Storyboard

Our treatment

This is our pitch that we did to our media class in order to present our ideas for our music video.

Treatment

A treatment is a piece of prose, typically the step between scene cards and the first draft of a screenplay for a motion picture, television programme or radio play. It is similar to the pitch we did last year.

Leona Lewis - Better in time lyrics

It's been the longest winter without you
I didn't know where to turn to
See somehow I can't forget you
After all that we've been through

Going coming thought I heard a knock
Who's there no one
Thinking that I deserve it
Now I realize that I really didn't know
If you didn't notice you mean everything
Quickly I'm learning to love again
All I know is I'm gonna be OK

[Chorus:]
Thought I couldn't live without you
It's gonna hurt when it heals too
It'll all get better in time
And even though I really love you
I'm gonna smile cause I deserve to
It'll all get better in time

I couldn't turn on the TV
Without something there to remind me
Was it all that easy
To just put aside your feelings

If I'm dreaming don't wanna laugh
Hurt my feelings but that's the path
I believe in
And I know that time will heal it
If you didn't notice boy you meant everything
Quickly I'm learning to love again
All I know is I'm gonna be OK

[Chorus:]
Thought I couldn't live without you
It's gonna hurt when it heals too
It'll all get better in time
And even though I really love you
I'm gonna smile cause I deserve to
It'll all get better in time

Since there's no more you and me
It's time I let you go
So I can be free
And live my life how it should be
No matter how hard it is I'll be fine without you
Yes I will

[Chorus: X2]
Thought I couldn't live without you
It's gonna hurt when it heals too
It'll all get better in time
And even though I really love you
I'm gonna smile cause I deserve to
It'll all get better in time

Song change

We have decided to change our song to 'Better in time' by Leona Lewis. This song fits in well with the narrative we were trying to portray with our last song. This also means that we are now creating a music video for the pop genre.

Moodboard

I have created this moodboard to reflect our plans and ideas for our music video. Our current idea involves us having  two parts to our music video, one showing the happy relationship (shown by an arcade/fair date, cute polaroids etc) and the other being the downfall of the relationship shown by an argument and the consequent break up of the couple. We plan on using lighting to portray the emotions occurring throughout the music video and to help the audience differentiate between the two atmospheres.

Kehlani - Piece of mind lyrics

Tryna forget all of the messages
Tryna forget all of the stressin'
'Cause damn it was
Tryna forget all of the secondary
Feelings I had, man, it was fuckin' scary
Tryna get back to all my old ways
Tryna get back to all the hobbies from my old days
(Gettin' back)
Tryna forget all the unnecessary
Thoughts from my head, man, it was pretty scary

At least I learned a thing or two (yeah)
About me and you (yeah)
What we went through (yeah)
It made me who I am, I am, I am
I can feel again
Won't be numb again (numb)
At least I didn't mess it up (yeah)
That was all your touch (yeah)
I don't miss it much (yeah)
But it made me who I am, I am, I am
I can feel again
Won't be dumb again (dumb)

Said I'm tryna break off a piece of mind
A piece of mind that I can't get right
(I can't get right)
Said I'm tryna break off a piece of mind
A piece of mind, my heart's on my side
(My heart is on my side)

You said yourself you made me who I am
You told me that after you I would never love again
(Didn't i?)
Oh you made sure that I would lose myself
So I wanna see I need no one else
Just tell me that I was worth a million smiles, and
Tell me that I was worth a million miles, and
Tryna make sure that I forget the times that
You made me think that I just couldn't shine, yeah

At least I learned a thing or two (yeah)
About me and you (yeah)
What we went through (yeah)
It made me who
I am, I am, I am
I can feel again
Won't be numb again (numb)

No oh oh oh

At least I didn't mess it up (yeah)
That was all your touch (yeah)
I don't miss it much (yeah)
But it made me who I am, I am, I am
I can feel again
Won't be dumb again (numb)

Said I'm tryna break off a piece of mind
A piece of mind that I can't get right
(I can't get right)
Said I'm tryna break off a piece of mind
A piece of mind, my heart's on my side
(My heart is on my side)

On my side, yeah
On my side, yeah
Gotta get a little piece of mind
Gotta make sure that it feels just right
Gotta make sure that I make it alive this time

Said I'm tryna break off a piece of mind
(I'm tryna break off)
A piece of mind that I can't get right
(Boy that I can't get right)
Said I'm tryna break off a piece of mind
(A piece of my mind)
A piece of mind, my heart's on my side
My heart's on my side, yeah, yeah

Da, da, da, da
(Da)
Da, da, da, da
Yeah
Da, da, da, da
Da, da, da, da
Da, da, da, da
Da, da, da, da

Our chosen song

The song we have chosen to create a music video for is 'Piece of mind' by Kehlani.
We decided that we liked the overall vibe and messages portrayed through old R&B style music videos. We wanted a song that gave an empowering feeling to women and allowed all listeners to pick up on this. We also wanted a song that would allow us to make a positive video that related to the lyrics.
This song is based on past experiences she has had and how she is trying hard to overcome them and forget 'him' and stay positive. It involves her keeping in mind what has happened in the past but allowing herself to move on and be optimistic about what is to come in her life. She wants to have 'peace of mind' instead of focusing on the negative thoughts.
Also, there is currently no video to this song which means that we can use our imagination to portray the lyrics in the way we interpret them.

Song choices

These are some of the options we considered when deciding what song we would use for our music video. However, this does not include our final choice which is Kehlani - Piece of mind

1. Jorja Smith - Teenage fantasy

This is in the R&B/Soul genre. it is quite a recent song as it was released in June 2017. Although we really liked the video for this song we did not feel that it should be the song we create a video for. Also due to the fact that the video is so good, we may find ourselves looking at it for ideas which would mean that our video would not be original. However, we will be able to take ideas from the use of camerawork in this video as inspiration for our music video.

2. Jennifer Lopez ft LL Cool J- All i have

This is in the pop genre. However, it has the features of a old/original R&B song. This is the video style we are most interested in as a group and this will possibly be the style of video we choose to create. The lyrics hold a very strong message throughout however there are two lead roles which we would've had to show in the video should we have chosen this song.

3. Leona lewis - Better in time

This is in the pop genre. The song holds a very strong message and the singer sounds very passionate throughout. The passion and intensity of the singers voice and trail of the video seems to escalate as the video progresses showing the empowerment that she is providing herself. This would have to be matched by the acting we would be using if we were to create a video to this song. However, the lip-syncing could be matched easily due to the slow pace of the song and the smooth flow of the lyrics.

All these songs have a female singer and all actively promote empowering women through the lyrics and videos. All the artists are all well known within the music industry