Synopsis and Treatment

Synopsis- J.A.R Sky High music video

Me, Alex Palmer and Josh Parker have made a piece of music of the Hip-Hop genre, aimed for teenagers around the same age as us. For the video we have planed that we should show typical lifestyle of a teenager. The video will be directed by all three of us, filmed by all three and we all have a roll to play in the video. Each of us is going to representing a style of teenage life in the video e.g. showing a hobby or a typical action that you would see and recognise it in most teenagers. We are going to make the video modern by using props and in what we wear. The video will also show friendship and all about having a different interest doesn’t matter as at the end of the video we will come together. There will be shots in the video where we be in the music studio singing into the microphone this is because it’s a stereotypical shot in a hip-hop video. At the start of the video it follows a basketball going through each location which passes me in my location and josh in his where the personal storylines are set. It ends up at Alex feet where he picks it up and starts singing his verse on a basketball court. Josh theme is BMX/Skating and features him hanging around by an alley-way before setting off on a journey whilst performing his verse. The last verse in the song is I am listening to music in his headphones and then sitting in my car which features in his lyrics. We then returns to the basketball court where Alex throws the ball again which then travels back returning the opposite way through each location. All together the video will last around the same time as the song approximately three minutes and ten seconds.

Treatment – J.A.R Sky High music video

We have several locations in our video, Basketball court in Bawrdsly, The Docks in Ipswich town centre and Alley way in Ipswich. Each location has it own storyline. During the journey of the ball there will be continuity as it travels the same direction through each location but will return the opposite way later in the video as it travels back the way it came. The first few scenes have a lot of cinematography and shows all of us together, and then single shots before the lyrics begin using it as an introduction to each member of the group and also the kind of atmosphere were looking for which is hip-hop and modern. It shows the three of us standing in a line cutting from different camera shots so the camera shows each part of us closely for the audience to clearly see what were all about in appearance as we will each be wearing clothes related to a storyline theme e.g. basketball related clothes, Urban and casual. We will capture CU shots of the lower parts of each member in a line then we will cut to LS shot that will show all of each of us clearly. We plan to have a small dance this will come in with the beat so it shows the genre and atmosphere in the video and song. We will then have the same CU shot but of a faces. The location will be very quiet with no action in the surrounds so all focus is on the talent, each of us will have a prop e.g. basketball, bike, I pod but will not be doing much with them except holding them. We have thought carefully about our costumes for each scene as they represent us and the genre and themes in each storyline and we will all wear out themed outfits.
We will shoot chorus and some of the verse in the music studio this is too get the look of an actual hip-hop video as this is a stereotypical look. There will be no real movement at the studio microphone except a bit of moving to music, There will be a few interesting shots in the music studio and we will use extra lighting to get a good effect. We will be wearing our normal casual clothes and nothing related to the storylines.
The first scene storyline is at the basketball court Alex related themed verse. We will film this at a small basketball court, As soon as the ball rolls to Alex’s feet he will start his rap and walk with the ball to the beat whilst performing his verse, There will be quick cuts from different shots of Alex walking down a path, constantly changing from CU, MS to a LS until he reaches the court which will then cut to another LS. There will be only a few props which are a basketball and hoop so there the scene will have a very obvious basketball theme because Alex will be dressed in basketball related clothing.
The Second main storyline is Josh’s skate style theme which shows him with his Bike or Skateboard whilst hanging around an alley-way near the docks using an LS, it will then cut to him singing in the recording studio before cutting to another LS of him on his prop following the camera down the alley-way whilst performing his verse solo, as the verse ends he stops whilst the camera keeps going as he fades away into the background. For Josh’s verse we made a slower part to the song so we are going to once again transfer the same atmosphere and feel into the video, he will be moving very slowing with little action except for using his prop. Once again there will be no distractions or other action in shot so all focus will be on him. The location used is very suitable for the theme in the storyline as it will have a typical teenage atmosphere with graffiti on the walls and suitable for using a Bike or skateboard, he will also be dressed in his themed outfit of cargo shorts and a hooded jumper.
Finally, the last personal storyline scene features mine as i relax with his IPod and then in my car. This scene has a mixed pace to it and is in between the two other verses so once again this is put across into the video, the verse changes from a Faster pace to a slower pace so there are separate cuts to compliment both e.g. when he is performing his verse in his car he will move quicker compared to when I am, singing the slower part in the recording studio. Themed costume is a casual shirt and jeans and is another typical, stereotypical teenage dress style. Each location and storyline will have a scene where all three members will be featured in the same cut each wearing clothes relevant to the style. The surrounding light will be quite bright and we will be filming every exterior scene in the same light as it will all be filmed in the daytime.
The target audience is for teenage males of a similar age as it features many stereotypical lifestyles of a teenage boy. There is no real background in the audience except mainly slightly aimed towards people who are not wealthy as it shows us doing hobbies that do not cost much money to do and also natural locations.