Location Possibilities

For the exterior I have looked at possible locations that we could use.

Forest

I thought about the use of a forest because I thought that it looked quite good with the tone of music we have gone for. Also as the music at the start sounds a bit like it's in the country it may be a good idea. I think that the use of the forest would be a good choice as it looks nice visually. I thought that this would look really good because I think we could have Skye in the middle of the trees and it would look very simple and we could have it in black and white and then have Skye in a colour which would make it stand out from the background.

Town

I also thought of the idea of using town because it would be an easy place for all of us to get to. I think that town has a lot of good places where we could film and also it means that it is a natural setting so we wouldn't have to set up the scene etc. I think that we could have Skye walking through the town when she is singing the lyrics and I also think it would be good to record some other shots in town without Skye as it make mean we have a variety of shots in stead of just Skye throughout the whole video. We thought that having the setting in town it would make it very realistic and would also make it have a good setting which wouldn't take long to set up. There is also a fountain in town which we think would be a very good location because it would make the visuals fit in with the genre and the slow music which will make it seem calm like the song. I think that having this in black and white would look good because it would make the water out of the fountain stand out.





Road

I also think that if the artist is sitting near the road we could film the cars as she is talking about a 'fast car' which might mean that it will work well as it will relate to the lyrics. I think that sitting by a road would work well if she is walking past it as she could be looking into the cars then we could go to a scene where there is someone in the car who she is singing about which may work well. I think that having it in the dark so all of the lights stand out would make it look really good because it means that the bright lights would be a focus and also speeding it up would work well because she is singing about a fast car so it would mean that it would fit in with the lyrics and therefore it would work well as Andrew Goodwins theory suggests.










I have looked at a variety of different outside shots where I think would be suitable for the video. I had the idea of using a park because I like the miss en scene in the park as I think the visuals work well and also I like the trees and swings in the background as I think it looks good. I also looked at roads as I think that this may work well because it will relate to the song as 'Skye' will be looking at the cars which will work really well I think. I also like the idea of using steps because I think that we could have 'Skye' on one step then another shot on another step because I think that this may work really well. I think that this has helped me to look at locations which fit in with the genre and which link into Andrew Goodwins  theory for example the use of looking at cars because I think that videos which relate to the lyrics look much better than those that don't.

The possibilities for the interiors are:

Concert

I think that the use of a concert or performance would work really well because I think it works really well as we have seen in previous music videos, e.g. Adele and Tracy Chapmen. I really like the realisticness of it and how the mise en scene looks, however it may be hard to get all the people in the background and make it look realistic which may mean that it won't look good. I think that a concert would make it fit in with the genre and how Skye is portrayed to the audience.

Studio

I think that the use of a studio works really well because of that fact that it looks like they are making there music and it is natural. It may be hard to find a studio but if we do it would look really good if we had 'Skye' singing in to the microphone as I think it would work really well. I think this may not work to well as it may look a bit like an R&B genre but if done right it may look good, also done in black and white it would look really good.

Warehouse

I like the use of a warehouse as it looks very messy and dirty and so effortless but it looks really simple and I think it somewhere where we could film. I think that it would work really well and I also think that it makes the mise en scene in the genre work really well. I came up with the idea of a warehouse because I thought that it looked like the room in Adeles video which I thought worked really well and I thought would be a good mise en scene for our genre and music video.

Car

I really like the idea of filming in a car because I think that it works really well with the lyrics because of the fact that she's talking about a 'fast car' and seeing as it is a fast car I think it would be a good idea to edit the footage and speed it up so that it links into the song. I think that the mise en scene from the window of a car work really well because there is so much going on and if in the dark all the lights would be on which would work well.

I have looked at a range of interior locations that I think may be good for our video and for this I looked at places which I though worked well in other videos which I looked at through my research. I thought of the idea of using the studio because I think it will look good because it will look like she's making the song and it will relate to the visuals. I also think the studio would look good because it would show how the music gets made which looks good in a video. I also thought of the idea of looking at performance places as I think it would look good if we did it like a performance as that is what Tracy Chapman has in her video. I thought about a small performance rather than a big performance because I think that it would be easier to do as we have better equipment for it, so maybe in a pub or somewhere small.