Mise en scene Overview - Final idea

Locations

There are several key locations that I will be using as the main settings for my music video, all of which contribute to the overall visual style, as well as being symbolic of the messages that my video represents. The first main location of the video will be an office, which can be seen in the screenshot below from some early filming. I chose the office as a location as I felt it would be the perfect setting to show Monday (character representing an irritating boss) in his atural habitat giving out paperwork to the first band member , who is posing as an office worker, and from the point of view of the band member this initial grey and mundane setting will help to emphasise that they are fed up with their lives and have forgotten what it feels like to have a good time, whilst Monday on the other hand is almost relishing the misery he is creating.

 The latter main location consists of a garden with a river attached to it.The river will be a symbolic location of the three band members 'moving on' from their pretend jobs for the purpose of the narrative of the music video, as whilst Monday is asleep they will cut the rope attached to the boat, meaning he will be sent down the river, and the band members will be free. As well as the river I've chosen to utilise a garden as one of the band members will be posing as a gardener so its useful from that aspect but also the garden represents the band members escapism from turmoil and that they have recaptured the importance of having a good time in life which will be shown to the audience in the final scene in the garden of all 3 band members with the sun setting in the background.

  

Props

The megaphone will be used in two different ways; firstly as a way to show Monday's dominance over the other band members who are at work, but it will also be used for some lip sync scenes where one of the band members will be singing through the megaphone from a rooftop in the latter stages of the video as it is a similar object to a microphone so can be used to show the bands performance skills. The folder will also be used by one of the 3 band members in the scene when they are acting as a student.

The use of the Segway board as a prop is effective as in terms of one of my target markets being teenagers and young adults, it is a popular gadget among that age demographic and therefore by using it as a prop in my music video, a large portion of my target audience will find the video more relatable, and it will also add a unique edge to the video as they are a modern prop.

The main purpose of the boat is that its going to be used in the band members escape from Monday as they send him down the river in it after cutting the rope while he's asleep, therefore the boat is a key prop in the narrative of the music video and key in showing the transition between the mood of the band members from negative to positive.

 

Costumes

The images below are part of Mondays costuming. I've chosen the boiler suit as it has connotations of dehumanisation and helps to emphasise that in the narrative of the music video Monday has lost his identity.

The sunglasses have a similar purpose in that they portray Monday as emotionless and concele his identity. Both the boiler suit and sunglasses also help to emphasise to the audience that Monday is not part of the band as he is distinguishable from the three band members who are wearing everyday clothes.

 

In terms of the three band members costuming it will consist of everyday clothes and familiar brands such as super dry, adidas etc which are popular brands in the target audience of young adults and across a wide range of age groups, and if the audience see the band members wearing familiar brands they will find them more relatable. Its important that they are wearing there 'normal' clothes as if they were doing a live performance rather than having them wear clothes specific to the jobs seen in the music video such as a gardener and office worker as this way the audience know that they are clearly artists who are part of a band and that the jobs seen in the music video are just for the purposes of the narrative.