MISE-EN-SCENE

Lighting

Abusive relationship/ realism scenes- ■ Natural lighting will be used. The intention is to create realistic scenes of

a violent relationship thus using natural lighting will enhance the verisimilitude of the scenes, in turn allowing the audience to be more affected by the narrative.

■ In addition to this we will add a grainy filter and low saturation in the post production phase, this will enhance the sense of desolation we want to convey in our character.

Idealistic/ 1950’s relationship scenes-■ Due to the lack of equipment we have, we would most likely have to use

natural lighting and any other light sources that you would find in a home (main lights and lamps). We want these scenes to appear brighter and more saturated (orange tinted lighting) this conveys a more dreamlike nature to the scene and will help to distinguish the difference between the realism and idealism.

ColoursReal life sequences-■ In both the costumes and the setting (props and background) the colour

shown will be dull and dreary. As it’s a minimal budget production we don’t have the time or the money to change the setting completely (i.e. a grey painted kitchen to a yellow kitchen to contrast the scenes) however the changes that we can make to the lighting and filters should compensate for this.

■ Although the settings will be hard to change the colors of the clothing can determine the difference of the time and the emotions felt in the characters.

■ Ryan will wear a plain scruffy suit. The bland colors illustrates the lack of emotion he feels and the depressive emotions towards his relationship.

■ To contrast this Robyn will wear a red flannelled shirt with plain jeans. The red signifies the passion and love that she still feels, although its ambiguous as it could also illustrate the danger and pain that comes from being in the relationship.

Dream like sequences-■ The colours used generally in these scenes will be bright and fun, to

enrich the fantasy feeling. We have ideas of paints dripping down her face, this is simplistic but effective as the abstract feel enhances the idea of the dream and the romantic daze.

■ In terms of clothing robyns dress will be red, we have purposely chosen for robyn to be wearing the same colour in the of the sequences as it reflects how her love and passion is in both the relationships but its tinted in real life with the fear of pain and anger.

Locations ■ we have chosen as the main location to be a

house to illustrate how it is a marriage. In addition it’s a familiar place to the audience and so they may be able to relate to it more; it enhances the realism.

■ Different scenes will be shot in different areas of the house i.e. we have ideas for a kitchen scene, and a shot when they’re in the bedroom looking into a mirror

■ However to contrast this and so there is more variation in the video we have chosen locations which are outdoors. i.e. the lido, looking out to the lake, in a field and hopefully we may even shoot some scenes in London.

■ We feel its important to create diversity not only in the characters, costume and different shots but also the location as this will help engage the audience

Robyn- modern day ■ She will wear a red flannelled shirt with plain

or ripped blue jeans and converse■ This is typical modern day fashion so it is also

used as a hint to the audience that it’s a different time.

■ The reason for the colour was described previously; the ambiguity illustrates that the love and passion is tinted by fear of pain and anger.

■ Its not formal which illustrates the difference in the era and also the relationship- she doesn’t have time or money to dress fancy.

Robyn- 1950’s relationship

■ Robyn will wear a red 50’s style stress in the dream scenes. Her hair will be done in an up-do and her make up will be minimalistic but with a popping red lip.

■ The reason for the red was described earlier; to illustrate love and passion.

■ The reason for this dress choice is to distinguish the difference between the modern day realism and the dream 1950’s sequence.

■ The use of costume in a music video is vital in determining the difference in time, there is no dialogue to give hints to the audience and so all hints are given through the changes in the mise en scene, in particular the costume to show that the time has shifted.

Robyn- Performance ■ Besides the scenes of the modern day

and 50’s there are elements of performance in the video.

■ The costumes we’ve decided on for these scenes are relatively plain, for example a white or cream dress . Not only does this contrast the red passionate colour it also represents the innocence and purity in the performance.

■ We want this element of the video to illustrate the authenticity and realness of our character. We felt that we wanted the performance aspect of it to be separate from the narrative to enhance the emotional drive behind the lyrics and the use of more plain, stripped back costume would help enhance the rawness.

Robyn-Performance■ Another look we’d like to include

is a ‘biker chick’ image. During parts of the lip syncing, she’ll wear all black, with a black leather jacket and wear her hair in a scruffy pony tail. Including this look creates versatility within the video, it keeps the audience engaged. A teenage audience of females pay a lot of attention to the outfits that people wear in music videos as such its important to include as much diversity as to not bore the audience.

Ryan-1950s relationship ■ Ryan will wear a

formal black and white suit.

■ This is typical of a middle class business man in the 50’s and it illustrates the hardworking husband character we want to portray in this stylized relationship.

■ His hair will be slick and most likely gelled back.

Ryan- Modern day■ He will wear a scruffy white shirt

untucked from grey or black trousers with a normal pair of men's smart shoes.

■ This again shows the audience that is modern.

■ This will illustrate that his character is careless and dirty. It hopefully will give of a character who is working hard for money but is stuck in a dead end job and can’t support his family; which perhaps creates the uproar of their relationship.

■ We still want to portray a man who goes to work and not just a domestically violent reckless man which was the reason we chose for him to wear a suit rather than jeans and a vest top.

Make-up■ Performance:Robyn's make up will be general/minimal, to show a more natural look, emphasizing the authenticity. In addition to this there is a scene we want to incorporate when she has half a face dripping in bright coloured paints and the other half covered in bruises. This conveys the juxtaposition between her dream and reality in a more symbolic image.■ 1950’sIt'll be a simple make up look, with a red lip and rosy pink cheeks.■ Modern dayThis will also be simplistic, almost bare faced.We will also use special effects make up to create the bruises and cuts from the abusive relationship.