Camera Shots I Could Use (DONE)

This is the camera shot of what I could use in my film:

• Arc shot
• Handheld shot
• 2-shot
• Cowboy shot
• Dolly zoom
• Deep focus shot
• High angle shot
• Tilt shot
• Long distance shot
• Low angle shot
• Zoom
• Close-up
• Library shot
• Dutch tilt
• Point of view shot
• Money shot
• Establishing shot
• Shot Reverse shot
• Pan
• Medium shot
• Bridging shot
• Sequence shot
• Tracking shot
• Locked down shot

Worst Behaviour - Lyrics (DONE)

Worst Behaviour

Worst motherf*cker never loved us

Fucker never loved us

You ain't know, now you know now

Still at it, scrub J's with a toothbrush

Sh*t, n*ggas still playing my old shit

But your sh*t is like the police asking us questions,

N*gga' we don't know shit

Flex, n*gga I'm just flexin'

N*gga never loved us

Do it look like we stressin'?

Look at you, look at you, and look at you,

Ah - I'm glad that they chose us

Cause man, its a mission

Trying to fight to the finish just to see if i'm finished

On my worst behavior, no?

They used to never want to hear us,

Remember?

Motherf*cker never loved us, remember?

Motherf*cker, remember?

Motherf*cker never loved us

I'm on my worst behavior,

Don't you ever get it f*cked up

Motherf*ckers never loved us

Man, motherf*ckers never loved us

Worst behavior

Motherf*ckers never loved us

Fucker never loved us

Worst behavior

Hold up, hold my phone

Motherf*ckers never loved us

F*cker never loved us

Now you want to roll one

Motherf*cker never loved us

So everywhere we go now, full cup

Always hated the boy, but now the boy is the man

Motherf*cker, I done grown up

You know me, you know me

I'm liable to do anything when it comes to that you owe me

You owe me, you owe me

B*tch you better have my money when I come for the sh*t like O.D.B.

Who's hot, who not

Tell me who rock, who sell out in stores

You tell me who flop, who copped the new drop

Whose jewels got rocks,

Who else making rap albums doing numbers like it's pop

Same old pimp,

Drake you know ain't nothing's changed with these funny style n*ggas

We done put out of the game

I just ask for some blessings at my grandmother's grave

And it's back to L.A.,

Open the mail, staring at the check

Enough to make you throw up

Man it's gross what I net

I'm with my whole set, tennis matches at the crib

I swear I could beat Serena when she playing with her left

Oh, where I reside it looks like a resort inside

N*gga, where your shit from?

I imported mine

Bar mitzvah money like my last name Mordehigh

F*ck you b*tch, I'm more than high

My momma probably hear that and be mortified

This ain't the son you raised who used to take the Acura

5 a.m. going shoot Degrassi up on Morningside

For all the stunting, I'll forever be immortalized

Yeah, back and forth across the border line

Hate to leave the city but I've got to do the overtime

Gone all the time, even the important times

I should let you know ahead I'm coming back on my worst behavior

Remember?

Remember?

Motherf*cker

Remember?

Hold up, hold my phone, they used to never want to hear us

Remember?

Motherf*cker never loved us

Remember?

Motherfu*cker

Remember?

Worst behavior

Ideas For Songs - Worst Behaviour (DONE)

I finalised my song choices to 3 songs, all similar in terms of genre and two are even by the same artist. 305 to my city was an option because it's was slower than the average rap song, easy to lip sync, had jumps in the song to cut to and suited my setting that I had in mind (city or streets). m.A.A.d city by kendrick Lamar has similar features to 305 to my city but I felt as though it was far to fast to realistically thinlk that the actor would be able to keep up the lyrics. I felt that Worst Behaviour was a suitable compromise between the two and still offered the jump cuts, setting and not too fast.

Posters - Worst Behaviour (DONE)

Why I Chose The Rap Genre (DONE)

I chose the rap genre because I have been a keep listener and viewer of music/music videos for several years. This means that I have a plethora of songs in my head that I know could be turned into a music video effectively because they contain certain aspects such as change in tempo, aggressiveness, dark settings and costumes that I feel would be easily achieved by myself. This allows me to work around these songs with ideas in my head regarding what shots, editing and font I could use. Having watched a vast amount of these videos, I can definitely recognise what conventions the rap genre has, examples being cars, woman, groups of men, dark settings and foul language. Also, some rap videos are made purposefully on a low budget, to really amplify how good the song if rather than the flashy video to go with it, which also allows me to compare my videos with others on a low budget and see what techniques they have used to  make the video without having to buy absurdly expensive props, like luxury cars  or jewellery. To conclude then, I chose the rap genre because it allows me to do the video to the best possible standard within my means and budget, paired with  my knowledge for the conventions of the genre I feel I can make a very good video.

Gifs Of Shots - Worst Behaviour (DONE)

This is my first shot, it is a combination of a long shot and an establishing shot, as the shot takes you through the setting that the video is set in. I filmed this shot by having a friend hold a camera whilst I drove the car down the road.

This is my second shot, this is a shot that is lit up by car headlights, the same car that was used to make the first shot. This is a mid shot because it doesn't show the whole of the actors body.

This shot is the third shot, as all my shots are in chronological order. Again this is a mid shot as the whole of the actor does not feature but it is not close enough to be classified as a close up. This shot features the car yet again.

The next shot is a mid shot, this was taken in an alleyway where there are multiple pieces of graffiti. I thought graffiti suited the genre as it has featured in videos such as Graffiti Mentality by Emotionz.

The next shot is another mid shot which also features the car, which is a staple prop in this video. The original video for Drakes Worst Behaviour features cars, not only this but the majority of his videos do, including: Started from the bottom, The Motto and On One, which he features in.

This shot is a close up of the actors feet, which I felt was needed because not only had I not shown the bottom half of the actor but his costume, focusing on the nike shoes in particular as drake has mentioned nike in songs such as 10 bands on his latest mixtape.

The next shot is a low angle shot to re-iterate the actors dominance over the audience. This is common place in my genre and is again used in Drake video The Motto.

The next shot features my actor lip syncing in yet another mid shot, I filmed this as a back up in case I ran out of footage, as it wasn't my most meaningful shot, but I think it does the job.

This is quite a short shot as it is jump cut in time with the song. I think this shot is good as it hides the actors identity and features the car. This is the first long shot including my actor.

Again a long shot involving the car, this time driving into a residential area and jump cut to fit the song.

The next shot is unique and I've not really seen this used in the genre, but I felt it suited the video. This shot is called the Cowboy Shot.

This shot is another over the shoulder shot this time showing more of the car. Similar shots are used in Drake's - The Motto.

The next shot is a mid shot just showing the actor nodding, no lip syncing in this case just to the audience can get a better look at the actor.

The following shot is a pan from the road to the actor leaning on his car lit up by his own phone torch. This is the first pan in the video and has an example of the text overlay on certain parts on the song.

The next shot is similar to a previous shot nearer the start if the video but the actor is off centre, to make the viewer curious as to what might happen next to him. It also follows the rule of thirds.

A zoomed in close up follows this shot and features the actors watch as it is the only thing that we featured in the video which could be perceived as bling, because the message off the song doesn't really require that.

The following shot is a close up on the car light turning on and is vaguely based on the rule of thirds.

This is the first close up of the actor when he is lip syncing, which I felt was needed because I hadn't yet had one.

The next shot cuts to a shot of the car headlights. I've edited this to comply with the rule of thirds because the actor is in the middle of the lights.

This long shot is purposely out of focus to capture the street lights as though it's being looked at through an eye that's watering.

This long to medium shot features an extended version of one jump cut shot from earlier in the video.

This is the second and last pan of the video and slows down before a car, which I thought suited the video, then more establishing after the junction.

The last shot of my video is a close up of yet another car, this time the stereo as it cycles from the name of the artist, Drake, and the song, Worst Behaviour.

Permission Letter (DONE)

Dear Young Money Records,

 I am an A-level student, I am writing to request your permission to use one of the latest tracks by Drake. The track we wish to use is Worst Behaviour.

With your permission, this task would be used in our current A-Level Media Studies project, which involves creating a music video to a popular music track, as well as producing a poster and a digipak for the artist.

If we received your permission, this track would ONLY be used in an educational context and be viewed by our media class, our teacher and the OCR exam board moderator.  It would not be released to a large audience.

The artist and your company would of course be fully recognised throughout pre-production and the final video itself.  A copyright notice with wording supplied by you can be included in the records of the project.  If this is required, please send full details.

I look forward to hearing from you,

Regards

Ben Oxford.