Risk Assessment

After looking back on my plan for this video I have realised that there are some things that could go wrong during the filming or prep. Hopefully nothing will go wrong but just in case I thought I could make a list on what can go wrong so I can be ready for it.

• Camera could die whilst filming
• May not be able to compromise a day all the actors in my video to be on location
• My main actor for video could back-out
• The location may be quiet busy when filming (HOPEFULLY NOT) 
• Bad weather, but may make my video better

These are quite minor issues that may happen, as I have stated in earlier posts there will be free running in my video. This can be a major issue if there are any problems, hopefully not but my actor could injure himself in the middle of filming. This is why I have spoken to him about if there are certain stunts that he is unable to do as I know that he has injured himself in the past with certain stunts. This will probably cause the most worry for me whilst filming but I don't expect him to do anything he  cant handle.

Worries

I am still yet to start filming my music video, this is worrying me as I am running out of time. I should have most of the shots for my music video by now but unfortunately I do not, My actor is still busy with other business and still tells me he wants to be i the video but I am not sure how much longer I can wait. I need to start filming within the next week, if not I may have to think of something else.

Music videos with free running

This may not be an official music video but it does link with my own work through the free running content. I decided to do this as I thought it would good idea to see what sort of shots and camera angles work with these types of videos. This example seems to show quite a few clips that  are slowed down creating more effect while they perform. It would probably do me well to do the same to some extent, to be honest i fell it would have been better if they slowed it down just a little bit more so I think I will slow it down even more.

I feel this is a more interesting video and a better example to use, as I stated before I would prefer the video to have much slower clips. This video has a lot slower clips as well as other effects that the other does not. For example there was a clip near the start of the video where a clip just paused for a couple of seconds, I thought this was interesting. Im not so sure that this effect would work in my video but I will look back and listen to my song again to see if there is somewhere I can fit this effect in I will.

Film Trouble

Unfortunately I am yet to begin filming on my music video, the actor I want has a rather packed schedule so therefore i have not had the chance to gather footage. I have spoken to this person and he has assured me that he will be free to work with me within the next few weeks, hopefully there wont be too big a gap between filming posts in the future.

Questionaire

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Lyrics

The genre my song is from is Dub step, therefore there is hardly any lyrics in my song but there is some. The only lyrics that are in the song are 'Innocence' and 'You'll never be mine', as it is important for performance to be included in the video I will be sure that there will be lip syncing so there is at least some sort of performance.

plan of action

I have spoken to the person I want to be involved in the video, I have explained the idea of the video and as I hoped it to be a rather active video so I have gone through the certain stunts I would like to see in the video with him to see if he would be able to perform them.

I have asked if will be able to perform stunts such as

• front flips over people as they run at him 
• free running over certain objects such as walls
•  benches 
• large drops

He seemed fine with everything I have asked of him and he himself has given recommendations to what I could do and certain things he can do in my video to make it more interesting which is great to hear.

The next step will be to look for locations that suit mine and my actors needs
I will have to look for locations that allow my actor to easily work with for the video which have objects that he can work with such as

• Brick walls
• Large Drops
• Slopes 
• Fences
• Poles
• Large Trees

The next thing to do will be to actually start shooting the video, as I am making the video I will take pics of the location and the actors working. These images will be posted on my blog as well as filming updates, hopefully these will be quite often at least two posts a week just for updates. 

After I have enough footage for my video I will begin to edit my video together (the part i'm dreading) again when it comes to this point I will edit small parts of the video together and post them with the appropriate verses from the song. Hopefully this will keep you interested in my project. Once my video is complete I will post it on the blog with all the marketing objects such as album cover, posters and ticket designs.

mood board

These are just a couple of small mood boards I have made, most of these images are from albums that Nero have created or images from their music video for Innocence. Other images are related to dubstep in general such as posters or logos.

I decided to create a small mood board displaying free-running movements as I thought that since it has become the main focus of my video it would be best to do some research into it. I plan on dedicating future blog posts to free-running looking at how the movements can fit in with the music and see if there have been any other music videos that include free-running to see how they dealt with the challenge of incorporating it in the video.

Facebook

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Band Name

Blackout-

Equipment

If I am going to make this video I will need a range of equipment that will aid me in the creation of my music video and make it easier for me. To start, the most vital piece of equipment that I will need for this project is a camera. The better the camera the higher quality the video will be, as this is supposed to be passed off as a professional music video it will not help if the camera I use makes the video look poor.

Try-pod- There will be a number of times in the filming of this video that I will need a steady shot, a try-pod will come in very handy for this. There will be quite a few shots where the subject will be running across a field or from a far distance and so the try-pod will effectively keep the shot steady making the shot look professional.

If there are any further pieces of equipment that can and will be used I will be sure to update this post with teem.

Locations

 St John's gardens will be one of the locations I will be visiting to shoot my music video. I thought this would be  a good location to use in my video because I think that I could get some great shots of my actor free running over the walls around the garden. I also thought that I would be able to include some shots that have some colour in from the many flowers in the garden. The only problem I think there could be with this location is that St John's gardens is normally quite busy, I don't really want a lot of people in the music video. I understand that this is highly unlikely to happen when I am filming in public places like the gardens. Hopefully if I film this part of my video during the week there wont be a lot of people in the shot,