We have decided on several things when it comes to our misc en scene. These things relate to our need to fit in with our decided the narrative of a break up, plus the decision that we wanted a narrative, a performance and a closeup performance. These are the decision we have made:
1. SETTING
When it comes to setting there is very little we can do with our budget (that is non-existant) to chose a setting that would really meet the misc-en-scene of the kind of video we are trying to create. If we had the millions that some of these music video directors have to use then we would have been able to think about where a bit more but we simply had to go with what we had. In working with what we had we still had to pick carefully places in the local area that fitted in with our misc-en-scene.
You can see more information on location here:
We have decided on four main settings:
a) The house
We want to use an small and average house, which fits in with the idea of a couples first home. We therefore have chosen to use a resumbly old fashioned bunglow which fits in with our character leaving their shabby life behind. This shabbyness has almost become a style in some of Katy Perry's videos, especially when looking at the "past" scene in her music video for "The One That Got Away". To get the ultimate effect we used the inside
b) The Club
We wanted a club as part of our narrative. The "Old Windsor Club", which we filmed in was chosen (not only because Jodie has family connections which meant we could film in for free) but it emunates all the things that are expected in a club. There is a very obvious bar, stage (for performance) and dance floor. All this elements are also extremely traditional, in the sense that the stage has red curtains, the bar is made of thick dark wood.
c) A field
We wanted a walking away scene. In choosing Stag Medow we had captured a large fielded area with woodland. It looks like it is the middle of no where with a stream and everything.
d) A road
The road we have chosen really fits in with the misc-en-scene we are going for, sparce and yet still with residential properties all around - you will clearly know what it is and that it leads away from "the house". (This is the innital stages of Jodie walking away).
2. LIGHTING
We havent got acess to actual to the same sort of lighting equiptment that is actually used in proper music videos, and as we have a none existant budget we cant afford to higher any. We have therefore decided to film entirely in the day time (especially the exterior scenes).
In the club we will be using a disco ball and light effects that the club already have in place. This will fit in with our misc-en-scene by adding to the idea of the location being a club in the first place. To help the special lighting in the club scenes we will also close the curtains in the main club room. The bar is going to be kept lit meanwhile because then closeups will be easier to see in the more dramatic scenes of the bar.
3. COSTUME
We have looked in great detail into costume and that can be found here:
http://windsoradvancedportfoliogroup1.blogspot.com/2011/11/costume-make-up-research-ideas.html
Basically we are keeping everything very plain and simple in the narrative part of our video. Then in the club scenes everything will be much more dressed up.
4. ACTING
We are going to try and act as best we can. Jodie being an ex-drama student should do the job. Admittidly though the music videos which we have researched exhibit signs of exagerated acting, we will therefore go for over acting rather than under acting, but where possible we will keep the acting natural.
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