Sunday, 20 September 2009

Location Scouting for Music Video

The following shot has plants/tall grass, along with a small image of a church on the horizon, which helps give the connotation of the characters being a long way from any settlement (they are all alone), which can indicate that the friends don't want to be disturbed by 'outsiders':

This shot could be good setting for the music video as it helps create a calm, relaxed atmosphere for the music video, which adheres to the conventions of a typical 'acoustic guitar' song. The ways in which this setting helps create this atmosphere is the image of the large empty horizon, with waves crashing gently on the sand, and the soft sand on which the characters can sit around a fire:
I think the area shown in the following photo would be a great place for the beach fire as it is circled-off with plants, and give the connotation of the characters being cut off from the outside world; the people are a close-knit group of friends, sharing a meaningful event in time together:
The following shot would work well to film our music video's couple together, but at sunset, to capture the red/purple coloured skies to help give the music video the connotation of being relaxed, and give a romantic setting for the lovers. Also, the particular lighting (sunset in background, means the lovers would be silhouettes:

The following shot would be great to show the two lovers walking along the beach, as it would just be the sand, sea and the lovers; no plants, no other people - it would give them the connotation of being completely alone, which would help to show how they have purposely secluded themselves from the group to get closer with each other:

The following two shots both look along the coast, and would help show the vast length of the beach in which the characters will be. This along with the light from the sunset would help contribute to the atmosphere coming across to the audience as romantic and relaxed:

This shot, but with the two lovers in the centre, would help the audience feel as if they are 'spying' on the lovers, giving the connotation of whats happening between the lovers as being intimate and private:

This shot would be look perfect for the 'feel' we are trying to create for our music video, when the sun is setting. The characters would be in the background, and the plant being in the front of the shot gives the connotations of the friends' being all alone in the wild/alone with nature (which also helps gives the group the connotation of being secluded from other people):

This is just a photo of my project partners taking photos of the location:

1 comment:

  1. Promising Louis. I suggested to Charlotte that you could consider an ambiguous ending to the music video where the audience is left unsure as to the outcome of the romance. You could use X dissolves to cut between beach scenes and interio or urban shots where the boy and girl are remembering the day/night on the beach. Thus the fire could be a leit motif indicating passion. For example a shot of one of the characters looking in a shop window and the models in the window dissolve into flames or an image of the girl on the beach appears behind them. This would add variety, interest and depth. Will discuss in class.

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