Music Video Location Scouting and Props:

                                                                      Locations:

My group thought a lot about what locations we should film at and include in our music video in order to establish the mise-en-scene. We considered locations including our houses, our bedrooms, parks and fields. Since my sister was away for a while, with her permission, I thought her bedroom would be most convenient to film in to represent our female character's bedroom. I also thought it would be good to film my parents' dressing room where we could retrieve close-ups and mid-shots of female character getting ready. Since we decided my house would be really useful to feature in our music video I also suggested filming the views from my house, filming scenes in my garden, and in a park or field near by. Below are some of the shots I captured of my house which may be featured in our A2 media production:

My sister's bedroom.

My sister's bedroom.

My parents' dressing room.

My parents' dressing room.

Views from my house.

Views from my house.

My garden.

Props:

We also considered different props which would look really effective and create different links within our music video.  I knew I had a lot of different decorations and ornaments in my home which have connotations of love and the loss of it. As a result, I thought they would be perfect for our video. Pictures of these are featured below:

Time may be important to include.  

A link to the name of 'our' song, "Desire." 

Connotations of love and life being like a box containing unknown surprises.

Heart decorations linking to love.

Metaphorical design: Lack of love.

Light can symbolise hope. Blowing it out: the loss of it and the end of the characters' relationship.