Costume and mise-on-scene

Costume and mise-on-scene

    

The costume and mise-on-scene in our music video will be extremely useful in portraying some of the ideas we want to show in the video.

The key mise-on-scene is the crossroads, which will show the key theme of our video, which is choice.

Example Crossroads

The two paths splitting from each other is key, as it shows the protagonists choice between two paths in his life, and is a good use of symbolism in our video

Another piece of mise-on-scene we will need to use is a knife- as the protagonist is going to be mugged. This is to show the danger that he is in, as he has chosen the wrong path in his life and has been made to pay the unfortunate consequences. The knife will have to look threatening, and show the attacker as a great danger.

Protagonists Costume

Our protagonist will look as normal as possible- he will be a teenager, and look just like a normal member of society. This is to show our protagonist as somebody who is like the target audience- a normal person who these bad things are happening to simply because he made the wrong choice. He will be wearing jeans and a hoody, and be very plain and average.

Mugger(s) Costume

The mugger(s) will have to look rough and dangerous, and look like they pose an immediate threat to our protagonist through their costume. They will be wearing joggers and a hoody, with the hood up, as this is the stereotypical representation in society of somebody who would mug someone, so we are sticking to what the viewer would expect.

Time of Filming/ Lighting

In our film we will be filming in the daytime, with as much light as possible. This is because it makes our film look a lot better visually, we can use a lot of different camera shots and angles which wouldn't be possible in the dark. Whilst the mugging would probably be better in the dark we feel it will still be effective as it is more symbolic, therefore the light will be a lot more useful for showing the mugging.