Christmas Filming

During the Christmas period Rachel and I finished the bulk of our filming, despite being hampered by the weather. We filmed in Cambridge, around the Cambridge University colleges as we decided before hand after audience research.

Unfortunately we have found it hard to get reliable actors, as many of them have pulled out from filming; so as to not get behind schedule we decided that I should play the main role as the boyfriend. This still fits in with the our research and should not detract from the quality of the end product of our music video.

Ideas

Having examined and studied other music videos, we have started to draft our ideas for our music video.

We will try to use mise-en-scene to represent the progression in the music video. For example have the male actor wear a hoody with the hood up to show his mood; then when he realises he's made a mistake he takes the hood down. We were thinking that maybe the girl/alternative protagonist could also be wearing clothes which reflect her mood.

We would then incorporate the editing and use washed out colours when he has his hood up and then bring out the colour when his hood is down. Bringing out blues/greys/blacks in the video would also emphasise the emotion of the character; as our music video is about a teenage couple, we could bring out the the stereotypical moodiness and depression commonly associated with teenagers. This would appeal to our younger target audience (the 16-25 age bracket).

Again we will try to use the camera angle and position to show mood; by having the character in an isolated area with out people around, which is a conventional way of showing this emotion.

We have storyboarded unfortunately, we were unable to upload due to a technical error.

Synopsis

Our idea for the music video is of a teenage couple who have broken up. The scenario in the music video is the two have had an argument and they have split up. We will show the two reflecting on what they have done; we will show flashbacks of the argument and we will wash out the colours to begin with and then towards the end we will make the shots brighter and clearer to show that they realise that they made a mistake and they still love each other.