Reasons for locations:
The locations chosen were not only due to the colours of each but also due to their connections with the idea of being alone.
The girl in our music video is presented as a character that creates her own life, moving from city to bookshop to beach via train and being content in her own company. This was something we felt the track reflected-the lyrics talk of a destroyed relationship as the writers partner 'runs away', and so we felt it would be an interesting concept to explore the idea of being happy/content without anyone else and that the breaking of a relationship isn't always something so solemn.
The museum and bookshop were used to highlight this; both locations hold activities that condone being alone, reading or looking at paintings/artefacts, and so seemed the most appropriate and also easiest locations for the audience to see the characters happiness in being alone.
The intertextual reference of Amelie was also used for this reason, the main character lives alone, happy in her own company and enjoying the free time she has to find hobbies for herself. In this respect our music video is quite like Amelie; the film is also deemed fairly progressive due to the female lead being driven by her own actions and her lack of reliance towards men. This was another thing we wanted to explore and, although initially we thought of presenting the broken relationship through both partners, we realised that a slightly more fitting (and for us interesting)side of the situation to the genre would be to take something that is seen as a sad happening and present it as good.
The costume of all black/grey was used for aesthetic reasons as the background would be more noticeable if our character also wasn't in bright colours.
Try to re upload your mood board as it is rather too large. Thanks Ms B
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ReplyDelete1) I suggest you do two or three slides. One slide on locations, preferably using your own photographs, tagged with research, another slide on costume and props and so on. Do a separate slide on equipment.
I published the following on Al's blog:
For strong results and to raise your game you need to include relevance of your chosen locations, for example:
Cromer has been used in a couple of films and mentioned in one of Jane Austen's novels and has an interesting history.
http://historicalromanceuk.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/exploring-jane-austens-cromer.html
Hotel de Paris Cromer: Wikipedia gives history
Alan Partridge: Steve Coogan film shoots on Cromer Pier
Literary Norfolk Cromer http://www.literarynorfolk.co.uk/cromer.htm
Norwich School of Painters (Wikipedia)
John Sell Cotman "Storm on Yarmouth Beach"
Search: Cromer Paintings and Photographs
Remember close ups, over the shoulder, high and low angle shots etc.
The more research is evident on your blogs this will not only raise your interest and inspiration but
Rose your planning needs to be more robust, for example purpose of locations, costume, casting, props and linked with inter textual references or references to Goodwin's theory, particularly the notion of looking. Also your representation of the girl is progressive as she is not defined by her relationship with a man nor is she sexualised. Rather a girl in control of her own world.
ReplyDeleteCould you please sort out as soon as possible. Thanks.