Cast members

The main character in my music video is my brother. He will be miming the song and most of the video will be based around him. I have spoken to him and made sure he is fine with this and he is up for the challenge. There will be many other people that will be involved in my music video including, my friends, Robbie Thompson, My Dad, and my other friend. There will be many more people included in the video that have yet to be decided but I have a general idea on who will be involved.
My brother, who is 13 will be appealing for my target audience which is his sort of age group. They will find it funny and also hopefully inspirational as the video is also about expressing yourself. The song and its lyrics is all about people nto caring about what anyone else thinks about them.

Some of the shots that my brother is in include him doing all sorts of different things and doing various different things in his life. These things could be things like: Playing games consoles, playing football or different sports, on his bike and just random things in general.

Struggles

I have struggled so far with coming up with an idea to use for my story board. I want to interpret the lyrics a lot with the video and link what is said in the song to the video.
Another thing that i am struggling with is the fact that I am struggling at the minute to find enough cast members to be in my video.
I need to create a cast members list and try and sum up a list of good and willing actors that will be starring in my video.

Lyrics of Express Yourself

I say the same thing twice, I'm awkward when I speak

Ain't got the perfect smile, don't turn heads on my street

Trying to be a superstar like everybody else

But being myself is something I do well

[Chorus]

Whatever you do

Do it good

Whatever you do do

do lord lord

lorddo it good (yeah)Express yourselfExpress yourself

(oh do it)

See it's not what you look like when you doin' what you doin'

Express yourself

(oh do it, here we go now)

I don't make the papers, I'm far from JLS (JLS)

Ain't got the X-factor, I'm not what they expect

(Listen)

But it won't be long before my turn is next, to express

now with all due respect

[Chorus]

See whatever I do

I do it good

So whatever you do do do lord lord lorddo it good

(yeah)

Express yourself

Express yourself

(oh do it)

See it's not what you look like when you doin' what you doin'

Express yourself

(oh do it)

(Switch it up for me)

Lose my shirt and tie

There ain't nothing too high

Show them what you've got

(wooooooooow)

There's nothing wrong with perfect, perfect

Now it's your time to shine

Express yourself

(Click your fingers now)

Express yourself

(come on)

(oh do it)

[chorus]

See it's not what you look like when you doin' what you doin'

Express yourself

Express yourself

Express yourself

See it's not what you look like when you doin' what you doin'

Express yourself

come on now (x6)come on now (x6)(fades out)

Shot location Ideas..

Shot Location Ideas:

• At a party when there is a lot of people who would all be willing to feature in one of the dance scenes that is in my video.
• Another one of my shots will be on a standard street. This is because it links to the lyrics on the song.
• I will be filming most of my shots near my house as there aren't too many props needed for the filming.
• A main location for the filming will be my back garden as it is long enough and ideal for filming a good shot.
• An ideal area to film some of the more basic shots will be at Wyke college. This is due to the fact that is easy access and I know that it is available at all times. Also that there is, more often than not available to use without any noise disruption.
• Most of my filming will be done at home as the main character in my music video is my brother and it would be very difficult to get him into college.

EXPRESS YOURSELF

I have chosen to use this song to build a video around. This is because i would like to produce an abstract/animatic music video. This song is very unique in the manner that it is very fun and a cheery song. The song is about being yourself and doing what you want to do. I believe that the video could open up so many ideas for my music video. I already have many ideas about what to base my video on and i am excited to start my storyboard.