Animatic

This is our animatic, and it's pretty terrible. Don't worry, we do know what we're doing.

Feedback:

We are going to need a lot more cuts in our final piece, and our animatic sadly fails to represent all the shots we've planned. A verbal list of shots would probably be more descriptive. Our storyboard didn't have any close-ups, so we created some by using Final Cut to crop and resize the pictures. Also in light of the fact we may be using a different version of the song, some parts of the video may be reordered.

S1-18 Rapgirl

Although poorly lipsynced, this video explores a lot of useful techniques like slow motion, backwards footage, panning and tracking etc. The feel of the video goes hand in hand with the song, so it's quite effective. There is also an effective use of green-screen on the television and some fade transitions.

Overall this video is quite effective, with good use of effects and editing as well as props and costume.

Bing Freaks Out to Music

I've taken the liberty of uploading some syncing and performance tests via youtube, and here they are:



Check back for more additions to this playlist.

Over and Over

This video is interesting partly because of the way it represents sounds like the loops and synths used, but also because it does a lot of unusual visual things. The setting is basically a green-screen room, without editing in any background.



I love the use of colour. Especially the bit when the balloon pops and changes their t-shirts.

Karaoke For The Deaf

This is a hilarious video of David Armand miming the lyrics to Torn by Natalie Imbruglia. This scores high on the funny-representation-of-lyrics scale.

Lyrical Possibilities

[ticking]

[Royce Da 5'9]
Uhh.. boom...
Tick tick tick.. yeah.. 5'9 uhh
Yo..

I'm the verbal-spit Smith Wesson
I unload with sick spit the quick wick could split a split-second
Bomb with a lit wick expression
You here a tick tick then you testin..
My saliva and spit can split thread into fiber and bits
So trust me, I'm as live as it gets - zombies much?
Everybody claimin they the best and head the throne
Since B.I.G is gone, if you ask me, they dead wrong
My flow is hotter than the flash from the click
When the hammer slaps the bullet on the ass from the clip
You wind up in a room full of my dawgs
I'll have you feeling like a fire hydrant in a room full of dogs
So come, come now, get pissed on, shitted on
Tough talk turns to, "Can't we all just get along"
You get blazed when the mic's off, shot when it's on
You probably ducked when they laid the gun shot in your song
My gun strrr-utters when it speaks to you
Utter shit to repeat to you
Nothing the clip, then give a speech to you
Me and Premier, we kind of the same in ways
We both speak with our hands in dangerous ways
Rap now is a circus of clowns
A whole lot of lip from cliques I'd probably wrap? circles around
I'm the next best to reach a peak formerly known
as the best keep secret, I guess that I just leaked it

[Hook - 2X]
(Boom!)
Somebody better duck or (RUN)
Somebody better (Watch out cuz he's bout to blow up)
"Boom..boom, bam, God-damn!" "..Royce 5'9"

I'm a motherfuckin star, I don't battle no mo'
I provide the the gun clappin a round of applause after ya show
We can go toe to toe cuz they calling you hot
Steppin around all ya punches like, "That's all you got?"
Everyday I'm meetin somebody and all of they peeps
Quick to shake a nigga's hand and show me all of they teeth
And these bitches I be pattin they asses
They be all dumb and googly-eyed lookin at me, battin they lashes
Rappers think Detroit niggers not as down as them
Or since I'm down with Slim that I sound like him
Quick to judge me and tell me that my hook might sell
And say faggot shit to me like I look like L
My advice quit talking it's over
I was knockin niggaz out when you was knockin sticks offa they shoulders
I got dirt done in my past, I know y'all sweat
I got regrets older than some of you so called vets
Niggaz say I found God with the flow
Bring the police to the studio and bring the bomb squad to the show
Ain't a nigga touching mines
When you listen to my shit - you don't chew, you don't breathe,
you'll miss a fucking line
Every time I spit, I tick to show you it's hot
Leave me in the deck too long I blow up your box
Boom! *explosion*

"God..God-damn!" "..Royce 5'9"

[Hook - 2x]

"Boom..boom, bam, God-damn!" "..Royce.. 5'9"
"Boom..boom, bam, God-damn!" "..Royce 5'9"
"Boom..boom, bam, G...God-damn!" "...Royce 5'9"

[ticking] ..
[explosion] ..
[more ticking]

Pitch

Our first idea when we came across the song was to do some kind of spoof, while conforming to (some) rap video conventions. When we listened to the song a second time we analyzed the lyrics, and decided to create visual puns, representing words literally on-screen. (For instance: the line 'circle of clowns' would coincide with a literal circle of people dressed as clowns.) On listening to the song for a third time, we wanted to also create a basic narrative cut-away about someone smuggling a bomb.

So our idea will hopefully be a combination of these things, with the main rapper shots weaved in. We also want to plan props like TNT and ducks and costumes (suits and bling). The theme will be entertaining, but still constructed as a highly stylized rap video.

Lyrics

These are the 'lyrics' to Boom, which will become a big part of our plan...

[ticking]

[Royce Da 5'9]
Uhh.. boom...
Tick tick tick.. yeah.. 5'9 uhh
Yo..

I'm the verbal-spit Smith Wesson
I unload with sick spit the quick wick could split a split-second
Bomb with a lit wick expression
You here a tick tick then you testin..
My saliva and spit can split thread into fiber and bits
So trust me, I'm as live as it gets
Everybody claimin they the best and head the throne
Since B.I.G is gone, if you ask me, they +Dead Wrong+
My flow is hotter than the flash from the click
When the hammer slaps the bullet on the ass from the clip
You wind up in a room full of my dawgs
I'll have you feeling like a fire hydrant in a room full of dogs
So come, come now, get pissed on, shitted on
Tough talk turns to, "Can't we all just get along"
You get blazed when the mic's off, shot when it's on
You probably ducked when they laid the gun shot in your song
My gun strrr-utters when it speaks to you
Utter shit to repeat to you
Nothing the clip, then give a speech to you
Me and Premier, we kind of the same in ways
We both speak with our hands in dangerous ways
Rap now is a circus of clowns
A whole lot of lip from cliques I'd probably rap circles around
I'm the next best to reach a peak formerly known
as the best keep secret, I guess that I just leaked it

[Hook - 2X]
(Boom!)
Somebody better duck or (RUN)
Somebody better (Watch out cuz he's bout to blow up)
"Boom..boom, bam, God-damn!" "..Royce 5'9"

I'm a motherfuckin star, I don't battle no mo'
I provide the the gun clappin around of applause after ya show
We can go toe to toe cuz they calling you hot
Steppin around all ya punches like, "That's all you got?"
Everyday I'm meetin somebody and all of they peeps
Quick to shake a nigga's hand and show me all of they teeth
And these bitches I be pattin they asses
They be all dumb and googly-eyed lookin at me, battin they lashes
Rappers think Detroit niggaz not as down as them
Or since I'm down with Slim that I sound like him
Quick to judge me and tell me that my hook might sell
And say faggot shit to me like I look like L
My advice quit talking it's over
I was knockin niggaz out when you was knockin sticks offa they shoulders
I got dirt done in my past, I know y'all sweat
I got regrets older than some of you so called vets
Niggaz say I found God with the flow
Bring the police to the studio and bring the bomb squad to the show
Ain't a nigga touching mines
When you listen to my shit - you don't chew, you don't breathe,
you'll miss a fucking line
Every time I spit, I tick to show you it's hot
Leave me in the deck too long I blow up your box
Boom! *explosion*

"God..God-damn!" "..Royce 5'9"

[Hook - 2x]

"Boom..boom, bam, God-damn!" "..Royce.. 5'9"
"Boom..boom, bam, God-damn!" "..Royce 5'9"
"Boom..boom, bam, G...God-damn!" "...Royce 5'9"

[ticking] ..
[explosion] ..
[more ticking]

Knights of Cydonia

This is an excellent Muse video, and deserves a mention. In it's bizarre mixture of science fiction and western it plays with all kinds of filming conventions. This is a detailed and eccentric exploration of the few seconds of strange noises that can be heard at the beginning of the track on the CD.



As far as representation goes, watch out for the guy playing the small trumpet and the way characters speak or shout some of the lyrics (while the lyrics are being sung, but intentionally not in sync).

Frontier Psychiatrist

This song by The Avalanches is basically a load of sound clips put to a beat, and the video is in keeping with that style. Each clip is represented by a different item or person on the stage and they take their turns to interact.



This kind of funny representation and exageration of lyrics is something we're thinking of doing.

Still D.R.E.

This is an example of a gangster-rap video, pulling out all the stops with cars, voyeuristic representation of women and slow motion. Enjoy!



The filming this time is far less static, which is something we will use. The editing is fluid but not fast-paced, with some use of fades and multiple screens. At one point cars, women, slow motion AND split-screen feature at the same time!

Get Over It

This video's significance will become apparent when we post our pitch. It highlights lyrics by representing them on-screen in a number of ways.



One thing we do not want to take from this video however, it the static way it's been filmed. Although the fast pace of the editing makes it work, we do not want still camerawork in our production.

Searching for Inspiration

^^ First post! We've spent all lesson browsing YouTube for videos and here's a strange selection. Next post we'll pitch our idea and post some videos that relate, technique-wise, to our idea.