Mise-en-scene for our music video

We have to analyse the different type of costume and props etc. we're using in our music video and talk about why we use them and why they're relative to the song and the ideas we're using and we do the analyses by using CLAMPS.(Costume, Lighting, Actors, Make-up, Props and Setting)

Costume- For our actor, he is just wearing normal, everyday clothing to show that he isn't any different from all the other people walking around him and that he is just a normal person. Then for the singer and band members they are wearing dark clothing because they're meant to be subconscious, like guardians, so they should be in plain, unexpressive clothing.
     These clothing was used because it worked for the genre and it was also convenient that the actors had them.


Lighting-For most of the scenes, we're using natural daylight because we're outside most of the time and we tried to film the video when it was dark and rainy outside so it could reflect the mood of how our actor's feeling. We then used natural night time light for the burning piano scene so we could get some good shots of it in the dark. Then for the performance based scene we're using a spotlight on the singer and the drummer to show that thet're the main point of attention in the scene.

   

Actors- We have the actor looking depressed all the way through the film because it reflects the mood of the song and the story of the song because he had just been dumped and the singer and drummer show no expression at all because they're not really there, meaning they're not real.

  

Make-up- No make-up was used in the making of our music video because we wanted all the actors to look real and we wouldn't expect a depressed man to wear make-up and we wanted the conscious to look normal.



Props- The props we used were the phone to show that he had been dumped, the I-pod to start the music, the burning piano for our final scene and the piano and drum set in the canteen for the performance based section of our video.
 
We used a mobile phone because teenagers of this age use them  nearly all the time. This also showed the audience that it is for the present and make the video make sense.


The Ipod once again was used so the whole video made sense and established that the actor could also hear the music but no one else could.

   

The piano was used because the song itself consists of a piano. We also burnt one so to correspond to the "up in flames".





The drum kit was used also because it is in the song itself and added to the piano so it wasn't going to look plain.

Setting:
The settings we shot our scenes in were the actors bedroom when we find out he gets dumped, the train station where he goes to Lincoln, Lincoln high street where he walks around, the school canteen for the performance scene and a sheep field for the final and burning piano scene. 

Behind the Scenes of Filming 3

Simon our technition. He is turning the lights on and doing a quick test to ensure the electrics are safe and ready to use.

These are the electrics that the lighting system is set up on. It is a large hazard and to avoid injury we did not tamper with it at all.

 The hall is being cleaned up from the kids going home so that's one less thing that we need to do.

Setting up the lighting positions and colours. Simon watched when I began to check that I knew what I was doing and soon left when he realise that I wasnt misusing the equipment.

This is the software that is used to move the lighting. It looks complicated but only a few of the buttons where needed for our filming.

Moving the lights took time. I had 4 lights that I needed and all needed to be in the right place to crate the correct effect.

Here i have changed the lighting to the colour I wanted. This was a deep red.

Moving the drum kit from the music room to the Hall. We made sure we didn't carry too much equipment as not to damage ourselves and the equipment.

Here I have moved all the lights to the correct places and colour. Unfutunally these images where not taken on my camera and where taken on one that is not as good.

Setting up my idea for the light under the drum and water. I added the water on the skin of the drum and James turned on the light to the correct intensity to create the right colour.

This was the result. I think it went very well. This shot will be slowed down to the lyrics "up in flames".

James playing the drums to 'up in flames'

Will playing the piano to 'Up inflames'

Camera equipment including: HD camera, Tripod and Dolly.

Images of filming the drummer an piano player.

Filming the water on drum scene. i took many takes for this at different angles and zooms. This was so we have as much choice as possible when editing.

Cleaning the floor of water was also important so there was no slip hazard or water on electrics.

Risk Assessment

New risk assessment for music video from jamesmq17

We make risk assessment so no one gets injured and so all filming goes ahead smoothly and safely.

Shot List

This corresponds to the Story board and is carried with us so we know what needs filming when. It reduces the chance of continuity mistakes as well as help make it go smoothly.

Job Roles in our Group

James - Drummer and photographer

We chose James to be the drummer because he knows how to play the drums and he is an A-Level drama student so he shouldn't be shy in front of a camera and when he isn't in front of the camera, He will be taking still shots of our behind the scenes filming

Will-Singer and producer
We had to keep Will as our singer because the scenes we weren't going to change still had him as the singer, but we weren't going to change him anyway because he's good at miming the song, and he's the producer because he's good at overseeing whats going on.

Lewis-Director and guitarist 

We decided to keep Lewis as the director because he has come up with most of the ideas for our music video and he isn't much of an actor so he didn't want to be in the film too much unless he was really needed, and we chose him to be the guitarist because he doesn't have to do much in front of camera.

Jonny-Cameraman
We chose Jonny to be our cameraman because he knows his way around a camera and knows what shots would look good and which ones wouldn't

Tom-Actor(Depressed man)
We decided to cast Tom as our depressed man because he's confident in front of a camera and he doesn't need to go too over-the-top with his acting whereas our last actor did.

Sophie-Actor(Depressed woman)
After the feedback we got from our first viewing, we decided it would be a good idea to have a depressed woman in our video to shoe her side of the story and we chose Sophie because she did A-Level drama last year and isn't shy in front of a camera.

Testing the Lighting

We wanted to test and learn a bit on the lighting for our drum scene before we actually filmed it. so we took a lesson and went with the technician and took us to the galley where the controls are kept. He then showed you what the lighting could do and from there we tried different things that would help when we do film this scene.

Setting up the computer software and connection for the lights.

Finding the colour buttons and tried different colours.

Will looking from the bottom where the performance will be.

the laptop with the controls

Me trying out the laptop and the controls.

Here we have changed the red lights to become softer unlike the centre that is sharp.

Me and James observing the controls.

Both these pictures are of the lighting and while we where trying it out.