Planning : Casting / Locations / Costume / Props / Camera Equipment / Lighting / Shot List / Filming Schedule

Once you have completed the work set out below, you need to manage your own time in order to complete all of the following by the start of Term 3.

Each stage below is part of your planning evidence and must be detailed in a separate post.


Planning : Casting

This post should clearly evidence the casting of performers for your music video.

You should include video evidence of actors 'performing' so that a clear sense of their suitability can be seen.

Evidence of Level 4 planning for this aspect can be found by CLICKING HERE and HERE

Planning : Filming Locations

This post should clearly evidence the choice of locations for your music video.

You should include still image and video footage of the locations you consider. 

Evidence of Level 2 planning for this aspect can be found by CLICKING HERE - why do you think this evidence is only Level 2? What could you do to ensure that it moves beyond BASIC and into GOOD (level 3) or EXCELLENT (Level 4)?

Planning : Costume 

This post should clearly evidence the consideration of costume worn by the performers in your music video.

You should include a clear explanation of how your costume choices reflect the artist's style and the genre of music into which the song falls.

Evidence of Level 4 planning for this aspect can be found by CLICKING HERE

Planning : Props 

This post should clearly evidence the consideration of how props will be used in your music video.

Evidence of Level 4 planning for this aspect can be found by CLICKING HERE

Planning : Camera Equipment

This post should clearly evidence the planning of camera equipment for your music video.

We have a range of cameras available. You need to record test footage with these which shows that you have practised using the camera equipment before it comes to the actual filming for your music video.

You need to include photos of the equipment and of you using it.

Evidence of Level 4 planning for this aspect can be found by CLICKING HERE.

Planning : Lighting 

This post should clearly evidence the consideration of lighting for your music video.

You should show thought about the need for lighting or, if there is no need, why this is the case.

Evidence of Level 4 planning for this aspect can be found by CLICKING HERE

Planning : Shot List

You must produce a shot list which clearly shows what footage will be needed during the filming stage.

You can see a completed shot list for the music video 'Selfies' produced by Evie Brudenall by CLICKING HERE

Planning : Filming Schedule

Once everything else above is completed you are in the position of being able to produce a filming schedule.

The filming schedule draws things together and can be used as a tool to ensure that you have everything you need to be able to film successfully.

Planning : Audience Feedback

Once you have created your animatic, you need to obtain some audience feedback regarding the ideas that you have BEFORE moving any further forwards.

Show your animatic to members of your identified target audience and record their feedback in some way.

This could be via a survey or through 1:1 or group conversations.

Create a post titled Planning : Audience Feedback and record details of what you did and the feedback that you received.

You should also show some sense of reflection regarding the feedback that you receive. Is it going to make you change your ideas for your music video in any way? How helpful did you find the observations made by members of your target audience?

Planning : Storyboard and Animatic

Once you have a clear idea for your music video you need to produce a storyboard for it.

Once you have completed your storyboard, take photographs of each panel and save these to your Mac.

These need to be imported into Adobe Premiere Pro, together with an MP3 of your chosen song, in order to create an animatic for your music video.

When you are editing your animatic, you MUST take screen shots of the construction process along the way. You will need these at a later point.

Once you have edited your animatic you need to export it and upload it to Youtube.

Here are some examples of A grade animatics, together with the finished music videos, created by students in previous years.

Evie Brudenall







Panashe Charamba






Create a post titled Planning : Storyboarding and Animatic in which you do the following:

1. Explain the process that you followed to produce the storyboard panels.
2. Include images of these as evidence - the more the better.
3. Explain the process of creating the animatic - use the screen shots you took along the way to act as further supporting evidence.
4. Embed your animatic via Youtube.

This post must be detailed and contain careful explanation of your workflow up to and including the creation of the final animatic.

Planning : Are You Up To date?

The screenshot below shows the tasks you should have evidence of on your blog by the estate of today's lesson EXCEPT the storyboard animatic which I will discuss with you today.



The first thing to reflect upon is "Are you up to date?"

It is Parents' Evening this Thursday and I do not want to have to upset any of your parents by telling them that you have not been completing the work you have been set!

You will be given a Coursework Checkpoint sheet to complete in today's lesson.