Surveillance-Style Music Video Creation
Budget: $250 – $750 AUD
The Job
We’re looking for a skilled video editor to create a music video using real surveillance-style footage — no animation, no filming, and absolutely no AI-generated content. You will source the footage, present it for approval before editing, and then edit the video to a supplied music track based on a pre-written visual script. You must also provide the fully editable project file.
Key Requirements
- [ ] All footage must be real, live-action, and legally licensed
- [ ] No AI-generated footage allowed — using it will void the contract and payment
- [ ] You must submit footage for approval before starting the edit
- [ ] You must follow the provided visual script
- [ ] You must deliver the full editable project file
Music Video – Visual Script Summary
1. The video begins with a silent, distant view of Earth — satellite feeds orbiting above storms, oceans, and city lights. Vast and remote.
2. We descend into drone footage sweeping over urban sprawl, industry, farmland, and coastline. The planet feels alive, mapped, and observed.
3. Surveillance footage from a wide range of sources begins to take over — handheld phones, traffic cams, shop monitors, military feeds, public livestreams. The scenes are contradictory and layered: people laughing, fighting, kissing, crying. Moments of joy, wealth, desperation, chaos, and intimacy appear side by side.
4. We drop into deeper layers of surveillance: train stations, intersections, corridors. The lens grows more invasive.
5. Home security cams, dashcams, and doorbell footage follow. Bodycam footage enters: tense, institutional clips from law enforcement, medics, security — surveillance under pressure.
6. Facial recognition overlays appear — tagging bodies mid-movement.
7. Thermal imaging and night vision reveal people through walls, in motion, in the dark.
8. Hidden cameras from vending machines, appliances, ceilings — framing the viewer as voyeur. Private moments slip into public view.
10. Transitions must feel seamless, not chaotic. Every shift should feel like one system handing off to another — connected, relentless.
11. The tone turns — from quiet observation to systemic control.
(Will provide full description if hired)
What We Provide
• Final audio track (~5 minutes)
• A clear visual script
• Moodboard references
• Ongoing feedback
• Final payment upon full delivery (render + project file)
FINAL RENDERED VIDEO (MASTER FILE)
Must meet all of the following:
• File Format: .MOV
• Codec: Apple ProRes 422
• Resolution: 1920 × 1080 (Full HD)
• Frame Rate: 25 fps
• Audio: Stereo, 48kHz, 24-bit (embedded)
• Color Space: Rec.709
• No AI-generated footage used
SOURCE FOOTAGE & LICENSES
• All footage used is live-action, no AI-generated content.
• All footage must be included or downloadable (no broken links)
• All material must be licensed for video use, public presentation, and distribution. Include license information or proof of public domain / Creative Commons clearance.
REJECTION CONDITIONS
• No source project file included
• AI-generated or synthetic footage used
• File delivered in incorrect codec or resolution
• Footage not approved beforehand as agreed
• Missing footage links or broken project structure
We’re looking for a skilled video editor to create a music video using real surveillance-style footage — no animation, no filming, and absolutely no AI-generated content. You will source the footage, present it for approval before editing, and then edit the video to a supplied music track based on a pre-written visual script. You must also provide the fully editable project file.
Key Requirements
- [ ] All footage must be real, live-action, and legally licensed
- [ ] No AI-generated footage allowed — using it will void the contract and payment
- [ ] You must submit footage for approval before starting the edit
- [ ] You must follow the provided visual script
- [ ] You must deliver the full editable project file
Music Video – Visual Script Summary
1. The video begins with a silent, distant view of Earth — satellite feeds orbiting above storms, oceans, and city lights. Vast and remote.
2. We descend into drone footage sweeping over urban sprawl, industry, farmland, and coastline. The planet feels alive, mapped, and observed.
3. Surveillance footage from a wide range of sources begins to take over — handheld phones, traffic cams, shop monitors, military feeds, public livestreams. The scenes are contradictory and layered: people laughing, fighting, kissing, crying. Moments of joy, wealth, desperation, chaos, and intimacy appear side by side.
4. We drop into deeper layers of surveillance: train stations, intersections, corridors. The lens grows more invasive.
5. Home security cams, dashcams, and doorbell footage follow. Bodycam footage enters: tense, institutional clips from law enforcement, medics, security — surveillance under pressure.
6. Facial recognition overlays appear — tagging bodies mid-movement.
7. Thermal imaging and night vision reveal people through walls, in motion, in the dark.
8. Hidden cameras from vending machines, appliances, ceilings — framing the viewer as voyeur. Private moments slip into public view.
10. Transitions must feel seamless, not chaotic. Every shift should feel like one system handing off to another — connected, relentless.
11. The tone turns — from quiet observation to systemic control.
(Will provide full description if hired)
What We Provide
• Final audio track (~5 minutes)
• A clear visual script
• Moodboard references
• Ongoing feedback
• Final payment upon full delivery (render + project file)
FINAL RENDERED VIDEO (MASTER FILE)
Must meet all of the following:
• File Format: .MOV
• Codec: Apple ProRes 422
• Resolution: 1920 × 1080 (Full HD)
• Frame Rate: 25 fps
• Audio: Stereo, 48kHz, 24-bit (embedded)
• Color Space: Rec.709
• No AI-generated footage used
SOURCE FOOTAGE & LICENSES
• All footage used is live-action, no AI-generated content.
• All footage must be included or downloadable (no broken links)
• All material must be licensed for video use, public presentation, and distribution. Include license information or proof of public domain / Creative Commons clearance.
REJECTION CONDITIONS
• No source project file included
• AI-generated or synthetic footage used
• File delivered in incorrect codec or resolution
• Footage not approved beforehand as agreed
• Missing footage links or broken project structure