Risk assessment for filming day

Final Shooting script

Untitled by Henri Lockett

Film day planning

On the day I will require:
-Camera (canon 700d)
-Shooting script
-story board
-lighting
-and a car

I will have to film over three days, preferably the 22nd,23rd and 24th of August as all of my actors and myself are free on those days. I will film over three days due to the amount of locations which will be covered and the 5:10 of footage which must be gathered between the locations.

Photographic storyboard

Mise en scene planning

Links between lyrics and visuals

The ashes fall, the wine spills - Cigarette ashes falling and wine spilling from a bottle, this                                                                           .                                                       represent the struggles and bad habits brought on

                                                        by their life style and the neglect of their government.

Yeah, my country tis of thee

Sweet land of kill 'em all and let 'em die- Saluting the camera, shows the government neglect                                                                                     .                                                                        even when the people affected are being patriotic.

The end of time is like a hour away- Fast motion clock gives a sense of time internally to the  .                                                               video.

The stars on the flag are never shinin'- Flag scruffily sprayed on a brick wall, shows state of .       .                                                                    disarray in the country and a lack of belief in it.

Cause I live by the sword and die by the sword-Shots of guns, they're a modern day take on     .                                                                                   swords, but also connote the appropriate 

                                                                                    fear and danger as a sword would,   .           . . .                                                                                   especially in the hands of a young man.

Mama said take what you want, I took heed, yeah- Shots praying on floor, show a     . . . . . . .       .                                                                                        pure/innocent side to the people.

Now let it breathe, yeah- Exhaling smoke, again showing bad habits.

Back to life, back to reality- Snapping back into the real world...

Granted we do it for vanity not humanity- lots of jewellery commonly associated with vanity,   .                                                                       shows there materialistic views...

But what's appealing to me is under banana trees, Lord- ...Then contrasts them with natural  .   .                                                                                                      ideals.

I go so hard, I tried to pay homage but I was overcharged
Ain't that a bitch?- Shows again the religious side.

Two fingers to my head, pow, peace of mind- Showing there mindset and how easy it would . .                                                                               be to end it for themselves.

It's a cold world, I put on a mink- Controversial, putting on a mink in such a poor surrounding.

Yeah, God bless America
This so Godless America- Saluting again, showing a fading patriotism.

Will I die or go to jail today?- Police in background, showing binary opposition. 

 

Album research: I am not a human being

Feedback on 1st draft shooting script (timeline)

Lauren Parton - "The shooting script looks very professional and is well detailed and systematic."

Callum Robinson - "It looks incredibly detailed and meticulously planned."

Joe Pointon - "Great use of a different style, the time line works well."

From this, I have gathered that my shooting script contains ample detail, both to convey my ideas to others and to help me whilst filming.

Finished Story board (drawn)

Changes to idea No.01

I have decided to change very little of this idea due to its feedback, however I have decided to include an incredibly long take which will be cut in and out of throughout the video.

My final choice

Completed 2nd draft shooting script/timeline

Theory and my ideas.

Blog feedback

Here are a few feedback tips from two groups on my blog. I have already started to act on the small number of blog posts and over load of text by uploading more varied formats. Other areas such as lack of audience research and product planning have too been improved and rectified.

This feedback was received from my media literate peers and there for has been written with a large amount of background knowledge of, not only the subject, but of the overall brief.

Feedback findings - analysis

Overall, I was not shocked by my findings. I knew that idea 1 was the strongest of the three and the results show that the audience agree with this.

I learnt/considered that I should use a city scape rather than just rough areas for my idea in order to add more variation. This suggestion will be worked into future shooting scripts and story boards etc...

Representations prezi

2nd draft shooting script in progress

These ar

e much more detailed notes into the shots and scenes within the song/video. Each millimetre across the timeline represents a second of the song.

1st draft shooting script/lyrical analysis

The below image shows some rough ideas as to what will be happening during the video whilst the lyrics are spoken, and also to decipher some of the hidden from the lyrics. As some of the lyrics in 'God bless Amerika' are spoken with a 'gangster' twist, there are some crossed meanings between lyrics.

Audience feedback

Survey

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GL9R76L

initial ideas 3

3 - Video Maker

Warning contains explicit lyrics, unfortunately no radio edit was available.

Lyrics:

[Wiz Khalifa - Verse 1]
It's the champagne pourin'
Big joint rollin'
Bombay sippin'
No blunt smoking
Bad bitch gettin'
Thick and she got some friends with her
I take 'em out pourin' shots of liquor
Drinkin' out the bottle, smiling in all my pictures
The marijuana loud so them hoes follow like twitter
nigga, you know everything Taylored
Don't rush to the bar fool, if you ain't got no paper
That's the rules, high as fuck, sloppy drunk when I'm passing through
Rollin' doobies up, ya hoe who we pass 'em to
Hit the club spend this money up, roll another one, drink, act a fool
That's what I have to do

[Chorus]
See after drinking champagne all night
Never worry bout a damn thing, y'all might
Homie I'm on my level (yeh)
I'm on my level (yeah)
I'm on my level (yeh)
I'm on my level (yeaah)

So let me take one shot to the brain
And I order three more shots
I'm going in, ayy
I'm on my level (yeh)
I'm on my level (yeah)
I'm on my level (yeh)
I'm on my level (yeaah)

[Wiz Khalifa - Verse 2]
Spent a couple dollars on my engine
motor roaring when I back out the garage
Gin got me drunk as fuck stumbling out the bar
Plus I'm struggling tryna find the keys to my car
Cause I be going hard, roll the camera
Life just like a movie, I'm the star
Wish you was in my position
You too broke to play the part
Of course I keep some bad women with me in the back
Sippin' Rose with some hash twistin'
All about a dollar, my team in the cash gettin'
Straight out the burb, we drinking we smash niggas
So when I say I'm balling, that don't mean that I'm playing mate
All my diamonds talkin', you can see what they sayin' mayne

[Chorus]

[Too $hort]
In the middle of the night, early in the mornin'
From the streets to the sheets with some freaks, I ain't yawnin'
I'm wide awake, we ain't eatin', we ain't sleepin'
These bitches so high man, we ain't even speakin'
We just freakin'
You rollin' with short dog baby
She was high on that pill so I fucked yo lady
Come to my house I give 'em everything they want
I might not dot it, but I give to ya women
Cocaine, mushrooms, ecstasy, GHB, Marijuana
She can suck it if she wanna
I got tequila, Ciroc and two freaky friends
and this a Wednesday night, this ain't the weekend

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
Man I'm high as fuck
Man I swear I'm on my level
Man I'm sloppy drunk
Man I swear I'm on my level
I finna pass out
man I swear I'm on my level
A nigga get smashed out
Man I swear I'm on my level

Man I'm high as fuck
Man I swear I'm on my level
Man I'm sloppy drunk
Man I swear I'm on my level
I finna pass out
man I swear I'm on my level
A nigga get smashed out
Man I swear I'm on my level

[Chorus]

initial ideas 2

2 - Video Maker

Warning contains explicit lyrics, unfortunately no radio edit was available.

Lyrics:

[Verse 1: A$AP Twelvyy]
I'm feelin' like Puff back in '98
Bad Boy here, boost the crime rate
My hand good but the nine great
Fuck the law, nigga, crime pays
Can't tax dirty money
Thank the Lord for dirty money
Man, I used to be dead broke
Now my bank full of dead folks
Get the Benjis for my brothers
Grants for the bills and the Jacksons to my mother
Momma love kept me so clean
And I got it with the dope fiends
Now I'm tryna get my dough clean
Hoes scream when they get a glimpse of the whole team
In that Velour VLONE
A Nutcracker at the kingdom
"Work" banging on my ringtone
Whole team getting dough, she ain't even know
It's the year of that A$AP
Niggas slept on us now it's time for that payback

[Hook 2x: A$AP Twelvyy]
It's mad stress round here
Got my bulletproof vest and my Tec round here
I just wanna get away
But I can't get away

[Verse 2: A$AP Twelvyy]
It's like my back's against the wall
See a nigga want it all, run the game with my dogs
See they praying that I fall
Another mural on the wall, front page of the Source
A blood stain on the floor
Another black boy lost, left slain in the Porsche
Man, they killed my nigga Stack B
I'm yelling, free my nigga Max B
Man, they killed that boy Trayvon
I got the right to carry firearms
Bill of Rights, I know my shit
Bunch of books and some loaded clips, tell the law, "Suck my dick"
Free my nigga S-1
And Remy too, for them 2? I'm a wreck, son
Light somethin', know a nigga stressed
Know a nigga blessed, gotta get this shit up off my chest
Fuck the rest, cause when sun is set
I'mma burnin' that then kill some clowns with my loaded Tec
Trigger happy, nigga nappy head peasy
Motherfucker, be easy motherfucker, ha

[Hook]

Initial video ideas

No title - Video Maker

Warning contains explicit lyrics, unfortunately no radio edit was available.

Lyrics:

[Verse 1]
Uh, my mind’s filled with mine fields
The ashes fall, the wine spills
The world stops, drops and rolls
It’s Judgment Day or a fire drill
Yea, I pour out my heart, have a drink
They say the drunk never lie, they ain’t never lyin yea
My country tis of thee
Sweet land of kill em all and let em die

[Hook]
God bless Amerika
This ole' godless Amerika
I heard tomorrow ain’t promised today
The end of time is like a hour away

[Verse 2]
Damn, military minded, lost and can’t find it
The stars on the flag are never shining
Uh, I saw a butterfly in hell today
Will I die or go to jail today?
Cause I live by the sword and die by the sword
Heard police was looking for me, I’mma hide by abroad
Shootin stars in my pocket, bitch sit on my rocket
I’m wired off a socket, but still shocking
Everybody wanna tell me what I need
You can play a role in my life but not the lead
If there’s food for thought then I’m guilty of greed
Mama said take what you want – I took heed yea
Now let it breathe, yea

[Verse 3]
Back to life, back to reality
Been eating my girl and she’s so sweet, got cavities
Granted we do it for vanity not humanity
But what’s appealing to me is under banana trees, love
I go so hard, I tried to pay homage but I was overcharged
Ain’t that a bitch? I’m just a nut tryna bust a nut in the nut shell
Used to say fuck the police, now I say fuck jail
Same shit, different air freshner
I don’t play boy, I ain’t Hugh Hefner
Tryna be a step ahead, but a few feet behind
Two fingers to my head, pop! Peace of mind
I be in the cloud, cloud number 9
And I just fucked the clock and let it come to time
It’s a cold world, I put on a mink
There’s a chain of commands, I’m the missing link

[Hook]
God bless Amerika
This ole' godless Amerika
I heard tomorrow ain’t promised today
And I’m smoking on them flowers, catch the bouquet

[Outro]
Here we live by the sword and die by the sword
The police are looking for me, I’mma hide by abroad
Shootin stars in my pocket, bitch sit on my rocket
I’m wired off a socket, but still shockin em
Everybody wanna tell me what I need
You can play a role in my life but not the lead
I saw a butterfly in hell today
Will I die or go to jail today ?