Filming 27th September 2011

 velled to London to start our filming for our music video. This gave us the idea opportunity to assess our locations and to start to get some filler shots for our video. We also used the time to take photos to include in our Digipak, which we are currently designing. Unfortunately our actors were not available for filming today, so we could not get any of our lip syncing done, but we found the day very useful as it gave us the opportunity to work out how we wanted to film and to finalise our locations.

I have included some pictures below of the day and what we got up to. I will be creating a post like this everytime we film to keep track of what we have done. Whilst we have been filming, Nathan has been experimenting at home on Adobe After Effects to try out different ways of making lyrics appear on screen. I believe that these are very good, and full credit must go to Nathan for his excellent work on these. I have included the pictures below to show you what he has done which will hopefully be implemented into our final video.

Storyboards and Lyrics

The Twist and inspiration.

Primarily, the Twist that is portrayed in our music video is a complicated paranormal issue that is addressed with decent visuals. Essentially, we see our main male character under the stress of the loss of his late girlfriend. Depressed, he is telling a story of his struggle facing the loss of a loved one.

We can acknowledge the fact that he is going through a dark and grim time judging by his acting and facial expressions etc. We see him sitting in a graveyard that is in fact the graveyard that his girlfriend is buried in and the twist becomes clear that he has joined her. Without knowing, he has committed suicide due to the sheer depression he has encountered. The end shot shows his grave with his name elevated above it. When the writing shatters it is promoting the fact that his heart was shattered when he lost his girlfriend.

The inspiration has sprung up from film and television. We understood the approach we needed to take to show such a serious and depressing issue. We tried to present it in a subtle way and the visuals we have created has hints and clues to the fact that he is singing it from beyond the grave, respectively.

Mise-En-Scene

The Mise-En-Scene is very important in any type of film. To construct a positive piece of film, we would need to study different types of Mise-En-Scene and how we can install it into our potential music video. It's important to analyse different locations, props, costumes, lighting etc. When you have triggered the right choice, the music video would be produced in a positive way.

Our music video would need to be located somewhere crowded due to the song being called 'You Found Me'. We could be ironic and have a less crowded place where two parties meet. This is a possibility and the idea of using two different locations could be important in portraying the idea of 'Finding someone'.

Props and Costume isn't as important as some other music videos would be. The Props that would be needed would be very small, insignificant to say the least, but there would be everyday items featuring in the music video. Costume would be very casual and everyday clothing as the focus would solely be on the acotrs and what they are doing, seemingly.

Representation of people/groups in video

As we have only two actors in our music video, one male and one female, the representation that we have fairly simple. Because our target audience is likely to be close to those aged 16-25, there are likely to be stereotypes that relate to this which we want to try and avoid especially due to the recent riots, that the press have used to slag the youth of today off even more.

Costume will have a big role to play in our video. We will be looking to dress our actors in a casual way but keeping it respectful. By doing this we aim to get a positive reaction from the audience who may feel that any labels that they have been tagged under will be withdrawn. As relation is a key element that we will also be looking to provoke from the audience, the actors will be of a very similar age to those watching yet old and professional enough to pull off the role successfully.

Our characters will not always be presented in a positive way, but having said this our representation will hopefully fall short of any stereotypes by a long way. As we will be portraying a relationship, we are keen to show that a relationship is never perfect, regardless of whom it involves. By showing the relationship we hope to provoke more emotion/reaction from our audience, this may be feeling sorry for an individual or hating the individual.

In regards to ethnicity, our actors are going to be Caucasian, through no discrimination but simply because of the resources available to us. The majority of our audience are likely to be of a similar ethnic background to our characters, which means it is more than likely that there will be an increase in the relation between our audience and our characters. 

Locations

Locations List:

Green Park

Ritz Hotel entrance

London Eye

Oxford Street

Regent Street

London Bridge

Tower Bridge

Trafalgar Square

Big Ben & Houses of Parliament

Embankment

Group Members House

Sketches...