Planning the location

Whilst we were creating the storyboards for our music video, we had to think and choose what locations we were going to film in, we had to think hard and carefully about this as it has to reach the conventions of a dance music genre music video. We dcided on 4 main locations:

1. In a car.
2. Inside a house.
3. In a garden.
4. In a forest.

 

The performance part of the video will be filmed in the forest, when I say performance based I mean when our artist will be singing into the camera, We thought that the forest would be the appropriate place to film because its a natural place and contradicts the idea of the song, but at the same time it does relate to the lyrics, we also thought the forest has a quirky feel to it. It will be easy for us to film in the forest as it is such a wide open space and gives us plenty of room to try out differnt shots. An issue that may occur is if it was to rain then it will effect the whole image of that scene. We will have to make sure that we come prepared for this, e.g. bring spare clothing and covers so that the equipment doesnt get damaged.

 

We will be filming inside a car, in the front seat will be the artist and a girl, they will be talking to each other as he drives, they arrive at an off license and the girl comes out to the car with alcohol and cigarettes, they then both drive to the party they are attending. In order to make this look as real as possible we will add empty alcohol bottles in the car and cigarette packets, to give off the impression that the pair have been drinking and are having a wild time, and to also connote the idea of their generation being messed up. We will make sure that when we film this it wont be dangerous as we have to consider the driver, as he has to concentrate on the roads.

 

Another location where we will be filming is the inside of a house, this is where the party will be taking place. The house allows us to film a variety of different shots, we can also adjust the lighting in the house to what we need it to be. We can easily create a party atmosphere in the house as well, so that we can make it look as life like as possible. Once we have set up the scene we will have people dancing around and jumping to create the perfect party scene, they're will be alcohol involved and cigarettes, also references to drugs, so show the generation is messed up.

 

Lastly is the garden, this is where some of the party scenes will also be filmed also. These scenes will be filmed when it is naturally dark outside, we will get our light from the decking in the garden, there are lights placed in the decking, this will give it a club edge. We will use sparklers and create effects on that when we edit.

 

Below is an screenshot from my music video, in which we originally planned to do, we decided to follow through with it as it meets conventions of dance music videos. The below screenshot is when the artist 'Mike smith' and the girl are on their journey to a party.

Above is a print screen shot from my music video of when, I filmed outside of a house, as this helped the narrative of my music video, and I had originally planned to do it, so I followed through with it.

 

Above is a screen shot from my music video, of one of my locations being a garden. The garden was used mainly for the concept part of my music video, as it was a simple setting.

 

Above is a print screen shot from my music video, this is the forest where the performance part of my music video was taken, this is where I challenged the typical codes and conventions of dance music videos.