Props & Mise-en-scène #10

   In comparison with the lighting, camerawork and he equipment that we will be using to help with those two factors, props and mise-en-scène isn't as high up on the list of significant priorities. There are many props that are important to us, but it is because of that importance they attain that make the consideration for them little as they are hard to forget about. These kind of props are such that correspond with costume also like a horse mask for the dream world scene (shown in the picture below). 

   The 'Dream World' scene and its creative contemporary look will be created using a lot of free computer animation, which will make the video look a lot more unusual. This means that our focus will be on the real-life interior and exterior shots. I am pleased with the exterior locations I have sought out in the previous post and the look they give, so I believe that adding any more props to those scenes wouldn't be of any benefit and therefore I decided against the idea. However the interior shots such as the Office scene and the whole Performance shoot, will need many props to spruce it up a little and give it that 'Indie' look that will appeal so prodigiously to our target audience. The pictures below will show the drawn-out, hypothetical look to each of the scenes that we want to create and a list of props to define each further. 

    This is a picture of both the scanned original drawing and the edited version of the 'Office Box' We originally thought of this as an idea to show that the person was being fire and he was going to be leaving his job. However the decision for this box to be put in the video isn't set in stone yet as we are not sure how much of the video we want to dedicate to this scene seeing as the the music doesn't start yet. But nevertheless if we do go forward with this idea then the box will contain props that connote specifically the 'Office' theme, and these are things such as a stapler, some pens, a USB memory stick as well as some personal items e.g. magazines CDs.
    The colours I picked for the edited version weren't exactly random as I wanted the colours to pragmatically suggest a feeling of a lack enjoyment in the character's life and this would rival the later colours of the video that are colourful and vibrant showing a transformation.

  

This picture is a mock-up of how I would ideally like the band performance's mise-en-scène to look. I am still fluctuating between the ideas of a studio and a bedroom shoot but this one within the picture is evidently for a bedroom-style shoot. A lot of indie bands as well as a lot of 90's bands have music videos that are recorded at their houses as it shows origins of the band and alike to the genre also shows a more 'down-to-earth' less glorified location than many other music videos.
     The band is only going to be a 2-piece band as shown. They will be located next to each other almost facing each other but also towards the camera also. This isn't a conventional way to locate band members within a shoot as they'd often be placed similar to where they would be on stage (e.g. drummer at the back, singer at the front) but seeing as there are only going ot be two of the them I wanted to follow on with the theme and make it a lot more personal and relaxed.
    The bedroom shows many posters on the walls (of which they will be band and art posters) and this is mainly so that we can cooperate well with the expectations of the genre without being too similar, but also to primarily connect with the target audience and it would be most probably a similar set up in their own bedrooms.