Planning for Our Music Video

Song Title: 1-800-273-8255

Props: Props may include: knife, Pencil, sharpener, notebooks,etc. Due to the fact we are making a suicide awareness music video, we will need props that may cause self harm. We know the risk of having weapons and we will not be putting ourselves in any form of danger.

Costumes: Normal, casual clothing (T-shirt, jeans, sneakers)

Schedule:

11/13- Intro blog

11/16- Research blog

11/17-Planning blog

11/20- Storyboard

11/21, 11/25, 11/28 - filming dates

11/30- Filming Blog

12/3- Filming Blog Pt 2

12/7- Editing Blog

Location: Either Idline's or Nishayla's house. We can record scenes of what goes on inside homes.

Backup Plan: We will go to a park if we can not stick to our original location.

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