Mise en scene research

I looked at each aspect of mise en scene and came up with the following ideas for our music video.

Our props will include: Memory books which include photos of the couples memories and maybe little letters or poems. These will be shown when the guy is isolated so therefore this would be a good prop to use as it will symbolise his past and that he can't let go of the girl because he can't stop looking at his old photo book that she created for him. Another prop will be old letters from the past from both the girl and guy. So therefore maybe they won't be perfectly formed so have a few creases in order to show that they're from the past and he has kept them for a long time. We could use a mobile phone as a prop because we could show a close up of the phone background which will be an image of the couple. So it shows that the guy still sees the girl every time he uses his phone. A final prop will include old cards maybe from past christmas' or valentines day cards. As again this will show the past and that he still can't let go of his memories from the love of his life as he still has his cards up in his room.

Moving on to location. Our first location will be where the main hall is situated as we will use the main stairs leading up to the hall. I have chosen this location because the first lyric 'the steps on the stairs aren't there' so the stairs we have chosen will be a clear link to the lyrics from the very beginning. Another location I have chosen is an isolated room which can act as somewhere that the actor can go and isolate himself. The room will be a stereotypical room to ensure that it looks natural and a real life situation. The room will also be used at the end of the video when the lyrics reflect him slamming a door because he's has enough and can't take it anymore. The next location will be of a forest. I have chosen this because it will link both the past and present together. It will do this because it will be shot as somewhere that the actor goes with his friends these days as well as somewhere the couple used to go together. The next location will be the entrance to F block within college. This will be shot when the actor is walking past the actress' old form room which makes him reminisce again. The final location which we could use if we need another location will be the college field as its a basic location which will always be available to us. Also it will be clear that he is quite isolated if we get the angles right in the sense that he's sat on his own with a wide empty space which circulates him.

The colours which we will be using will be quite dull but natural when it's the guy on his own, as it will reflect the mood of the lyrics in this part. When the shots are showing the past the colours will be quite high contrast through editing to show the clear difference.

And finally costume. The actor and actress will just be casual clothes to reflect the real life situation theme. But the artist will be more stylish/smart to show the difference between them, and to enhance the artist.