Animatic - Thumbelinas Story

Webpage draft

We later decided to make a magazine instead of a webpage as we thought it would allow the designer to be more creative.

Collated Data

8 Males, 2 Females

All 16-21 years old

Q:What would you expect?

A:Fast edits, band playing, hardcore, heavy, screaming, moshing, goths, pig squealing, head bangs, mosh pits, darkness and loudness.

Q:Mostly Performance?

A:90% for narrative, 10% for performance

Q:Heavy, serious or funny?

A:3 funny and 5 serious

Q:Clothing?

A:4 black, 2 jeans and jacket and 1 colourful

Q:Techniques?

A:4 SFX, 2 screen shakes

Q:Camera shots, lingering camera shots or animation?

A:3 animation , 4 camera shots , 1 lingering camera shots

Q:Do you like the lyrics matching the visuals?

A:5 yes and 4 no

Other comments included :

Hope you do well in the music video and good luck

Detailed Shot List

Shot No.	Shot Type	Action	Misé en Scene	Any other Info
1	Medium Shot	Drummer from front	Dark lighting, jeans, skate shoes, white t-shirts	Syncs with intro about 1 second long
2	Medium Shot	Guitar players from front	Same as above	The next second
3	Medium Shot	Dummer from behind	Same as above	The next second
4	Medium Shot	Guitar players from behind	Same as above	The next second
5	Waistline Medium Shot	Girl from narrative walking	Black and red clothes, dark	Song kicks in
6	Long Shot	Whole band playing	Dark lighting, jeans, skate shoes, white t-shirts, flashing lights
7	Medium Long Shot	Meat singing	Hoodie, baggy jeans, white t-shirt, skate shoes
8	Long Shot	Showing drummer on the left and bassist on the right		Camera pans left keeping the drummer in the shot (no cut)
9	Long Shot	Showing drummer on the right and guitarist on the left
10	Close up	Drummer hitting symbol
11	Long shot	Guitarists side by side playing together
12	Full shot/zoom to close up	Shows whole band playing and zooms into the singer
13	Medium long shot	Shows singer drummer and lead guitarist		Camera revolves around
14	Medium shot	Shows singer and drummer in background with just the sides of guitars
15	Extreme close up	Singing
16	Medium long shot	Girl in room with nobody and nothing around her		Camera rotates
17	Medium long shot	Same as above but now the members are in the corner after a white flash		Flash after the shot before
18	Long shot	Two guitarists playing
19	Long shot	Whole band
20	Medium shot	Drummer hitting symbol		Slow motion
21	Close up	Shows both ends of the guitarists' frets being played		Guitars end to end
22	Long full shot	Whole band playing and jumping around		Very athletic performance because of the music
23	Medium long shot	Drummer walks toward the girl		POV of the girl
24	Medium long shot	Drummer now has his hands bound by barbed wire		Flash before barbed wire
25	Medium shot	Both guitarists playing		Horizontal split screen
26	Long shot	Singer and drummer
27	Long shot	Singer		Cuts quickly
28	Long shot	Lead guitarist		Cuts quickly
29	Long shot	Singer		Cuts quickly
30	Long shot	Lead guitarist		Cuts quickly
31	Long shot	Drummer		Cuts quickly
32	Long shot	Bassist		Cuts quickly
33	Long shot	Drummer		Cuts quickly
34	Long shot	Bassist		Cuts quickly
35	Medium shot	Side of the drummer
36	Medium shot	Front of singer		Spinning mic
37	Long shot	Guitarists and singer
38	Close up	Drummer hitting base pedal
39	Long shot	Band performance
40	Medium long shot	Drummer in corner of room		There is a space between drum set and wall
41	Full shot	Only singer in shot singing		Blank space around him
42	Full shot	Bassist walking towards girl		POV of girl
43	Full shot	Bassist gets straight jacketed		Flash before jacket
44	Medium shot	Girls head spins around		Looks surprised at what happened to bassist
45	Long shot	Shows guitarists playing and moshing
46	Long shot	Shows drummer		Zooms in to his mouth
47	ECU	Shows drummers mouth		Zooms away
48	ECU – Long shot	Zooms away but now it shows the singer
49	Long shot	Shows the singer and guitarists		Zooms past the band into wall
50	Close up – Medium long shot	Zooms away from the drummer's back
51	Medium long shot	Lead guitarist playing		Camera shakes to sound
52	Medium long shot	Bassist playing		Camera shakes to sound
53	Medium long shot	Drummer playing		Camera shakes to sound
54	Medium long shot	Singer		Camera shakes to screaming
55	Full long shot	Singer walking towards girl		POV of girl
56	Full long shot	Singer is now in ropes		Flash before ropes
57	Long shot	Drummer and lead guitarist
58	Long shot	Drummer and bassist
59	Long shot	Drummer and singer
60	Long shot	Full band
61	Close up	Bassist playing
62	Close up	Lead guitarist
63	Close up	Drummer hitting symbol
64	Close up	Lead on top bassist on bottom		Horizontal split screen
65	Close up	Bassist on top lead on bottom		Horizontal split screen
66	Full long shot	Lead guitarist walking towards girl		POV of girl
67	Full long shot	Lead guitarist appears behind the chair		Flash before he reappears
68	Long shot	Both guitarists from behind
69	Medium long shot	Singer		Missing out movements
70	Medium long shot	Lead guitarist
71	Medium long shot	Bassist
72	Long shot	Girl walks away from the band to an unknown man
73	Extreme close up	Girls face turning away from band
74	Long shot	Camera focus on girl, showing her looking at the band
75	Long shot	Focus changes to the band at the back of the shot watching her leave
76	Long shot	Shows the girl and the new guys walking out		Starts to zoom
77	Medium shot	Shows the girl and the guy's back as they leave through the door
78	Medium shot	Fades out

Initial Ideas

Idea one

·      Chainsaws and grenades used

·      All four fighting for the girl until the winner gets her

·      This will interlude with the bands actual performance

We realised that this was a bad, childish and ridiculous idea.

 

Idea two

·      Arguments will be used this time instead of weapons; we will see cuts of the band members going at each other attempting to get the girl.

·      The same as last time just with no weapons.

We decided to completely change the concept of the music video after reviewing this suggestion.

 

Idea Three

·      Five different locations

·      All need to be dark

·      Four people trying to get one girl

·      Throughout the performance of the band, there will be cuts to four different rooms, where the girl will be sat on a chair in the middle of the room.

·      Each time there is a cut to a room, one of the band members will attempt to reach out to her.

·      Something will happen to the member as they reach out for the girl.

·      The four things that will happen will be; Barbed wire, straight jacket, cuts to behind chair and there is no one there and rope.

·      At the end, the girl will stroll past the band members and walk off with another man.

Questionnaire

Media Questionnaire

               What is your gender? Male Female

What is your age group 10-15 16-21 22-older

If you were watching a post hardcore music

video, what would you expect?

Do you like to see mostly performance?

Do you prefer a heavy music video to be funny, serious or have some kind of narrative? (story)

And if there was a story what kind would you like to see? (Meaningful, Emotional, Funny or a deep performance style)

What clothing would you expect to see in a post hardcore music video?

What kind of techniques do you like to see? (Special Effects, Shaking Camera Shots, Lingering Camera Shots or Animation?

Our idea for the post hardcore music video is to cut between performance  

and a narrative, do you prefer when the lyrics reflect the visuals?

Thank you for taking our questionnaire, if you have any comments please state them below. :)

Shadows Chasing Ghosts – Thumbelina’s Story Lyrical Breakdown

Shadows Chasing Ghosts – Thumbelina’s Story Lyrical Breakdown

[Intro] [0.00 – 0.09] [9 secs]

[Sing] You bless this air, but it chokes hard, [0.10 – 0.14] [4 secs]
So bless my heart, and, my, goodbyes, [0.15 – 0.19] [4 secs]
This music box has lost its key, and plays only out of tune, [0.19 – 0.23] [4 secs]
Its taken all my words, prisoner of you [0.23 – 0.27] [4 secs]

[Vox] Untie your hands from the barbwire, [0.28 – 0.30] [2 secs]
Prey they find you, when the sunrise comes, [0.33 – 0.38] [5 secs]
Before you take a gasp of air, [0.39 – 0.42] [3 secs]
[Sing] Think well make it out alive? [0.43 – 0.45] [2 secs]

[Sing] So I ask you to remember, back to winter 95, [0.45 – 0.54] [9 secs]
I could have saved your life, you could’ve saved mine, [0.54 – 0.58] [4 secs]
[Vox] Now the wolves that hunt you, in your sleep, [0.59 – 1.02] [3 secs]
[Vox] You feel their breath upon your neck, you might not be so lucky next time [1.02 – 1.07] [5 secs]

[Vox] Untie your hands from the barbwire, [1.08 – 1.10] [2 secs]
Prey they find you, when the sunrise comes, [1.12 – 1.16] [4 secs]
Before you draw a gasp of air, [1.16 – 1.21] [5 secs]
They wont find you [1.21 – 1.25] [4 secs]

[Instrumental] [1.25 – 2.06] [36 secs]

[Vox] Untie your hands from the barbwire, [2.06 – 2.09] [3 secs]
Prey they find you, when the sunrise comes, [2.11 – 2.16] [5 secs]
before you take a gasp of air, [2.17 – 2.19] [2 secs]

[Sing] Think well make it out alive? [2.21 – 2.24] [3 secs]
[Sing] I will fall short,  - [Vox] untie your hands from the barbwire, [2.25 – 2.28] [3 secs]
[Sing] But we will float again, - [Vox] Prey they find you, [Chant/Vox] when the sunrise comes, [2.30 – 2.35] [5 secs]
[Sing] They’ll never keep me here -  [Vox] Before you take a gasp of air, [2.35 – 2.40] [5 secs]

Thumbelia's Story Lyrics

[Sing] You bless this air, but it chokes hard,
So bless my heart, and, my, goodbyes,
This music box has lost its key, and plays only out of tune,
Its taken all my words, prisoner of you

[Vox] Untie your hands from the barbwire,
Prey they find you, when the sunrise comes,
Before you take a gasp of air,
[Sing] Think well make it out alive?

[Sing] So I ask you to remember, back to winter 95,
I could have saved your life, you could’ve saved mine,
Now the wolves that hunt you, in your sleep,
[Vox] You feel their breath upon your neck, you might not be so lucky next time

[Vox] Untie your hands from the barbwire,
Prey they find you, when the sunrise comes,
Before you draw a gasp of air,
They wont find you

[Instrumental]

[Vox] Untie your hands from the barbwire,
Prey they find you, when the sunrise comes,
Before you take a gasp of air,

[Sing] Think well make it out alive?
[Sing] I will fall short,  - [Vox] untie your hands from the barbwire,
[Sing] But we will float again, - [Vox] Prey they find you, [Chant/Vox] when the sunrise comes,
[Sing] They’ll never keep me here -  [Vox] Before you take a gasp of air,

Job Roles

Music Video Genre Analysis

We are doing a music video for the song “Thumbelina’s Story” by Shadows Chasing Ghosts. The genre of this band is Post Hardcore, so I am going to look at some other Post Hardcore bands Music Videos. These are A Day to Remembers, “Since you’ve been gone” cover, and, We are the Ocean’s song “Nothing good has happened yet”.

Both of these videos show performances by the musicians, this appears to be quite a popular technique to be used by the Post hardcore bands, another popular technique is to use a mixture of performance and narrative, this both shows technique and shows a story. When the performance part of the music video is been shown, they mainly focus on the Vocalist or Frontman, as these usually represent the face of the band. On the music video for “Since you’ve been gone” we see a narrative over a period of time perhaps only a few days, whereas on the music video for “Nothing good has happened yet” we see only performance of the band changing through different locations and settings and focusing attention on the instrument being used mainly at the time. Bands of the Post Hardcore Genre often use this. The Video.

In the video for “Since you’ve been gone” we see use of Illustrative visuals with relevance of narrative to the lyrics, whereas in the video for “Nothing good has happened yet”, we see amplifying visuals with no narrative and only use of beats and performance that go to the beat and rhythm of the song.

The Video for “Since you’ve been gone” by “A Day to Remember” is cover of a song by “Kelly Clarkson”, and they use a lot of intertextual reference by doing the same video as her with more comical aspects inserted into it. The other video does not contain any of these aspects.

Cd Covers Analysis

Above is the cd cover for the album ‘searchlights’ released by the band Shadows Chasing Ghosts.  The greenish black squares are indented and spell out the words searchlights shadows chasing ghosts. There is an eye that could signify the searching side of things and the lights side is shown via the bluish lights in the cd’s background. Also the red writing pasted across the top of the album says ‘we’ve all lost our way home’, this is extremely contradicting as the album is named searchlights. Also, we see the album name and band name in the bottom corner. The bands my space page does not relate any to the bands album cover.

Above is the cd cover for the self-titled album of Ghost Of A Thousand, the album has no name and therefore there is no sense of album name writing on the cover. The name of the band is scattered diagonally across the cd, as it looks shaken. There is a brooding picture of a bull taking up the higher percentage of the album cover, the revaluates to the band as they use animals on their covers, the single for ‘Bright Lights’ had the picture of an octopus scattered across it. The bands own my space page does not have any relation to the cover in terms of imagery.

To the left is the album cover for Atreyu’s fourth studio album ‘Lead Sails, Paper Anchor’, the colour of black and red is normally seen with Atreyu, this could relate to blood and danger as the band are heavy. The images shown relate to the name of the album, there is a picture of both a ship and a man sinking, the name of the album shows that the ship was destined for sinking with ‘Lead Sails’ and a ‘Paper Anchor’, meaning the ship was going to sink and not be able to anchor itself. Unlike the other two, Atreyu’s official website has an extreme relation to the album cover, it looks exactly the same and it also has the same imagery.