Production Team

My production team for my music video is:



Actors:
 - Rachel
 - Chris


Director:
 - Myself

Cameras:
 - Myself

Editing:
 - Myself


I have chosen to undertake the filming, directing and editing myself as I have a vision in my head of how I want the video to look, and I feel that I can best bring that vision to a video rather than trying to explain to someone how I want it to go and then further wasting more time.

Finalise Storyboard

Location Reconnaissance

I have decided to use Caversham Courts for the filming of my music video.

The area provides good lighting, and places to record my video properly.

Below is an image of Caversham Courts.

As Caversham Courts is public grounds, I did not need permission to use this land or record here.

Actors

I have chosen one female actor and one male actor, Rachel and Will. Both are aged 17, here's the permission I gained from both of them:

My first actor, Rachel, is 17 and studying Drama at school.

I've chosen to work with Rachel as we worked together on another project, and it was easy to work together. Furthermore, she's studying Drama at school and has drama expertise.

My second actor, Chris, is also 17, and also studies Drama.

I've been known with Chris for a while, and he's good to work with. He's also studying Drama at school, which means he can also input his drama expertise.

Calendar & Timeline

All filming will be done outside of class-time, to maximise the time slots we get to film.

Record Label and Production Company

Record Label

Closer by The Chainsmokers (ft. Halsey) was released under Disruptor / Columbia Records.

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment (SME).

Columbia was formed in 1887.

They work with the record label Disruptor Records to publish content from artists such as The Chainsmokers, Vanic, XYLO and Lost Kings. 

They've worked with The Chainsmokers on all their songs since Roses in 2015 (5 prior to this). 

Production Company

The Chainsmokers have produced all their songs on their own for the past 15 singles have all been primarily written by them. Some of their songs have featured other artists throughout the production. 

Reasoning for Chosen Artist

I've decided to use The Chainsmokers as my artist, as this is an artist which I currently listen to and influences me a lot.
Plus, their music also motivates me a lot more than other artists.

Their genre is EDM, which is an upcoming genre, which sees more and more listeners every day, and is growing at rapid speeds. It's also becoming a more main-stream media genre / source.


The song I've decided to use is 'Closer' by The Chainsmokers, featuring Halsey. The song is quite a laid back, yet up beat/tempo song, which I think I can make a music video which matches that beat.
Written by Andrew Taggart, he says on Genius that the lyrics come from hooking up with a previous partner and regretting it / reliving old memories.