Mise en scene in our video

Mise-en-scene in our video:

Our costume hair, make-up and props verse by verse:

“Pour up (drank), head shot (drank), sit down (drank), stand up (drank), pass out (drank), wake up (drank), faded (drank), faded (drank)”  - repeated bridge

There will be one male character in a dark room for this part of the video, the costume will be dependent on the race of the model as if we use a white boy we would like him in black, however, if we use a black boy we want him in all white. The outfit will consist of jeans, a t shirt and trainers all in the same colour. The make up for the boy will be very natural and may only consist of some concealer or foundation in order to even out the skin. Hair will be left natural as it is a boy there is not much we can do here. Props that will be used in this scene will be a bottle of alcohol, a glass and a clock on a bedside table.

Verse 1:

Character 1 – small child will be dressed in young clothes and holding a teddy bear

Character 2 – the main boy will be dressed as he was in the previous scene, keeping it                     

consistent but then in the party scene dressed in black instead of white clothes (either way) with a chain and looking less sheepish, hair will be styled instead of natural to show he has got ready for this party.

Extras (party people) – girls will be in dresses and will have dramatic make up such as smoky eyes and red lips in order to show they have made an effort for the party, boys will be dressed smartly but natural make up for boys

Props – props in this verse will change frequently as there are many different scenes. We will use a teddy bear for the child to suggest the innocence then at the party we are going for a red theme as we are using a red gel over the camera lens so we have red cups and red fairy lights.

Chorus:

Character 1: main boy walking into the party with his friends in what he was wearing previously, the chain with the black clothes

Character 2: the main girl appears in a bath she will have a bare face no make-up and will be naked in the bath but appears out of the bath with her hair soaked along her back and this will be what we video.

Character 3+4: two girls in Baywatch outfits he is visioning as the main girl as though everyone is her, they will have a lot of make-up such as foundation, blusher, bronzer and eye shadow wearing a red leotard (famous from Baywatch) and hair long and down as they run, as if blowing in the wind

Bridge repeats

Verse 2:

Character 1: Close up of the main boy so he needs to have even skin which could require minimal make-up such as foundation and concealer, but very natural so that you cannot see it

Props: This scene focuses more on the mind of the male and is a very dark scene, his conscience talking to him warning him props used will be a doorway using a dark room and just light coming through then the use of a phone as he gets messages through, this is a very minimalistic scene as everything is very zoomed in and closed off and close up as he thinks everything through.

Repeat of Chorus

Bridge Repeats

-          End - 

Drawings of storyboard

Chosen song

Camera Angles research

In my music video, I will use a variety of camera angles and shot types to portray the correct image to my audience, allowing them to understand and relate to the video. Some of the shot types I will use include:

·         Long shots

·         Establishing shots

·         Close ups

·         Medium shots

·         Extreme close ups

·         Slow motion shots

A motif that I am looking to use in my video is to include a slow motion and moving shot (running shot) in my work. Using these types of techniques will mean that my video will look more professional and will use diverse shooting techniques. The slow motion shot will take place at the party where the camera will be travelling through the crowd and everyone will be moving slowly. The running shot will be of the girl that is the figure of his imagination running down an empty corridor.

Examples of camera angles in existing music videos:

At one point of the music video we will see the mystery female come up from the bath and grab the sides for this we will use a medium long shot from behind so that we can see the whole back of her but also close enough to see the details such as the hands clasping onto the sides.

This video uses a close up shot of burning paper which we assume is a letter, in my video I am going to be using the same technique where our main boy is burning photographs of him and the mystery girl, the close up will allow us to see the brightness of the fire clearly and the photograph burning away, the fire will represent the anger and the brightness of the flame will contrast with the black, dark background creating intensity within the video.

This video uses close up camera angles, which is one we would like to use when we are focusing on the main boy in the second verse and on the bridge. This highlights the features of the face and can highlight the emotion really well which is fitting for our video as we want to show his distress. The face on close up used of Trey Songz is one we want to use in our video as you can really focus your attention on the character, it will give the video a personal feel which will add emotion to the video as the audience will hopefully see the pain of our main character and start to feel for him.

 We also want to use a mid shot when we video the enigma, when videoing Lily we need to make sure we have the perfect mid shot, for example here we see up to the characters knees as she runs towards us and the rest of her is cut off by the darkness, this keeps the mysterious feel in the video with the contrast of dark and light which is exactly what we want to depict in our video.

A low angle shot is also going to be used, we want to have a shot of bottles falling to the floor in the empty room but also in the party scene we will have someone videoing at floor level and show cups dropping and feet and people moving and dancing, this will show the busyness of the world around him, everyone moving and the party going on but then the camera will go up to him and show him still and not enjoying himself amongst the crowd. Although this picture is not of the same scene we use it shows floor level camera angles clearly.

     The final camera angle that we will use will be a              point of view shot, in the party his friends will be            'cheersing' and pouring drinks, we will show this             through his eyes to show him not being involved
      and everyone enjoying themselves, apart from
      him.

lighting research

 The lighting for our video will vary as our models are of different races and through our research we have developed a sense of awareness that different lighting works better with different skin tones, our
research helps us determine how to use the lighting in order to create the right tone yet also capture the model correctly. 
This video promotes his feelings as it appears dark and dismal, this emotion is enhanced by his gestures and the close up of his head in his hands. We will do something similar to this when we create his conscience in a scene, he will use his hands and facial expression to create the tone as he will shut his eyes and drop his head in his hands. We will also experiment with a blue gel over the lens of the camera that reflects the mood.The black and slightly blue areas will create a cold tone that reflects his depression and his reflective mood.

These shots use a red tint over the camera lens which is a stark contrast to the blue tint that comes before these scenes. The colour red is brought in through the lighting, the colour alcohol and the red cups, showing the use of mise en scene. This makes the scenes appear quite ominous as red is related to danger and sinister moods. We will use red cups in our video as a lot of our research uses them in parties, we will have some girls wearing red and we will use a red gel over one of the cameras to get footage with a red tint as well as normal footage from the other cameras This is how we will show our use of mise en scene as we are taking everything into account from make up to props and making sure they co-ordinate in order to get the best possible effect. As it will be a party in a dark room the light source will be minimal with only fairy lights hanging up therefore the red tint will not be too overpowering or bright

As our message is blaming the party and his drinking for our models depressive state we will therefore highlight the red around him and we will practice using torches that have a red gel around them to determine whether we can create a slight red light to ease the red scenes into the video in a way that will relate and will not appear too bright as we want to keep the dark tone.

I used this video as research into how an enigma is shown. We are using a girl similar to this video. This woman is shown in white and it is blurred to show a fuzzy image to emphasize that he is just a fabrication of his mind. Using this research as inspiration we will blur the footage we use of the girl as it will show her existence is questionable as the picture is not

as clear as the others. We will put her in clothing that does not suit the rest of the footage such as a white dress when she is in the bath and school uniform in the images of her. She will only ever appear when he is seen to be thinking therefore showing how he produces her with his thoughts. His facial features when he thinks he sees her at the party will show disbelief as if he knows she could not be there, this will ensure the audience is aware of what she is in the video and will translate the question of who is she through the video as we would like it to be portrayed as a mystery, keeping people intrigued.

Costume research

As a group we have created a Prezi to explain the costumse that we have planned for our characters. We will have other people within the video as this Prezi only explains the costumes of the main boy and main girl, however, the other characters will just be wearing party wear as they will only be featured within the party and will not be seen in detail.

The message of our video

Alcoholism

The message behind our video is portrayed through a young boy in his late teens struggling with alcohol dependency and the affect it has on his day to day life and routine. In our video you will see scenes of him at a party, by himself alone with his conscience talking to him, trying to break through to the boy, the rest of the party will be enjoying themselves, however he will appear secluded within the party. At the end of the video he is once again secluded, walking around on the streets again on his own. This will showing the audience the different phases of his dependency. The reasons behind the alcoholism will be left as a mystery; we have done this to confuse yet intrigue the audience. Throughout the video there will constantly be reference to an enigma he has formed of a mysterious girl, the audience are left questioning who she is, not knowing whether she is the reason behind why he is in this state, this will be a re-occurring question throughout our video.