pre production - costume and mise en scene

Costume

For the shots of the boy and girl together the girl will wear simple clothing to show that nothing else matters when they are together. This will also make sure the audience focus their attention more on the what is happening rather than what she is wearing Our artist is main stream and we want to show this through the clothing in our video. We think that this type of clothing is what the normal everyday girl of this age would wear therefore our target audience of teenagers and young adults will be able to relate to this. 

Some examples:

Black shorts

                                                                         White jumper

Black ankle boots 

                                                             skinny jeans

The boy in these shots will be very much the same, wearing casual clothes. This will again make him seem like the normal everyday boy and will helpo the video to appeal to a male and female audience.
 Examples:

 

Jeans

                                                                                                                   Casual top

In the performance shots the girl will be more dressed up to show variety in the video and also sticking to conventions of music videos as our artist is mainstream. However, she won't be very dressed up as his will again detract the audiences attention away from the song and the narrative of the video. We also want to show a difference between the performance shots and the narrative shots to keep the video interesting for the audience. We want to appeal to a male audience through her clothes but while at thye same time making sure they are not too revealing. This will ensure that we are also appealing to the female audience as they can relate to her still.

Examples:

Black disco shorts
 White top









Red heels



 Pink top

 

 Props

A clock will be used throughout the video as the song is called "time". In the narrative the couple are waiting for the boy to go away so the clock will symbolise this and show they are waiting. There will be cuts to the clock throughout the whole video with the time getting nearer and nearer to the time that the boy has to leave. We will use time lapse and speed this up to make it look as thought time is passing faster.

A rose will be used as this symbolises their relationship. Flowers are temporary and don't last forever, similarly their love is temporary and will end up breaking down in the end. It will also show the stage their relationship is at. When the rose is falling apart this will symbolise their love falling apart however when the rose is whole this will show their relationship is good.  

        A lemon or another fruit will be used to also symbolise their relationship. It will show that love is bitter but sweet like the fruit. These objects will be cut to throughout the video to symbolise thier relationship and help explain what is happening in the narrative.