Script/shot list (J.P)

Even though there is no dialogue through out our video as there will be music over the top of it, a script needed to be made. We were in need of a script just so that we know what is happening and when. The script, made by Jodie, explains our story board in further detail and helps to make sense of our ideas.


1. Birds eye view School – boys toilets - cubicle

A grubby, unpleasant toilet with graffiti on the walls. Boy is in school uniform.

The young vulnerable boy is sitting in the cubicle eating his lunch as he sits there and cries.

2. Point of view - moments later

A shot looking down on the boys lap as you focus on self-harm scars on his arms, he then pulls his jumper down to cover them from himself.

3. High angle shot - outside of the cubicle

Shot from outside the cubicle, showing the rest of the toilet block.

The bullies have entered the toilet block and have realised who is in the cubicle, they then start kicking on the door and shouting abuse. 

4. Low angle shot - moments later

Shot of the bullies kicking on the door.

Low angled shot of the bullies kicking on the door with the sinks in the background. Looks intimidating.

5. Close up - moments later

A close up of the boys face as he cries, catching a shot of a tear running down his face.

6. High angle shot - flashback

Last shot fades into this shot to represent a flashback. Flashback scenes are also in black and white.

Numerous school children line the corridors as the young vulnerable child walks through; they all then push him back and forth in a ‘pinball’ motion.

7. Long shot/low angle - flashback

Still in the flashback scenes.

Bully is on his skateboard and is skating through the corridors.

8. High angle shot – flashback

Still flashback.

Bully skates past two girls who are his friends, they encourage him in his antics by high fiving him and he continues to skate past.

9. Two person shot – flashback

Still flashback.

Bully skates through a door while the vulnerable child walks through the door, towards him. The bully sees him and then pushes him into the wall as he skates past.

10. High angle shot/long shot - flashback

Still flashback.

Shot of a class in a classroom, the bully sits at the back while the vulnerable child is seated in the front. The bully and his friends then collaborate and laugh as the bully screws up a sheet of paper and throws it at the vulnerable child.

11. Extreme long shot - flashback

Still flash back.

Everyone is on the school field, the bully is with all his friends and the vulnerable child is on his own, the bully then kicks the ball at the young child and they all laugh at him.

12. Close up – reality

Back to reality in the toilet cubicle, the young boy is looking really depressed.

Shot of the young boy back in reality in the toilet cubicle, he is crying and looking depressed from the flashbacks of being bullied.

13. Medium/long shot – moments later

Bullies start harassing the young boy.

The main bully starts kicking and shouting on the cubicle door.

14. Close up – moments later

Close up of the boy’s expression

Close up of the young boys face showing a very angry expression as he realises he can’t take any more abuse.

15. Over shoulder shot – moments later

An over shoulder shot, looking over the bully’s shoulder, at the young boy.

The young boy barges out of the toilet cubicle and pushes past the bullies.

16. Group shot – moments later

Continuing on from the last shot.

A shot capturing the young boy barging past the group of bullies.

17. Long shot at eye level – moments later

Shot of the corridor that leads to the toilets.

A shot of the boy running through the corridor, away from the toilets and towards the camera.

18. Close up

Close up of a hand opening a door.

Shot of the young boys hand grabbing the door handle and running into a classroom to get away from everyone.

19. Long shot – moments later

The young boy is now in an empty classroom.

Shot of the young boy in a empty classroom, he runs to a table/chair and kicks it over in anger and frustration.

20. Panning shot – later on

Shot on the school field.

The young boy runs out on the school field and runs towards a group of bullies, who have found another victim, the young boy has clearly had enough of them.

21. Long shot – moments later

Still on the field, running towards the bullies.

Shot of the young boy taking his anger out and pushing the bully over.

22. Group shot – moments later

After the young boy pushes the bully over, the other bully victims come together to show they are no longer afraid.

After seeing the young boy face up to the bully, the other victims take strength from him and show encouragement.

23. Bids eye view – days later

The video takes a full circle and we are taken back to the toilet cubicle.

A shot looking over the cubicle door, showing a familiar looking person sitting on the toilet seat.

24. Medium shot – moments later

Still in the cubicle.

We see who is sitting in the cubicle and we find out that the former bully is now the isolated one sitting alone.

Location shots (J.H)

These location shots are where the boy gets bullied and has flashbacks about his experiences.

This shot is where the victim gets praised and cheered for sticking up for himself, which is at the end of the video.

Narrative (J.P)

As a group we have decided we would like our music video to have a hard hitting narrative behind Katy Perry's 'Roar', which will consist of a young isolated boy being bullied in school. We have decided to produce this kind of narrative as it goes well with the song, and also that many people could relate to it.

'I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath'

Lyrics like this represents how the young boy is bottling all his feelings up and not telling anyone. These lyrics are throughout the beginning of the music video, where the boy is keeping everything in.

'I am the champion and you're going to hear me roar'

Lyrics like this represent how the young boy has had enough of the bullying, then explodes taking his anger out on the bullies. These lyrics are used when he explodes and stands up for himself.

We have planned our video to start with a young boy in a toilet cubicle, eating his food by himself. This represents the isolation he is experiencing while being bullied. Bullies outside the cubical start kicking the door and shouting at him. He then experiences flash backs from being bullied around the school which are represented in a distorted colour. After he comes back to reality he gets angry at what he has to put up with and explodes with anger. He barges past the bullies and runs to the class room where he kicks a chair over. After he has taken his revenge on the bully the situation is reversed and the bully himself is isolated in the cubical by himself. From this the victims friends praise him and are proud of him for standing up for himself.

Story Boards (J.H)

Mindmap (J.P)

This is a mind map Jodie has created of all our ideas for our music video choice.

Requesting permission (J.P)

As a group we thought it would be a good idea for one of us to ask for permission to use the song 'Roar'. Jodie decided she would do it and that it would be a good idea to use twitter as it is a popular social networking site.

This is the tweet to Katy Perry, which we are not expecting a reply from.

Analysis of Katy Perry's 'Roar' (J.H)

Genre

Pop

Audience

Mostly young teenage girls aged between 12 and 18, as she is a female artist

Narrative

Representation

Analysis

Institutions

Research into Katy Perry and the target audience (J.H)

After analyzing the questionnaire results, we have decided to chose a chart song as they are more popular within our target audience, which we have decided will be young teenagers aged 12-18. We have also decided that we will chose a song from a well known artist as they will have a much bigger fan base.

Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, also known by her stage name of Katy Perry, was born on the 25th October, 1984, in Santa Barbara, California. She is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.

We have decided to do one of Katy Perry's songs as she is a world wide popular artist, who has had quite a few number one singles. Some of her songs are very meaningful, which we could use a hard hitting narrative with.

We have chosen to do her song 'Roar' as it was number one in the charts, but is now currently seventh, after nine weeks. 'Roar' is now her fourth number one in the UK charts and her eighth number one in the US charts. 

Her album 'Prism', which includes the single 'Roar' is currently second in the UK top 40 album charts.

After researching into Katy Perry we have found out that she has a massive fan base. It is so big that she has overtaken Justin Bieber with the amount of twitter followers, as she is now the most followed person on twitter and is expected to reach fifty million followers. 

Analysis of 'Titanium' music video (J.H)

We have decided to do Katy Perry's 'Roar' for our music video so I have decided to analyse David Guetta's 'Titanium' as it has influenced our video, due to the isolation of the young boy.

Genre
Pop

Audience
Mostly young teenagers, both genders due to the male DJ and female singer, with huge audience as David Guetta is very popular.

Narrative
A Young isolated boy in school, who is portrayed as a villain, as a teacher phones the police on him. He gets outside where there is a police car waiting, where he gets on a bike and rides away at unnatural speed. He slows down while riding through a neighbourhood and gets off his bike at a house. He locks the door and sees what he has done on TV, before packing a bag. While packing his bag he throws teddy bears into the air and runs to the back door while the police officers are breaking through the door with guns. He then picks up the door keys by levitating them to wards him, while the officers turn the corner to see teddy bears spinning in the air above them. The young boy is then running through a woods at night with armed officers running after him, where he runs into one. He gets pushed onto the floor and surrounded by the officers shouting at him, at this point he crawls up into a ball and explodes the officers away from him.

Representation


(propp)

Contemporary media landscape (J.H)

Contemporary media landscape is the way we use technology to access music videos, and the only way people used to be able to watch music videos was on the TV through MTV. Now that technology has expanded we are able to watch music videos on the internet using sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and the most popular one; Youtube. Using the internet to watch music videos is much quicker as you can watch them whenever you want, how many times you want, and whatever videos you want. You can also share the videos you like with other people on Twitter or Facebook, so you can become more aware of different music genres, and what other people like.

Record lables (J.H)

Major record company

Sony Music Entertainment is an American music corporation owned and operated by Sony Corporation of America. In 1929, the enterprise was first founded as 'American Record Corporation' and was then renamed Columbia Recording Corporation in 1938, from then on it was renamed several other times, until it came to Sony Music Entertainment, in 1991.

Sony Music Entertainment features artists such as; Avril Lavigne, Celine Dion, John Legend, Rebecca Ferguson, Paloma Faith, Miley Cyrus, Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Labrinth and Justin Timberlake.

Sony also own labels such as;

And features videos like; Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball, and Avril Lavigne - Let Me Go

Independant Record Company

FatCat Records is an indepentant label based in Brighton, England. It originally began in 1989 as a record store in Crawley, West Sussex, formed by Alex Knight and Dave Cawley. It moved to central London in 1990, then the store closed down in 1997, creating a record label, which moved to Brighton in 2001.

Their genres include; electronica, post rock, indie, minimal techno and punk-pop, and have assigned artists such as; Animal Collective, Frightened Rabbit, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Honeyblood and The Twilight Sad.