- A young girl dressed in a out dated (vintage) costume (dress) is stationed in a large field completely alone.
-She takes toys out of a small wooden box and begins to play with them in the grass. (This will be a close up shot of her hands and will quickly cut to an overshoulder shot.)
- Cut to a split screen with the young girl dominating most of the screen whilst two ( of the four in total) masked men (dressed with animal masks to look like human versions of the girls animal toys) are appearing from the taller grass in the other two sections of the split screen.
-Cut between several different shots showing the escapades of the masked men as they recreate the actions the girl is creating with the toys.
The shots included in this particular scene will be:
-Extreme close ups
- low angle tilts
-high angle shots
-close ups
-tracking shots
-panning in and out shots
- The cuts between each shot become shorter and shorter as the toys (masked men) proceed to get closer to the girl
- A split screen will be used as the masked men reach the girl and pull her from the shot
The shots included in this particular scene will be:
-birdseye view of the girl
-close up tilt of masks
-tracking shot of the hands of the masked men as they reach towards the girl
- The previous scene fades out for 2 seconds and fades into a close up of the feet of one of the masked men. The camera then pans up to the torso and head of the masked men to reveal the wooden toy box in the one of the mens hands. A toy of the girl is placed inside the box and the lid is closed.
- End on a shot of the toys returning to their orignal locations in the field.
Possible closing shot idea>
An interesting idea Lyndsey. I suggest you begin to pracise these shots with toys and masks even if the footage is very rough. Check out the music video "Let the White Doves Sing" archive (2008-2010) Jessie Hall and the video is posted under G324 Planning on Jessie's blog.
ReplyDeleteStudents haven't always been successful with masks and dolls etc in music videos and they often end up looking cheesy and unconvincing. Jessie's is an exception. I suggest you also have Plan B, particulrly as you are able to shoot your artist in performance.