Greenscreen Challenge

The task was to produce a sequence with the involvement, or the usage of a greenscreen. The video was recommended to be between 30-60 seconds, with the chorus of the song (lipsyncing, and maybe also playback). I decided to partner up with a friend and we collectively chose an upbeat, pop track to really emphasize the cutting-on-beat feature, as well as to keep things entertaining:).

Song choice: APT (Róse ft. Bruno Mars)

Brainstorming: Below, you'll see my sketches and notes of my visualization for the filmography between my friend and I (the friend: Emma) in front of the greenscreen. We were taking in the thought that our background (the greenscreen) was to be removed and brainstorming what could be replaced in empty spaces later on at the same time.

Theme: The styling, cinematography and aesthetics of the original MV evokes strong essence of the 90s - 2000s era: a blend of MTV design and contempoary tunes. Emma and I discussed and together we figured that going along with the theme would be the best option as the song itself is already way to recognizable and the melody is way to reflective of the determined aesthetic. This leads to more specific decisions of mise-en-scene, particularly costume.

In the Music Video with the original artists, the main type of material for the clothings were black leather. However, to make it more "teenager" vibes, we made the choice of having jeans as the dominant fabric. To neutralize the pallette (as we were planning on making a vibrant background sequence to replace the greenscreen) we paired the jeans with white tops - a much more basic shade.

For the background - to make things a little easier:) - I used CapCut to create transitions while adding alternative settings and covers according to the beat. Furthermore, to enhance the "chaotic" feeling (as well as for some more comic elements), I made the additional gesture of attaching animated stickers, as well as manually drew my own to make it more personal.