Production Log
Planning
Song Choice - The song I have decided to focus my music video around is the song Get Out Alive by Three Days Grace.
Meaning - The meaning behind the song is potentially about someone who's lost their will to try and talk things out, but instead just run from whatever they're dealing with.
Lyrics
No time for goodbye he said
As he faded away
Don't put your life in someone's hands
They're bound to steal it away
Don't hide your mistakes
'Cause they'll find you, burn you
Then he said
If you want to get out alive
Whoa-oh, run for your life
If you want to get out alive
Whoa-oh, run for your life
This is my last time she said
As she faded away
It's hard to imagine
But one day you'll end up like me
Then she said
If you want to get out alive
Whoa-oh, run for your life
If you want to get out alive
Whoa-oh, run for your life
If you want to get out alive (If you want to get out alive)
Whoa-oh, run for your life (Life)
If you want to get out alive (If you want to get out alive)
Whoa-oh, run for your life
If I stay it won't be long
'Til I'm burning on the inside
If I go I can only hope
That I make it to the other side
If you want to get out alive
Whoa-oh, run for your life
If you want to get out alive
Whoa-oh, run for.....
If you want to get out alive (If you want to get out alive)
Whoa-oh, run for your life
If you want to get out alive (If you want to get out alive)
Whoa-oh, run for...
If I stay, it won't be long
'Til I'm burning on the inside
If I go I can only hope
That I make it to the other side
If I stay, it won't be long
'Til I'm burning on the inside
If I go, and if I go
Burning on the inside
Burning on the inside
Burning on the inside
As he faded away
Don't put your life in someone's hands
They're bound to steal it away
Don't hide your mistakes
'Cause they'll find you, burn you
Then he said
If you want to get out alive
Whoa-oh, run for your life
If you want to get out alive
Whoa-oh, run for your life
This is my last time she said
As she faded away
It's hard to imagine
But one day you'll end up like me
Then she said
If you want to get out alive
Whoa-oh, run for your life
If you want to get out alive
Whoa-oh, run for your life
If you want to get out alive (If you want to get out alive)
Whoa-oh, run for your life (Life)
If you want to get out alive (If you want to get out alive)
Whoa-oh, run for your life
If I stay it won't be long
'Til I'm burning on the inside
If I go I can only hope
That I make it to the other side
If you want to get out alive
Whoa-oh, run for your life
If you want to get out alive
Whoa-oh, run for.....
If you want to get out alive (If you want to get out alive)
Whoa-oh, run for your life
If you want to get out alive (If you want to get out alive)
Whoa-oh, run for...
If I stay, it won't be long
'Til I'm burning on the inside
If I go I can only hope
That I make it to the other side
If I stay, it won't be long
'Til I'm burning on the inside
If I go, and if I go
Burning on the inside
Burning on the inside
Burning on the inside
Content - In the first scene, the man will be walking slowly through the empty area, singing to the song, staring off into the distance. He has little to no hope left and is wondering what he did wrong, and what he could do to fix it. When the chorus kicks in, there will be shots of him being still, sat down, inactive, and a few shots of him burying his face in his hands. These shots will be rapidly flashing from each other, and having panning shots and zooming in at certain points.
In the next coming scenes, when he asks "do you ever feel me?", the man reaches out to the camera as it pulls away slightly. Then when he mentions looking deep down inside, have himself kneel down onto his knees, looking down. When it also mentions "staring at yourself", have a shot of him facing himself, which will be crossed over, and masked over to fit two of the same person in the same shot.
Then, I will have scenes of him being 'paralyzed', showing more scenes of him watching the view he's looking at. Then have more scenes of him struggling to cope, including kicking some rocks/grass in frustration, wiping his face with his hands aggressively and breathing heavily.
Imagery - The song implying the 'World is so cold' is almost like it's trying to connect that to what happened. He was left alone, left in a cold world, which lead to him probably having a cold heart. Going to make many shots lack colour and further emphasise that he has been left to his lonesome. I'm going to make sure that there are many shots of him being together with his partner at the beginning, and then maybe drift off to becoming lonely halfway through and toward the end. Which would be symbolism for how his life slowly and progressively changed after his breakup.
In the next coming scenes, when he asks "do you ever feel me?", the man reaches out to the camera as it pulls away slightly. Then when he mentions looking deep down inside, have himself kneel down onto his knees, looking down. When it also mentions "staring at yourself", have a shot of him facing himself, which will be crossed over, and masked over to fit two of the same person in the same shot.
Then, I will have scenes of him being 'paralyzed', showing more scenes of him watching the view he's looking at. Then have more scenes of him struggling to cope, including kicking some rocks/grass in frustration, wiping his face with his hands aggressively and breathing heavily.
Imagery - The song implying the 'World is so cold' is almost like it's trying to connect that to what happened. He was left alone, left in a cold world, which lead to him probably having a cold heart. Going to make many shots lack colour and further emphasise that he has been left to his lonesome. I'm going to make sure that there are many shots of him being together with his partner at the beginning, and then maybe drift off to becoming lonely halfway through and toward the end. Which would be symbolism for how his life slowly and progressively changed after his breakup.
Narrative - The song ends up saying "as she faded away" to which I will implement into my music video with specific clips.
Duration - Four minutes and four seconds.
Pace - Slow, methodical, very fair and not too fast.
Style - The music of Three Days Grace has often been described as post-grunge, hard rock, alternative rock, alternative metal and nu metal. Quite a few genres, and to match these, I will try and replicate some of the styles they use in their other music videos for their other songs.
Scenario - A man, who was once with someone he felt he couldn't live without, is now alone, and is now in an emotional wreck without his partner.
New Idea
My new idea is to do a musical video based on a series named Danganronpa, wherein a group of students are hauled into a school environment where they can graduate, if they murder another student, and get away with it. The penalty for being caught is death, and I will show that in the video.
The resources I will need will be:
1) Sony Vegas Pro (which I own at home)
2) Collection of the character frames (which I will download from http://danganronpa.wikia.com/wiki/Dangan_Ronpa_Wiki).
3) An episode from the show to use brief clips for parts of the chorus
4) The song 'Get Out Alive' by Three Days Grace which I will convert using www.2conv.com
Resources
The resources I will need will be:
1) Sony Vegas Pro (which I own at home)
2) Collection of the character frames (which I will download from http://danganronpa.wikia.com/wiki/Dangan_Ronpa_Wiki).
3) An episode from the show to use brief clips for parts of the chorus
4) The song 'Get Out Alive' by Three Days Grace which I will convert using www.2conv.com
Examples
Below are example videos of animations like the one I am planning to do, mine will be very similar, if not almost exactly laid out like these.
This one (albeit was compiled of many people's contributions) is of very high quality, and I plan to mimic some of the limb movements when needed. It will help liven the video up and make it more fluid, energetic and entrancing.
This one is also well animated and cleverly uses various effects and lighting, I plan to use this to inspire my video and take some unique shots.
Models
This character is the first to die in the series, and she will be shown, murdered and including her crime scene. I will show many shots of the aftermath and add some fading colours to her face to symbolise death.
This character is will be shown in the music video, one of the first people to kill (the person above) and be caught doing so, and I plan to make a visual effect for every time someone is gone. In the video I will show his blatant mistake which will link to the lyrics in the video which say "Don't hide your mistake".
This character is a smaller, fragile type that soon becomes the second victim to be murdered... I plan to show a glimpse of her death by panning her face with her killer (below) and showing they both got the short end of the stick by both dying.
This character is more built, and is the killer of the second victim (above), his actions were not forgiven and he soon was taken as a result. I plan to show that he died near the beginning where his frame will be blackened behind his friend. Also the previously mentioned panning shot next to the victim.
This character will be included, she is one of the many to go, she ends up offing two others and becomes caught, I plan to show a clip of her being dragged away to match the lyrics of the video at one point. This will hint that she met her fate, the lyrics will even say "As she faded away" and I will add a fade to match this.
This character is the protagonist, who doesn't ever fall to the despair, he is accused of the fifth murder of a mysterious student however, but it turns out that he didn't do anything of the sort and got out of it. He will be shown many times throughout the video as he will be showing loads of varied expressions and how he tries to cope with this whole situation.
This character is the antagonist, who turns out to be the mastermind behind the whole concept of this school and its rules. She will be shown at one point, flashing many poses over and over as if she is taunting him. This will work well due to the fact there are lyrics which will say "One day you'll end up like me".
Progress of Animation
This first shot is of the first two people dying, the victim I always place on the left, in this case, the girl, and the killer on the right, in this case, the boy, whom was her friend. I added a black and white filter to symbolise the death of both them.
This second shot focusses on the second murder, which I have also displayed with a black and white effect on the characters to show that they both died.
This third shot is unique in that the victims are on the left, which were killed one after another by the killer on the right. However like the others, I have shown that they met their fate by taking away the colour in their faces.
A tad different than the previous ones, this fourth shot shows that the killer was also the one killed, she ended up killing herself, which I've shown with the black and white filter. I made the victim (left) in colour as she didn't die, but was a victim in terms of her feeling hopeless and guilty.
This fifth shot is slightly similar to the fourth shot, although those accused didn't die, but they actually lived, escaping death from a false accusation in order to be take out of the picture. As they knew too much to ruin the antagonists plan.
The victim was already dead, which again is shown with the filter draining the colours from her portrait.
