Hop Scotch

I have decided to include a hopscotch grid in my video. This is because the video will be filmed outside, so this adds to the mise-en-scene and will make it look more interesting. It reminds me of the double-dutch scene in the video Gold Dust - DJ Fresh, and I am keen to represent the same street style that is seen in the video.


I am borrowing chalk from the art department at my school in order to draw the grid. I have got white and blue chalk - I am thinking of using the blue to add more colour however I might just keep it simple and use white.


I searched hopscotch on YouTube, to see how different people film their hopscotch videos.

 

 

Here, they have written in the hopscotch boxes which is something I could think about doing too. They have filmed the hopscotch grid using a fish eye lens.

This low camera angle is effective because it focuses on the footwork doing hopscotch. However, the people in my music video will be dancing on the grid rather than actually playing hopscotch, but I could think about using this camera angle to film the footwork of the dances.





I am really keen on elements of stop motion in videos, so I thought the hopscotch grid could be displayed in this way, matching the initial beats which are at the start of the song. I drew my ideas out onto paper and made an animatic out of it to visualise the idea:

 

The first video shows each individual square appearing on each of the 9 beats which open the song.

 

However I thought that looked a bit tedious, and so I made a different one which shows a couple of squares appearing on the beat. I prefer this one because it speeds up the process of showing the hopscotch grid. It also allows me to fit in other scenes into the first 9 beats of the song, which I think is important as the opening of music videos is significant.