Pitch 2By Liam Buckland

Dark Times- The WeekendNarrative

A sound of a gun shot starts the video with police sirens on a pitch-black screen. Starts with me (Performer) walking down street, portraying a narrative enigma to the audience.

Flash backs to the breakup and arguing, gradually establishing more of a story for the viewer. The flashbacks tell the story in reverse so the audience think I’m the antagonist with added sounds of police sirens in the background. This adds to the effect of misjudging the protagonist, leading him (me) to be the victim of a harsh breakup whereby he has been hurt physically by being shot.

The chorus will be when the dancing shots come in, illustrating the characters mood and thoughts throughout the video and what expressions he is portraying to the audience.

The video will conclude in me falling to my knees and then eventually dying in a pool of blood whilst police sirens are heard in the background as an added sound effect in the diegesis.

Shots Slow motion in some dance shots, for example a slow motion/ speed

ramped backflip would be an interesting effect for the viewer as well as complementing the dynamics of the music itself.

Establishing shots after the gun shot intro to set the scene- rough, urban areas.

Close ups, long shots, medium shots- of me walking down the street- my face wont be seen until the artist starts singing so close ups of my feet walking and my clothes to illustrate my character.

Close ups and fast paced editing for dance shots to make the dancing seem fluent.

Lighting Low key lighting for the dance shots to highlight the movement more

than the performance- the performance side is me walking down the street holding my stomach.

Walking down the street would be filmed at sunset with some artificial light to light up my face on screen. The sunset time works well as there is some light and dark contrasts to be seen on camera, depicting the darkness of the song and that as the sun goes down, I’m dying too.

Flashbacks will be in a different, subtle filter, not too intense which would make the video seem tacky.

Mise-En-Scene Walking down the street- black jeans, black trainers, with a plain white t-

shirt. Blood on belly and close up shots of back of the t-shirt which will have blood dispersing where the bullet shot through. Hair waxed and light foundation on face.

Dancing- black slim trackies with a black t-shirt. Bare feet. Hair waxed and light foundation on face.

Flashbacks- Blue jeans, white t-shirt, grey hoodie. Hair waxed and light foundation on face.

Location Windsor, Wraysbury- street sections

Windsor Leisure Centre dance studios or Windsor boys school dance studio

Ancillary Album Title- Illuminate- meaning to light up, contrasting with the song Dark Times

which will be the albums ‘hit song’. The songs for this album will be linked to life being dark and light.

Digipak- 6 panel with CD placed on right panel. A couple of pictures from the music video of me dancing silhouetted to make the CD look professional and buyable visually. CD will have the album title on with my rebranded artists name that is still being invented. The digipak will be quite plain and simple like this but with more pictures

Magazine- Advertisement will have a picture (will decide what picture- would be of the artists image) and star ratings of the album, with my rebranded name on, and album name. It will also have Dark Times, being the imperative song of the album.

As the album is about light vs dark, the two main colours should be black and white, as shown below: