Focused analysis

Analysis of locations:

Our locations as you can see are streets in the day/night, a bedroom (various different places in the room), a bathroom, and a place where the band will be playing. This will be held in an out house that i have, it is dusty, dark and really old which will be the perfect location for us to use because it shows how we have done our research and know how to use good locations which shows our use of intertextuality, chosen within our mise en scene.
We are using simple locations but it is how we will make them look effective in our video.
Some of the street shots will be done at night but we took the pictures in the day so that we could show clearly where we would be filming. The bedroom shots are interesting because that is his place of confinement as it reflects his anger over his break up. The shots of the trees in the park shows how we found a location that has good lighting with shadows through the trees. We were pleased that the lamp-posts gave us enough light in the dark that reflected the effect of chirascuro when we took our photos.
From the comment on my group's 'location' photos made my Mr Raymond. We have decided to use our locations in a m ore 'domestic' way, as he suggested, to make it more interesting. The shots we took of the stairs will be shot (in our filming of the video, to give it effect) in the dark with some lighting from above and then some from below to see how we could possibly make the shot of the stairs more interesting, fitting in with the dark mood and theme of our chosen song. The shots of the streets and out of the window that we have used, we think, can be shot to show a less suburban area and make our locations look more professional, and not just an easy location of a typical street.
But for now, we have decided to shoot our video and edit it the way we planned and then see if it can be improved by using the variations suggested by Mr Raymond, as he will be part of an audience who will be viewing our music video.

This location is important as it is where Sean see's Chris and myself ad it is where he starts the argument and punches chris. We want to so this shot at night time to stay close to our chosen genre with effects of chiaroscuro and low key lighting to stick to a dark tone.

Also, Ben's bedroom is a very important place in this video as it is a reminder to Sean of all his happy memories with me. The flashbacks are shown in here because it was the place where he was with me, giving me the rose to express his love.






These images show the bridge in the park that will be shown in the final scenes. The bridge where I (as my character) first attempt to win sean back. We chose the bridge as it was different to the previous location and the water added to the overall lighting of the film and provided some variety.






This is a shot of the alley way where Sean finally breaks up with me. We began the video with a single lampost-lit alley and now we have ended in one. It's simple setting allows the majority of the focus to remain on the characters and the lighting adds tension and effect i the mood of the video and on the characters faces.






As you can see, the tree's branches hang down which make this location more interesting and create the feeling of enclosure. Ben and I were looking for a dark and mysterious setting for our final shots. This grassy park location was our first choice and we feel that is is suitable for the narrative in our video.








Sound/and music analysis:
My group has chosen Bullet For My Valentine's song 'Cries In Vain', shown in the storyboard analysis, as we think our story line that we have created in our storyboard planning is going to fit very well and through knowledge on theories we will show through our filming that we have a clear understanding of using different shots to create a story and stick to our narrative for the song and how we can stick to our genre without choosing any shots and editing that does not suit our theories. When planning, i have chosen music videos to analyse that are in the same genre as the song my group has chosen. We both listen to rock, so our group was easily put together. For a target audience it is clear to see that our video will attract 'rock' music listeners who appreciate that music. Were not looking to aim our video at people who listen to 'pop' or 'dance' which will show through our editing and our chosen theories.

To make our video effective, we will need the actor playing 'the lead singer' to be in sync with the song so it matches the sound and music in the video. The lead singer will need to look as if he is singing the song live and that he 'is' the real member of the band.




Focused analysis on characters in our music video:
In my group, we have chosen who we will use for the band representing Bullet For My Valentine!
They have said when they will be free which is every saturday in the day, so me and Ben know that we will have to do all of our band shots on a weekend and schedule a timetable nearer to the filming process. Me and Ben both want to be a part of the video, so we have decided, as Ben is in the band, i shall film the band shots and i will be playing the 'ex girlfriend' who is portrayed to be horrible, so on the shots of me Ben shall film those I am the main antagonist and create the disequilibrium in the story. At the end i show how I become the victim. We decided as a group that in the shots we are not featured in, such as the band shots and the shots of me, we shall take it in turns to film these and we will make a timetable and a plan to stick to so we both show that we have had a fair chance of filming the sequence, and stick to the 'group work' scheme.
Our friend 'Sean' has agreed to play the 'ex boyfriend who is dumped' by me and he will be the protagonist of this video as it is about his feelings and his revenge and regret.
We have 'Chris' playing my 'new boyfriend' who will only be in various shots where the song speeds up and the action begins.

Mise en Scene:
The mise en scene we plan to use will be lighting (giving the feel of chirascuro), clothing to fit the 'dark' 'metal' genre.
We will be filming quite a lot at night time so if we cannot find a convenient place to shoot the night shots, we will use a torch to give extra lighting in the shots atmosphere is needed. We will also use various props such as a mobile phone, alcohol and a rose. The phone is important as it is a beginning to the significance of his anger being brought up and the alcohol shows it is something he has possibly turned to as a part of comfort.