Music Video Style Book

Music Video Location Photos and Scout Survey

 

Project Name: Sunshine 

 Completed by: ~October 18^th, 2015

 Scout Date & Time:

September 27^th, 2015 4:00pm-10:00pm

Location address:

Indiana University campus, Robert C. Beutter Riverfront park, bedroom, dinning room, and front door of any house.

Day and time of shoot:

Afternoon, bright sunlight, around 2:30pm-6:30pm. 11^th and 17th of October  (Indiana University campus, Robert C. Beutter Riverfront park, bedroom, dinning room)

Evening, dark, zero sunlight, around 8:00pm~. 24^th of October (front door of house).

Location description (interior/ exterior):

University campus: Bright red bridge with apex, over a calm river. Benches around a fountain that is not turned on/ benches underneath a green canopy of trees.

Robert C. Beutter Riverfront park: Bright red bridge, no apex, over a calm river. Circular sitting area with large boulders (two or three in the middle of the area and many other boulders surrounding the entire circle). Small waterfall near the entrance of the park, with a large boulder at the end of the waterfall, placed in the middle of  the river. Entire area has cleanly cut, bright green grass, not many trees or animals, and is calm with not many people or sounds.

Bedroom: Medium sized and slightly messy. Bed is well made, and nothing is on the foor except for a few bits of dirty laundry scattered randomly. Bed is solid dark color. Everything is monochromatic for the most part.

Dinning room: Large and slightly fancy. Lacey/ silky table clothe with many lit candles on the table. A single flower in the middle of the table. Also fairly monochromatic.

Front door of house: Dark area, very normal looking.  A couple bushes and shrubs around door, and an outdoor light right at the entrance of the house. Large front lawn, clean cut, and bright green.

Describe the scene and action. How many people are on camera?

Indiana University campus: 1^st shot-Main subjects walking toward one another from opposite ends of the bridge. Can only see one subject at a time. Subjects bump into one another near the apex and female subject drops items from her hands. Now the camera shows both subjects at the same time. Camera zooms into both subjects hands as they meet and into their faces as they look at one another. One two people are on camera at this point. 2^nd shot- Main subjects walking toward one another from opposite ends of the bridge. Can only see one subject at a time. Subjects bump into one another near apex, but this time instead of the male subject reaching down with the female subject to grab her fallen items, two strangely dressed men run up and sabotage entire meeting. 4 total people are in frame during scene.

Robert C. Beutter Riverfront park: 1^st shot- Main subjects walking toward one another from opposite ends of the bridge. Can only see one subject at a time. Subjects bump into one another near the apex and female subject drops items from her hands. Now the camera shows both subjects at the same time. Camera zooms into both subjects hands as they meet and into their faces as they look at one another. Only two people are on camera at this point. 2^nd shot- Main subjects walking toward one another from opposite ends of the bridge. Can only see one subject at a time. Subjects bump into one another near apex, but this time instead of the male subject reaching down with the female subject to grab her fallen items, two strangely dressed men run up and sabotage entire meeting. Four total people are in frame. 3^rd shot- couple sitting on rock in the middle of river, near waterfall. Both subjects are cuddling, talking, giggling, and having a great time. Two total people are in frame. 4^th shot- couple sitting on rock in the middle of the river, near waterfall, both subjects are cuddling, talking, giggling, and having a great time. Same two strange men come and sabotage the scene, pushing either one of the subjects into the river, ruining there day. Four total people are in frame. 5^th shot- Two main subjects are walking/sitting in the circular area at the park. Talking and having a good time. Two people are in frame.

Bedroom: 1^st shot- Main subjects are acting slightly romantic near bedroom entrance/ on bed. Two people are in frame. 2^nd shot- Main subjects are acting slightly romantic near bedroom entrance/ on bed. Two strange men come and sabotage the scene. Four people total in frame.

Dinning Room: 1^st shot- Two main subjects are having dinner, chating, giggling. Two total people in frame. 2^nd shot- Two main subjects are having dinner, then same two men sabotage entire scene. Four total people in frame.

How much space is needed?

For all scenes, there is not a specific amount of space needed. All outdoor scenes will be filmed in open spaces. All indoor scenes (bedroom and dinning room), are slightly less open.

Will the action be shot from one or multiple locations?

The meeting scene will be shot in two different locations for editing purposes. Every location chosen for filming has action shots, most of which has two different spins on the action-taking place.

Is there off-screen space available?

Yes

What are the light levels and sources of light? How does this impact your scene?

All outdoor shots, filmed in the day time, will use mostly natural lighting, while the indoor shots (bedroom and dinning room), have artificial lighting. Using certain filters on the indoor artificial light to cool down or warm up the entire tone of the area will be used in order to give all shots a single color scheme. The nighttime shot will use complete artificial lighting, but since it is supposed to be taken at night, the color and amount of light, how it looks, is not a big deal. As long as the area can be seen and the subjects are visible, that is all that matters.

Are you recording sound? Are there any issues to be aware of?

No

Is there any special equipment needed?

Filters for artificial lighting.

Are there any concerns that need to be addressed about shooting at this location?

No

Other notes:

None

FEAR video

FEAR from Sophie Queisi on Vimeo.

Emotion Photos- FEAR

Music Video Analysis

Karma Police by Radiohead, probably one of my favorite songs of all time. The song itself represents insanity, which is depicted in the video (Thom Yorke hunting down another man). The video consists of a simple, linear, story line. The video is a combination of performative and narrative, since the story is narrating a situation of increased insanity, while depicting it without background knowledge of the song.
Line, movement, color, rhythm and space all stay constant throughout the entire video. The camera is consistently panning horizontally in a constant open/deep space. The color palette of the video is very dark and earthy, as well. The rhythm of the video is also very steady within the entire frame of the music video (moderate). The only time any of the visual elements change is near the very end of the video, as the man is finally hunted down. The space changes from flat to deep and the movement and rhythm goes from moderate to slightly faster.
The key moments in the video are when we are introduced to Thom Yorke in the car (we know who is hunting the man down), and another key moment is finally when the man in the video is "caught". Both key moments are filmed closer to there faces/bodies, and in a slower motion, to emphasize that these are the two main characters in the video. The very last key moment is when the man who was being hunted down sets the car on fire. This is filmed at a quicker pace and pans the entire car to show the intensity of the fire.
The music video has a lot of static camera movement. This is to emphasize the motion of the car, the speed of the man running, and the intensity between the fear of the man running and the relaxed composure Thom Yorke has as he is "driving" toward the man, without directly moving the camera all around. The camera pans and gives off the illusion of you being the one in the car driving, looking out into the world. The two characters are constantly in motion, so the camera is constantly in a static motion.