Mise-en-scene

Setting/Location:

Start: The start of our music video will be of a young, good looking girl, dressed smartly for work, coming out of her flat. We want to use this our first establishing shot, to set the scene of the video. This will show her independence and how she is a motivated focused person, despite her own personal problems and the stress that she deals with in her life. The building will be a working class block of flats, and this will be either our own personal house/flat or a friends. We have decided to use a normal working class flat, as this will appeal to all types of audience and people can easily relate to the character.




This is an ideal picture for what we have in mind for the flats to look like. We have this in mind because it is a typical everyday flat, which could be the home of anyone, and doesn't necessarily show a particular class or wealth, therefore it will make the setting easily ratable to the audience.

(this image was found on google-images)






Second Scene: The character will then get into her car and travels along the road to work. For this we will use a point of view shot, to show exactly where she is going and so we can track her journey throughout the day. After her journey, she then parks her car, and walks along the streets to work. The street we will use will be a back alley, leading to a main road in the town, and there will also be building work happening on the site that she walks past. The building site, will be a typical site, with builders either working on the road, developing a building or drain work for example. But this will depend on what building work is happening at the time and whether it fits our criteria.


This is what we have in mind for when the character passes building work on her way to work and hears the songs playing out of the radio. However, we are willing to change this idea and be flexible with this, depending on what building work is going on when we go out and film.
(this image is from google-image)



Middle: After this, the character then walks into work and gets comfortable at her desk, as she does everyday, only to see a pile of paper work left for her to do, which is then added to by her manager. The office itself will be created by ourselves, and will be within our college. This will be so that we can use desks, chairs and computers that already exist to stage an office situation. We have chosen to use a typical office layout, so that when staging it, it begins to look realistic, and the audience will notice straight away what we are trying to achieve, and can relate it to their own work experiences.

Fourth Scene: After leaving work, this section will be of the character going back to her flat after a tough day at the office. She then puts on the radio and the song is played quietly through it, as she is getting ready to go our with her friends. During this time, the buzzer for the door goes off at let times, to show more and more people arriving for the night out and to keep her company after a tiring day. The building will be the same on the outside as the first establishing shot so that the video is kept consistent and the audience can see that she home, but this time the interior of the flat will be shown in view, and this will be of one room in the flat (lounge) the colour of this room will all be white, which will highlight the colours of the costumes and make-up of the characters. The lounge will include two white leather sofas, a table in the centre of the room, a big window and a CD player situated on the left hand side of the room, as she walks into it. There will also be a TV on the opposite side of the room to give it a homely feel. Opposite the window, there will also be a canvas of a sunset on the walls (blue, orange and yellow in colour). In the room, there will also be a big mirror which the characters will use when getting ready for their night out on the town. We have decided to use all of these objects in the room, as they create an image of a typical home, and will make the filming more realistic and once again the audience can see straight away that we are creating a lounge in the flat. To film, we will be using a friends flat, and will keep most of the interior as it is.

End: The end of our video, will be of all the girls out on the streets of Brighton heading towards the pier for a wild night out after a busy day. We will be using a group of friends, plus our main girl actress. To film, we will simply be following them, as they start their night. Most of this filming will be un-staged, and we will track girls on a actual night out in Brighton. In our shots we will be using Brighton pier at night, the beaches and the promenade and Brighton surrounding as you find them.



This is what we have in mind for the interior of the lounge in the flat. We have chosen a white, plain simple looking lounge to create realism, and hopefully something that will show she is a working class girl who has her independence by living by herself, as well as having a full time stressful job.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3012/2505247838_3f0ee7503f.jpg



Costume/Make-up:

The first time we see the main character in our video, is when she first steps outside her front door and heads towards her car. At this stage, she is all ready for work and the day ahead of her. For the work scene in the video, we want to keep the frames consistent, and have the main character wearing the same thing throughout. To show this we need to use clothes which are typical for a day at the office, and to make the storyline realistic, and something that the audience can relate to. For this, we have decided to have the girl wearing a black pencil skirt, a white shirt and a pair of black work heels. We have decided to keep it simple and have her wearing black and white, so that when she is at the office, she can easily blend into the background and to have everyone else in the frame busy around her and wearing colours. This will reinforce our idea, of the character living in her own bubble at work, but then when being with her friends she comes out of her shell and can forget about her boring and stressful working life. This same costume will be warn throughout the first few scenes in the day time setting, to show that she has been at work all day, and to make each shot consistent.

The make up used at this moment in the video, also needs to reflect the character and the idea we are trying to create. To link in with the simple costume, the make up also needs to be minimal and to not stand out among other people in the frame.

However, later on in the video when the character is getting ready to go out with her friends, we have decided to create a complete contrast in the costumes. Instead of being in simple black and white, we want the character to be wearing much brighter colours that stand out, and to be wearing a style of dress that can be worn out in the evening, with a pair of heels. This will straight away let the audience know where they are heading, as this is stereotypically the type of clothing you wear when you go out on the town.

The make up at this point will also contrast the make up from earlier, to show the time of day change, and the fact that she is going out on the town. In the evening scenes, we want the make-up to be much bolder and to stand out in the frame. The reasons we want her to stand out is to link in with our initial ideas, and the fact that when the character is out and having fun with her friends, she is a different person and can forget about the other troubles in her life she may have.

The friends in this scene, also need to be wearing party style clothing and make up, so that you can distinguish between each character, but also that it shows they are a group of friends and are going out on the town together.

Props

There are a number of different props that we are going to need when shooting our music video. These include:
* car - for when she drives to work, and this will be supplied by someone in our group.
* stereo - for when she walks past the building work and hears the song playing from the radio.
* paperwork - for the office scene, and to show her hectic life.
* brief-case - as part of her working everyday clothes.
* tables and chair - to create an office style setting.
* accessories - this will include things like jewelery, belts, hand-bags to be taken out when they girls in the video are getting ready and when going out on the town in Brighton.















Use of Colour

The colour being used in our video is going to be mostly natural. This will give a sense of realism, and will help the audience to be able to connect with the video. The use of natural lighting, will help the natural colours to show, and if needed some aspects of the video will be highlighted with editing, such as the colours of the dresses and evening wear compared to the dull black and white coloured costumes used for the work scene. This will establish not only a change in the scenery, but also a change in the character of the girl in the video, to show that when she is with her friends, she opens up and is like a new person.