Mise en scène (locations, costumes & props)

Props

We plan to use props in our music promo video in order to represent its themes.

For example, one prop that my group plan to use is a vase of roses. These will be sourced from my local supermarket. The reason why we plan to use roses is because they symbolise love - a common theme of our music promo video and pop music videos in general. This suggests that the roses in a vase as a prop will symbolise the genre of our music promo video.

Another prop that we plan to use is a photo album that contains picture of Chelsea Watts, the star of our music video, and her boyfriend. The pictures for the photo album will be printed off from Chelsea's Facebook account. The reason why my group want to use this prop is because my group think it will symbolise that Chelsea's lyrics are about her boyfriend and the love that they share. The effect of this may be that it is clear to viewers that the narrative of the music promo video revolves around Chelsea and her boyfriend.

The folder that will serve as a photo album. 

Costumes

Furthermore, my group have planned for our music promo video to contain different costume changes. The reason for this is because multiple costume changes are a convention of pop music promo videos.

• The first outfit that Chelsea will wear during my group's music promo video is an autumnal dress. The reason behind this costume choice is my group think that it will reflect the time of year at which we made the music promo video - Autumn. Update: On the day Chelsea chose to wear a jumper and jeans instead of a dress because it was cold outside. We respected her decision. 
• Another outfit that Chelsea will wear during the music promo video is dungarees. The reason for this is because this certain item of clothing can be considered fashionable. Therefore, this costume choice adheres to the convention of music artists in pop music videos being clothed in fashionable outfits like dungarees.
• A third outfit that Chelsea will wear during the music promo video is pyjamas. Chelsea will wear this costume during the scenes set at night. The pyjamas can also be seen to suggest that Chelsea has let herself go after a bad breakup. Update: On the day Chelsea wore her dressing gown because we felt that this costume would work just as good as pyjamas. 
• The final outfit that Chelsea will wear during the pop music promo video is her care work uniform. Chelsea will wear this costume during the lyric line "You bring out the best me", as the music artist herself suggested.

Locations

In addition to the above, my group has discussed potential locations for the setting of our music promo video. Collectively, we have come to the conclusion that the majority of our music video will be shot at my house because this is one of the most accessible locations to Chelsea.

The interior scenes will be filmed in my house. Most of the scenes will be shot in Chelsea's bedroom. My group feel that this is a fitting location for our music promo video because Chelsea's bedroom is where she wrote and recorded "Meant to Be". Furthermore, the bedroom has a large window which should ensure that the scenes shot here are well-lit. Some interior scenes will be set in the bathroom. One scene shot here will involve Chelsea looking at herself in a mirror. This scene relates to Goodwin's notion of looking because Chelsea is looking at herself in a mirror.

The exterior scenes will be primarily filmed on Whitchurch Green. This is open space of land which we feel will reflect Chelsea's freedom after her breakup. Other exterior scenes will be shot in a woodland area outside my house. My group think that the scenes shot here will add an element of nature to our music promo video. This could enhance the visual look it. Furthermore, we could edit our music promo video so that it has jump cuts to trees in the woodland area. This would allow for a break in continuity.

Update: Check out the photos I took of the interior set: