Mise en scene PLANNING

The mise en scene in our video will mainly include the set design, location, props and costume. Due our video consisting entirely of stop motion, which is purely still images, we will have to think about the mise en scene at the initial photography stage, and possibly change the framing at the editing stage.

Location

For our location we are going to use Fletcher’s bedroom, this is because it is very accessible, can be made to look the same as in a previous photography session (which could be very handy if we need to reshoot certain parts) and it provides us with many objects to place the photos on and around, such as;

· Two desks.· Wardrobe.

· Walls/radiators/doors.

· Shelves

· TV/Computer/Speakers

· Floor/Turntables/vinyls.

· His bedroom also contains loads of random objects, objects that our audience could associate Owl City with, objects such as; cameras, gameboy, headphones, little toys and random figures, turntables, glasses, etc.

Set design

Set design is another crucial aspect of mise en scene and of the music genre we are trying to use and develop. We will relate our set in some way to the video for Owl City’s ‘Fireflies’ as that is of the same artist and genre and has the intention of keeping the ‘happy’, ‘feel good’ mood.

As we will be working outside we will have to do our best to manipulate the set how we want it to look, but it will be almost impossible to change it in any real degree; however we can control the set design within Fletcher’s bedroom completely.

As mentioned within the section about location, we can include loads of objects from around the bedroom in the video:

·Random items of clothing such as; glasses, belts, bracelets, t-shirts, hats, gloves, scarves, etc.
·Items that can be associated with the genre of electro/pop; gameboy, headphones, retro Polaroid style cameras, retro video games characters, turntables, and other objects that represent music or electro as a genre.
·Other placed items may include; stationary, drawings, random toys, objects that reflect the scene in the printed photos.

Props

Most of the props (properties) within the video have been mentioned in the previous sections about location and set design, though some that haven’t include; breakfast bowl, spoon, cereal and objects outside that we intend on using such as swings, slides and climbing frames.
One of the props Adam uses in his video for ‘Fireflies’ (and probably the main one) is the piano he is playing on, however we intend on featuring no musical performance within our media product so we will have to stick to other items such as random toys and objects from the bedroom.