Pre-production: Video Themes

5) a. What is the video’s theme? The theme for my music video is of a young guy who is so love-struck with a girl that the boundary between reality and the dream-state he has when imagining what he wants his relationship with the girl to be like, is blurred. It shows how far people would go for love and how it makes you do crazy things. However, we make this an extreme example as the male kidnaps his love and that's when things become even crazier.

b. What are its mood progressions?  The video starts with the end and shows the viewer how he got there. It starts off very hostile with the girl tied to a tree and the lead character waving his gun around in despair. Then it flashes to him scouting her and he is smitten with love which is reflected in the lighting and then progresses to him imagining them walking through the park hand-in-hand though collapses down to reality with black and white/dark images to illuminate the reality of his dark actions.

c. What kind of location should each sequence have? From the beginning of research and planning we wanted to film in the woods or a park. We akso plan on featuring the sky when the chrous 'blue skies are calling' to connect the audio and visuals in our video. We also will be filming in a shopping mall showing him watching her from a distance so wherever she was, he was never far away. Even in broad daylight he will always be there watching and waiting for her to finally be his.

d. What statement should each location make towards the video’s premise? We will have some books in the car that he kidnaps the girl in; one being Enduring Love which gave us the idea of the music video's premise as there is a character that can't help but love a man he's never met. He cannot help his actions as he is driven by love and it also ends with violence.

e. How should each set be lit? The lighting for our music will be naturl sunlight, in my reserch of inidemusic videos they use natural lighting such as 'What the water Gave Me' by Florence and the Machine use natural sunlight in the outdoor. We regonised this to be a convention of indie musi videos to be simple yet realistic.

Watch out for further important areas shaping our music video for Pre-Production 5) in future posts!