Synopsis

"Little Switzerland" Ft. Free Son (My artist)

My music video is of a song originally sung by passenger called 'Beautiful Birds'. However, I am creating my piece using the acoustic version of this song.


The name of my artist is "Free Son"

Outline of ideas:

My idea is to show the video in black and white or some sort of vintage filter, at 'little Switzerland' which is a location of natural beauty in Hull, where I live. Nature is also hugely important in following the conventions of this genre. However, as the video prolongs I intend to add a fade affect which brings back the vibrant colours, as it is now autumn so the colours will be bright yellow and amber. A feather will fall in slow-motion to end the video. I will also try to get some close up shots of the wildlife which resides in little Switzerland, for example, the birds, which would also link to the song title, "Beautiful birds". I aim to follow conventions of the indie folk genre, which, in their music videos show a lot of the artists singing the song (Around 80%, if not 100% of the song), and playing an instrument for a part of it. Therefore I will show my artist walking through my location and down the foreshore of the river Humber. throughout my music video, I will de-focus the camera lens, this is something I will include which isn't necessarily a convention of the genre, but I feel that it will create a dramatic effect, as will a sunrise/set as the lighting will create a mellow tone. The use of close ups and camera angles of the artist is also a necessity, as is the use of a hand-held camera. I will try to use many different camera shots, for example, I will go onto the Humber bridge and try to get an extreme long shot, then I will follow shot syntax to set the scene for the audience. The duration of the shots will also be fairly long as that is a convention of indie folk as the shot duration depends on the pace and tone of the song, eg, if the song has a slow pace, the shot length will be longer, or vice-versa.
After more research, I found that the more popular videos have some sort of narrative to them, so I started to research, one idea which kept coming back to me was to shoot the singer waking round 'Little Switzerland' seemingly looking for something, to eventually find his guitar at some point.

Resources I will need (actors, props, settings etc.):

For my video I will need a male actor, who will be dressed in a conventional attire of an indie folk artist, for example, a casual shirt, blazer, rolled up jeans and smart shoes. They will also be playing an acoustic guitar. I will also need a feather. I will be shooting my video and taking photographs using a Cannon 1300D DSLR.