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Preliminary Task

What Is This Task?

In this task, I quickly went through the stages of producing a music video such as choosing the song, planning what approach to create the MV, storyboarding, shooting, and editing.

The Song Choosing Process

We’ve listed out the top 5 songs we want to use and given them a “type” for our music video

Doll House  (hyper real)

Late at Night (night views)

Too Good at Goodbyes (emotional)

Talk (contemporary dance)

Heartbreak Anniversary (narrative)

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We at last chose Heartbreak Anniversary. The original MV is a performance MV, we thought we want to focus more on the lyrics so we decided to make the elements mentioned stand out more)

Analyzing and Giving the Lyrics Our Definition

From 15seconds-60seconds

 

lyrics:

Balloons are deflated,

Deflated/floating up balloon (slow-motion)

 

Guess they look lifeless like me, 

Eyes to whole picture of the room (dolly-out)/whole room to eyes(dolly-in)/crouch in corner of the room(zoom) emotion is really depressed

 

We miss you on your side of the bed hmm, 

Sit down at one side of bed, touching the bed sheet repetitively(two separate shots)/lean towards to one side of bed (two separate shot), touching the bed sheet repetitively/laying down staring at the ceiling(birds eye view)

 

Still got your things here, 

Open a door to a room(following)/a wall of pictures

 

They stare at me like souvenirs, 

Actor’s point of view(tracking)/closeup of things

 

Don't wanna let you out my head, 

Holding up a picture(mid-shot)

 

Just like the day that I met you, 

Memory start: day that they first met, at a shop took the same, at a coffee/flower/book shop window,

 

The day I thought forever, 

Brush against the girl and keeps looking back(shoulder shot)

 

Said that you love me 

Chat history, girl saying “I love you”(closeup)/hold hands and say “I love you”

 

but that'll last for never, 

Chat history, boy saying “I love you too”(following up from previous shot)/let go the hand(close up)

 

It's cold outside, 

(Memory finished)Walk out of apartment with snow spray/big wind(establishing shot)

 

like when you walked out my life, 

The man stands there and his ex and another guy walks through/(Same place and shot position, transition to memory filter)

 

Why you walk out my life?

Look back the girl’s things/

 

Main characters: 

A boy and a girl (couple)/look up at the sky transition back to bed

Storyline: 

This MV is based on the memory of a men about his past relationship.

Storyboarding

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