We wanted to ensure that this looks like a music video, rather than just looking like a story, so movement will relate to the beat of the song efficiently, and we will edit it in this way. No talking will be evident here, like when creating our thriller as this will interrupt the music and we do not wish to do this.
Mise en scene: the filming will be based outside a friend’s house believing that this would be an ideal situation. We wanted to expand some of the lyrics meanings in interpreting them to relate to a specific place where the main character feels comforting, having recently lost a partner. In choosing this house, we will be able to make use of the scenery it looks on to. The house looks over on to some hills and trees, with no other houses in sight, being beneficial in showing it to be a quite and peaceful place. We will be showing the outlook from the roof of the house, having the main character sitting on here and using a point of view perspective. We will then use this point of view technique on the hills themselves, showing the beauty of what she is seeing and coursing the audience to relate to the character straight away; sharing a link. Other camera angles will also be used here, wanting to use a majority and keep the audience interested. The character will also be shown walking around, having someone else hold the camera at this point. We will then have to deviate away from this house, needing a ‘red room’ for an attractive male to be filmed, again ensuring the video relates to the lyrics, as Goodwin suggested. This room will be empty with red walls, we may have to create this look by covering the walls with red paper or cloth but will aim to find a room in which has already been painted, making sure realism is included to the best extent. We will also make use of the town square, choosing to film at a busy time and when there will not likely be anyone there, providing us with a contrast to use without our filming, relating slightly to Levi Strauss theory who looks at the use of binary oppositions in portraying information throughout the media.
Lighting: We will film our bits outside in the mornings, just before midday, believing that the lighting here would relate the best. This may also help suggest a mood, knowing that it will be light but not as light as it could be, whereas the character is happiest at this place but still not as happy as they could be, because of the loss of a partner. Throughout the lyrics, the singer also asks to be reassured that nothing is wrong. Artificial lighting will be used in the 'red room' along with some camera effects, wanting to portray a smoky and slightly sexual effect. Along with showing that this is a memory and that the boy here is happy, along with the girls memories of him.
Costume: the girl will be seen wearing different costumes, symbolising different days. We want her to look normal and relatable, aiming for her to look like a middle class school girl. Although voyeurism could be used to add attractiveness to this video, we found that this was less important. However, we did want her to look attractive to some extent, aiming to put her in attractive but casual clothes. The boy however, will be placed in quite smart clothes, wanting him to look his best as this is how the girl is likely to remember him. The girl within the video will sometimes be shown to have a blue face, using it to symbolise how she hides her true feelings around other people, finding it hard to feel comfortable around anyone but the boy she has lost. We will aim to portray this throughout the video, showing her to have a blue face whenever their is someone else in the shot but not when she is seen with the particular boy she is missing, therefore blue face paint will also be needed.
Props: A ladder will be needed for the opening scene of the video, wanting to show the girl walking up and down it in rhythm to the fast opening beat of the song. This will also symbolise the girls confusion and almost 'imbalance' in relation to her emotions and state of mind. The ladder will also allow for showing how the girl will reach to get on top of the roof, ensuring the video makes sense. Their will be three or four different costumers that the girl will be wearing. She will be seen in casual clothes throughout the video but ones in which make her look okay, wanting her to match the stereotypical view of a typical older teenage girl. A red wall will also be needed to relate to the 'red room' mentioned in the song. When choosing our locations to film, we will tweak little elements of the scene to help with the overall perception of the film. For example, we would like the view from the roof to look green and well looked after, so leaves may have to be collected and placed in specific areas. This may also be the case when the girl will be seen riding a bike, wanting to create a more countryside view.
Plot and structure: It will not run exactly in the rhythm of the story line, wanting the audience to be allowed to interpret things on their own. We also thought that this would prevent it from falling away from a music video and looking more like a film. The lighting will be bright throughout the video, although some flash backs will be apparent, portrayed with the use of colour. It will be made clear than the girl is missing a particular guy and at the moment, prefers being on her own and pretending that everything is okay. Having her face turning blue whenever their is company will help make this evident further, although we still want to add a small element of confusion. Their will be flash backs of the boy and the two characters will be seen together, however, then will never touch and the boy will somewhat flash, showing that he is not really there. A lot of fast cutting will be evident, matching with the speed of the song, along with some slow motion elements, going against the beat completely. I felt this would be beneficial in achieving an effective music video for this song choice.
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