Steal-O-Matic

We created a steal-o-matic to have a moving visual representation of what we envision our music video would look like. We included references for shot types, artist appearance and just general styles we hope to incorporate into the finished product.

We set up a Group 5 Influences playlist on YouTube and during a production meeting decided that whenever we had the time we would add videos (whether they were clips from films, music videos, clips from shows etc) to the playlist and jot down the reason we added them, so we would have a very large amount of media to select from and knew which aspects applied to our video.
We then cut the videos and edited all the various clips together roughly to match where different shots would come in the actual music video; adding text for extra clarity on the significance of each clip.

This is the finished product:

We received some feedback from members of our target audience who overall said they can tell there is going to be a strong aesthetic and we should maintain this as it will be our unique selling point.