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Artist: Briscott

SongTitle: 3ft tall music video.

Genre: Acoustic

Target audience: easy listeners 14-35

Narrative:

On a bench: A montage of series different young couples aged 16, dressed in casual clothing and looking their age in loved up situations e.g. holding hands, cuddling, just generally looking happy together on a bench for the duration of 30 seconds. Each couple will be filmed for 3 seconds each, we will have 10 couples who know each other or are actually in a relationship to make the scene more believable. This will be filmed in mid shots; every couple will be in the exact same place as the previous couple. So when the editing is finished it will come together as a montage. This montage is being used to amplify the lyrics of being happy in a relationship and feeling close to someone special.

Garden: This will be the first small introduction of stop motion, we will take pictures of growing tomatoes over a period of time in close up shots when all the images are played after one another it will show the tomatoes growing up in a garden gradually over time, this amplifies the lyrics of ‘we’ve been growing up in the same old town from 3ft tall some of us met eyes’,. The main point of this small clip of animation is to show the tomatoes getting larger throughout there growth focusing on them still being together, this would be harder to do with people as it would involve using children, as none of our group have younger siblings it will be to hard to find a cast.

On a bench: a similar shot of the previous montage, however we will use slightly older couples aged 18 to enforce the idea of growing older with someone else, this again will be for 3 seconds each however this will not last as long as the previous montage, we will aim for about ten seconds. As before these shots will be filmed in mid shot.

Bathroom: This is another short clip of the tomatoes however this will actually be recorded. A recorded shot of the fruit sailing in a boat in a bath. This is being filmed instead of photographed as it will be impossible to capture all the sharp movements that will be made when the boat is sailing. This will be filmed close up so the camera can focus on the expressions drawn onto the tomatoes, also when close up the audience will not be able to see our hands pushing the boat along the water.

On a bench: a similar shot of the previous montage, however we will use slightly older couples to enforce the idea of growing older with someone else, this again will be for 3 seconds each however this will not last as long as the previous montage, we will aim for about ten seconds. As before these shots will be filmed in mid shot.

White background room: This will be our second use of a small stop motion animation, using post cards we will create a small background for the tomatoes to stand in front of, the postcards will be of places in the north east south and west, this is to match the lyrics of ‘we’ve been north east south and west, wouldn’t think of anything less now’. The tomatoes will be seen with small props that will move, the props will be stereotypical items of which post card is behind them.

Park: Montage of couples on a swing we decided to use a swing as it has connotations of youth as we really want the lyrics to be amplified as much as possible it will be similar shot to the previous montage, however we will use slightly older couples to enforce the idea of growing older with someone else, this again will be for 3 seconds each however this will not last as long as the previous montage, we will aim for about ten seconds. As before these shots will be filmed in mid shot.

Park: Another small clip of stop motion, the tomatoes will be swinging on the swings. This has to photographed in a close up to hide our hands moving the corners of the swing. When all the images are put together the swing will look like its moving by its self.

Bench: back to more couples a similar shot of the previous montage, however we will use slightly older couples to enforce the idea of growing older with someone else, this again will be for 3 seconds each however this will not last as long as the previous montage, we will aim for about ten seconds. As before these shots will be filmed in mid shot. Again filmed in mid shot yet close enough to be able to recognise the people are getting older

Park: Here will will film people just playing on a film, as the song gets more emotional we are thinking of using black and white as it will resemble a flash back, this could be a flash back of the older couples shown in the montage, this will be filmed in wide shot to capture all the chaos of youth.

Bathroom: This is another short clip of the tomatoes however this will actually be recorded. A recorded shot of the fruit sailing in a boat in a bath. This is being filmed instead of photographed as it will be impossible to capture all the sharp movements that will be made when the boat is sailing. This will be filmed close up so the camera can focus on the expressions drawn onto the tomatoes, also when close up the audience will not be able to see our hands pushing the boat along the water.



Bathroom: Stop motion images of a tomatoes one with a little towel round it this will be filmed in a close up.

White background room: again using post cards we will create a small background for the tomatoes to stand in front of, the postcards will be of places in the north east south and west, this is to match the lyrics of ‘we’ve been north east south and west, wouldn’t think of anything less now’. The tomatoes will be seen with small props that will move, the props will be stereotypical items of which post card is behind them.

White background: Close up of tomato ketchup being squirted into the name of the song and artist, a final close up on the title then fade to black.

Resources: Social networking sites and surveys

Crew: Beth Tom Jade

Time: 3 Weeks

Budget: £80,000