PITCH DAY
You will pitch your idea for your music video on Tuesday 2nd October. It doesn’t have to last longer than 5 minutes but you must have answers for the following.
BASIC IDEA
What is the overall idea for your music video? Is it performance based? Is there a narrative? Is it conventional? Is it abstract? A GENERAL INTRO INTO YOUR IDEAS.
INFLUENCES
Is this similar to any existing videos? Or films? Or books? Or anything else?
PERFORMERS
Who’s going to make the magic happen in front of the camera?
COSTUMES
Your performers have to look like stars – how are you going to dress them? How many costume changes will you have?
PROPS
Do you need musical instruments? Props for the narrative? Props for symbolism?
LOCATIONS
Where is going to shot? How many locations are you going to use?
EQUIPMENT
Lights? Dolly? Something to play the track?
SCHEDULE
When are you filming? Do you need a weekend or a few evenings?
EFFECTS
What are you hoping to do in post-production (Photoshop, Final Cut, After Effects)?
A camera will be available for this to be filmed and then place on your blog – but only if you’re comfortable with this.
To make this a more visual and envigorating presentation you can either write this pitch on a blog post but better would be a Prezi or maybe a Powerpoint.
The benefits of you going through this process are as follows:
1) You’ll have a pitch on your blog – 2 if you allow me to film it and upload it.
2) You’ll have thought about and prepared for the main challenges for filming.
3) It will force you to form a solid plan for the production – you don’t have to stick with it.
4) You’ll get really good feedback from your peers that will help you, either with fresh ideas, highlighting potential problems, offering solutions.
5) It’ll be nice to test your presentations skills which are useful for real world stuff.
DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT – JUST BE PREPARED – YOU’RE AMONG FRIENDS – IT’LL BE ACE