Props - Updated

Electric Guitar - This will be played by Will the lead singer, this is a convention of rock videos for the lead singer to be playing some type of guitar. He will be seen playing the electric guitar in the performance scenes of the video.

Bass - This will be played by a band member Lewis and will be seen in the performance part of the video.

Drums - This will be used in the band scene which will be played by another member of the band Kane.

Amps - We are going to have amps on the stage for the performance part of the video, they will be positioned by the lead singer and bassist as these are the two instruments who conventionally are played through amps. We thought that amps are a good idea, due to it allowing the singer and bassist to use them in their poses and body language.

Photo Album - This is used to show past memories of Henry and his ex, we thought this would be a good prop to use as its something some people do after being heartbroken to look through old photos and see how things have changed.

Beer Bottle - On the table next to the photo-album you are able to see a beer bottle. We chose to use this prop as it connotes the actors depression due to the breakup. This is because the relationship were his best days of his life.

Pen and Paper - To link the narrative and performance together we are going to have the lead singer and the main narrative character writing the lyrics of the song together. In these shots there is a pen and notebook, for them to write the lyrics and ideas down on.

Mise-en-scene

Costume

Performance

The actors will be wearing casual clothing such as Jeans, T shirt and Converses.

These are generic conventions of rock.

Narrative

The actors will be wearing casual clothing. The male will wear jeans and a plain T shirt. The female will wear jeans and a top.

Lighting

Performance

Stage Lighting. Orangey yellow spot lights which will be focused on the drummer and guitarist. The lead singer will look silhouetted against the white backdrop. This makes all of the band members stand out to the audience at different times of the video depending on what angle the camera is at.

Narrative

Natural daylight for the scenes outside, natural daylight coming through the window for the inside scenes. This will help make the shots more effective than high-key or low-key lighting would as they don't take any attention away from the actual story line of the narrative. 

Actors

Performance

Will will be playing the lead singer

Lewis will be playing the electric guitar.

Kane will be playing the drums.

Actions will include performing in set position, walking around stage and performing at the same time (except drummer)

Narrative

Henry will be playing the main narrative character.

Hollie will be playing the love interest.

Actions will include holding hands, hugging, looking in love, holding hands, then letting go when they break up.

Make-up

Performance

None of the actors will wear make-up. Due to them being male and not into wearing make-up.

Narrative

Main character doesn't wear any make-up.

Love interest will wear make-up, a good amount of make-up due to her spending time with her boyfriend.

Props

Performance

Guitar, Drums, Bass these are the instruments which will be played by the band members. Amps will also be used to make it look more authentic.

Equipment- Cameras, tripod and lighting equipment

Narrative

Photo-album which will show pictures of the main narrative character and the love interest when they were a couple. Alcoholic beverage which is going to be a beer bottle.

Equipment - Camera, tripod

Setting

Performance

School Hall - the setting is going to be in the school hall because they had the band at school and we feel that this makes it link to the lyrics well.

Narrative

Park - the shots in the park will be of the main character and love interest, the shots will be of the couple when they are together as well as when they break-up.

Flat, Main character

House - we are going to include shots which are of the love interests house, the shots will be off the love interest in the house and also the main narrative character walking past outside the house.

We are using both performance and narrative and then will be switching between them when editing.

Props

Acoustic Guitar - We decided to use an acoustic guitar as it is the 'old six string' which is mentioned several times throughout the song.

Electric Guitar - This will be played by Henry in the band scene, this is because lead singers are usually seen playing a guitar as well as singing.

Bass Guitar - this will be used in the band scene played by another member of the band who is called 'Jimmy'.

Drums - this will be used in the band scene which will be played by another member of the band who will be 'Jody'.

Mobile Phone - This will be held by Henry when he is wondering whether or not to call his ex partner, we thought a phone would be a good prop to use because its something that a modern teenager spends a lot of time on talking to friends.

Mise-en-scene

Here are our plan's for what mise-en-scene we are going to include in our music video.