MISE-EN-SCENE“GIRLS” THE 1975

INTRODUCTION• MY CHOSEN SONG IS “GIRLS” BY THE 1975 WHICH IS IN THE

ALTERNATIVE ROCK GENRE. AFTER DOING MY PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RESEARCH, I BEGAN THINKING ABOUT WHAT I SHOULD AND SHOULDN’T INCLUDE WITHIN MY MUSIC VIDEO. WITHIN THIS PRESENTATION I AM GOING TO WRITE ABOUT WHAT IDEAS I HAVE ABOUT POTENTIAL CLAMPS (COSTUME, LIGHTING, ACTORS, PROPS AND SETTINGS) I MAY USE IN MY VIDEO.

COSTUME• I HAVE DECIDED THAT THE BAND IN MY MUSIC VIDEO WILL BE

WEARING A CASUAL ‘EDGY’ STYLE OF CLOTHING, AS FROM MY TARGET AUDIENCE RESEARCH I FOUND THAT MY TARGET AUDIENCE LIKE TO BE ABLE TO RELATE TO THE ARTIST. THE BAND THAT I HAVE CHOSEN TO FEATURE IN MY VIDEO ALREADY HAVE A STYLE LIKE THIS.

• I HAVE ALSO DECIDED THAT THE GIRLS IN MY VIDEO SHOULD WEAR CASUAL ITEMS TOO, SO THAT THE VIDEO LOOKS MORE REALISTIC AND THEREFORE RELATABLE. I DO NOT WANT TO PORTRAY THE GIRLS IN A SEXUALISED WAY AS THAT IS NOT WHAT I WANT MY VIDEO TO ADVOCATE.

• I HAVE DECIDED TO KEEP BOTH THE BAND AND GIRLS DRESSED CASUALLY AS I DIDN'T WANT ATTENTION BEING DRAWN AWAY FROM THE UNIQUE IDEA IN MY VIDEO.

LIGHTING• I HAVE DECIDED THAT I WOULD LIKE THE LIGHTING

DURING THE NARRATIVE PART OF THE VIDEO TO BE NATURAL TO MAKE THE STORYLINE MORE REALISTIC AND BELIEVABLE, HOWEVER I HAVE DECIDED THAT I WOULD LIKE THE LIGHTING IN THE PERFORMANCE PART OF THE VIDEO TO BE SLIGHTLY ARTIFICIAL AND PERHAPS A LITTLE LOW KEY. THIS ELEMENT WILL ADD TO THE BANDS EDGY STYLE AND COMPLIMENT THE GENRE OF MUSIC. ASIDE FROM THIS I HAVE DECIDED THAT I MIGHT USE FILTERS IN THE POST-PRODUCTION STAGE TO MAKE THE PERFORMANCE ELEMENT DIFFERENT TO THE NARRATIVE.

ACTORS• THE BAND THAT I HAVE CHOSEN TO USE IN MY MUSIC VIDEO FIT THE

STYLE THAT I WANT IN MY VIDEO, WHICH IS A SIMILAR ONE TO THE 1975. I ALSO CHOSE THIS BAND BECAUSE THEY HAVE PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE, MEANING THAT IT WOULD BE MORE BELIEVABLE.

• THE GIRLS I HAVE CHOSEN TO FEATURE IN THE NARRATIVE PART OF MY VIDEO ALL HAVE ACTING EXPERIENCE AND THEIR AESTHETICS FIT WHAT I WANTED FOR MY VIDEO. AS I WANTED GIRLS TO BE PORTRAYED IN A POSITIVE LIGHT.

MAKE UP• I HAVE DECIDED TO USE NATURALISTIC

MAKE UP IN MY VIDEO BECAUSE I DON’T WANT THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE VIDEO TO TAKEN AWAY BY THE AUDIENCE BEING DISTRACTED BY THE SPONTANEOUS USE OF MAKE UP.

PROPS• I DO NOT INTEND TO USE UNCONVENTIONAL

PROPS FOR A MUSIC VIDEO. THEREFORE I WILL BE USING INSTRUMENTS AND AMPLIFIERS DURING THE PERFORMANCE PART OF THE VIDEO. HOWEVER DURING THE NARRATIVE PART OF THE VIDEO I WILL BE USING A PHONE BUT I WILL NOT BE USING ANY OTHER SYMBOLIC PROPS DURING THIS. HOWEVER NORMAL THINGS THAT ARE FOUND IN THE LOCATIONS THAT I AM FILMING IN, A KITCHEN FOR EXAMPLE, I WILL LEAVE THE PROPS IN THE BACKGROUND AS LONG AS THEY DON’T INTERRUPT THE FRAME.

SETTING• FOR THE PERFORMANCE PART OF MY VIDEO, I PLAN TO USE A STUDIO OR SIMILAR, THIS IS A

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR ANY BAND, I CHOSE TO FILM THE PERFORMANCE PART OF MY VIDEO IN A STUDIO BECAUSE I DIDN’T WANT THE VIDEO TO BE ALL ABOUT THE BAND, I WANTED IT ALSO TO FOCUS OF THE NARRATIVE PART OF THE VIDEO. BY USING A STUDIO I THINK THAT THE ATTENTION IS SLIGHTLY DRAWN AWAY FROM THE BAND AS IT IS DIFFERENT TO THEM PERFORMING IN FRONT OF A CROWD FULL OF PEOPLE.

• FOR THE NARRATIVE PART OF MY VIDEO, I WILL BE USING 3-4 LOCATIONS TO FILM, SHOWING THE BAND MEMBERS IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS WITH PAST GIRLFRIENDS. I THINK THIS WILL BE ESTABLISHED FURTHER ON IN THE VIDEO BUT WILL KEEP THE AUDIENCE GUESSING THROUGHOUT AS TO WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT. THE LOCATIONS I PLAN TO USE ARE A STREET, THE BEACH AND A HOUSE. THESE ARE VERY NORMAL AND EVERYDAY LOCATIONS MAKING MY VIDEO MORE RELATABLE.