love heart, carved on a tree
I bruise easily, can’t scratch the surface without moving me
Underneath I bruise easily,

I bruise easily, so be gentle when you handle me
There’s a mark you leave, like a love heart, carved on a tree
I bruise easily, can’t scratch the surface without moving me
Underneath I bruise easily, I bruise easily

I bruise easily
I bruise easily

The original video to our chosen song

This is the video for the song we have chosen. We aim to do something completely different to this video as we want it to be original and of our own ideas. We have some inspiration from this video but are going to make it our own and create a video completely different to it.

Research questionnaire answers

Questionnaire Answers.

1) What type of genre would you like to watch the music video for?

Dance; 4

R&B; 4

Trance; 2

POP; 3

Gothic Horror; 1

2) Do you usually watch music videos for entertainment?

Yes; 9

No; 1

3) Are you a fan of the trance genre?

Yes; 7

No; 3

4) What kind of props do you think we should use in our music video?

- Objects relating to the song

- Guitars

- None X2

- Different outfits

- Glow paints X2

- Sticks

- Photos X2

- Car X2

- Paint

5) Which of these shots would you expect to see in a trance music video?

Close up; 6

Long shot; 4

Establishing shot; 5

Aerial shot; 4

Pan shot; 5

Other; 1

Would you expect frequent shots of the main artists?

Yes; 7

No; 2

Some; 1

7) Do you expect the use of transitions between shots in music videos?

Yes; 8

No; 2

8) What type of mise-en-scene would you expect to see in a trance music video?

Beach X3

Party X3

Young People

Changes in outfit

Dance routines

Exaggerated make-up

Cars

Houses

Forests X2

Different locations

Dark lighting

Flashbacks

Colourful surroundings

9) Would you like to see a narrative within the music video?

Yes; 7

No; 3

w Would you prefer the visual footage to relate to the lyrics of the music video?

Yes; 7

No; 3

We created a questionnaire to hand our to potential viewers of our music video, we did this in order to get a wider perspective of ideas from other people outside of our group, with a wide range of taste in music genres. From these results we can see that most people like the trance/pop genre of our music video and that 90% of people asked watch a music video for entertainment, from these results we know to make the video entertaining. We additionally know that the audience would like us to use props such as paints, glow paints photos and objects in relation to the lyrics of the song. We have also learnt that the audience would lie us to use frequent shots of the main artist, but not for this to be the main focus of the music video, we would combine the artist shots with a range of medium, close up, pan and zoom shots. Most people also expect a trance music video to use transitions combined with a narrative and the footage to be in relation to the lyrics and genre of the song. Finally, the viewers would like to see the mise-en-scene to include a beach, a forest or a party scene most. After these more important surroundings people would enjoy seeing colourful outfits which change throughout the video, dance routines, exaggerated make up, well used lighting, flashbacks and colourful surroundings. From this questionnaire we have found that the audience has similar ideas to our initial ideas, and we would like to both include and elaborate on these ideas during the creation of our music video.

Inspiration from movement

This video advert has nothing to do with our video, but we have got inspiration from it as the little girl in it is harmless but gets noticed due to the fact of the stiff movements from her hands and neck. We find that this relates to what we want to do as it incorporates well with our ideas of people being noticed because of the way they move and are dressed. We think this will be effective for our video.

Video Ideas

Costume ideas

Proof of permission

We written a letter to chicane asking if we could use her song 'bruised water' via a social networking site myspace on the internet.

Letter for permission

16\07\10

jasmine.graham33@gmail.com

To whom it May concern;

We are media students currently studying at Hartlepool Sixth Form College. We are interested in using your song ‘ Bruised Water’ in our work, which will consist of us creating a music video and try to attempt to portray the music in an original way. We are hoping to create a performance-based video, in which we are contemplating on also including a narrative within. Our initial ideas consist of five individuals painted in blue and purple glow paint, in which we have tried to represent, the hurt they are feeling on the inside shown on the outside. So mental scarring shown on the outside thus relating to the lyrics ‘ I bruise easily’. We also are planning to attempt dancing within our video, but jerky so you can see our characters are hurting. The beginning of the video we plan to have our characters dressed casual looking over a cliff and next they are lying in different locations they then head towards the beach at the end you see them walk into the sea and when they are walking out the sea they are normal again. As if their worries and pain have been washed away. The camera will be on top of the cliff filming the characters walking out the sea thus relating to the beginning of the video where the characters are looking down. Thus leaving the viewer wondering who is watching them leaving the narrative ending on an actual cliffhanger. The costumes are bright blue glow paint with purple bruises their makeup will consist of large eyelashes to extenuate the eyes which will have white contacts in. Perhaps representing that they are blind to everything around them and focused on only the hurt in which they are feeling. Also running black mascara will be used. Backcombed hair and black dresses with slits in showing red glow paint representing more scars on the inside. We have decided to create our characters in a kind of trance due to the fact the genre of music is trance. As you can see we have planned our video thoroughly and would be extremely grateful if it would be at all possible to use your song. Our finished product will be professionally finished and further contribute to the popularity of your song.

Yours sincerely,

Jasmine Graham, Coral-Anne Houghton, Grace Peel.