Representation & Mise en scene

Mise en Scene & Representation
With developing a new idea of using the Cinderella theme, we have discussed several aspects concerning the costumes and props we would like to use within the music video. As the narrative story that we are going to use involves a cliché we have decided to make the song appear unique by beginning the music video on a positive note however ending it on an negative note. To do this we have decided that it would be best if at the beginning Christina wears a white "Cinderella" outfit, although towards the end of the music video her ball gown

has the same style but changes to a dull colour, black for instance. To enable the audience to understand the atmosphere of the music video we have also taken in consideration that it may be a good idea to change the lighting when the story begins to deteriorate, for example turning it into black and white. With doing this it'll allow the atmosphere appear more realistic and will enable the audience to feel the uneasiness. Here are some examples below of the ball gown that we think may be appropriate to use:

This would be the style that we would prefer for Christina's ball gown to be
like, it doesn't follow the typical conventions of a "Cinderella" video enabling it to stand out and appear eye - catching towards our chosen audience. If we were to have a blue dress, it wouldn't meet the needs of our specific target audience, and may appear a duplicate. A dress which is similar to this would be appropriate for our music video, it is simple yet quite flamboyant therefore it'll enable Christina stand out. As said before we thought it would be a good idea to represent the change of atmosphere and mood by changing Christina's dress, if possible it'll be ideal to possibly have the same dress although in black.
We have also taken in consideration other props that we thought may be ideal to use for example the use of a "glass slipper" within the Cinderella film, in our case it may be appropriate to modernise the idea and not make it all inter textually based by using a shoe from a pair of high heels something like this picture below may be something ideal:

 It is also important to take in the dress style for "prince charming" the boy that Christina falls in love with and doesn't realise that everything is going to end with a heartbreak, although we have developed the theme of Cinderella, to keep the music video a bit update, Sharonthought it would be ideal to keep the dress style for the male actor abit more up to date, it may be better if he was dressed in a Black suit ( blazer and trousers with a white shirt and black tie) having "prince charming" dressed in a blue outfit may be too of putting. To develop this image something like the image below may be suitable:

Setting & Representation

The setting of the music video is going to be a similar setting to what is used in the Cinderella film of a castle. We have decided that Wollaton Hall may be one of our decisions however if we want to continue using this location we will ask permission and will upload a letter of confirmation or upload a general post. With using this location it'll fit in with the style of the Cinderella theme yet also will add to the flamboyant characteristics.

Taking in considration the carriage picture drawn below we took in consideration of an idea of using a car in which Christina can travel in to the hall to make it appear that she is attending the "ball".

Representation of Scenes:

In relation to the lighting within the mise en scene we thought it would be a good idea to develop the atmosphere by using different lighting in different sections of the music video so that you visually see the atmosphere becoming tense. Here are some examples of images below:

Although these images do not correspond with what we're doing within our music video they allow you to understand visually the different emotions that the images express. With looking at "healthy" image where the tree has colour, the image appears more eye catching and allows the audience to be diverted towards the first image than the second. Within the second image the dull horrible tone conveys that there is something wrong for the image to have gone this colour. This ideology is what we would like to adapt to our music video. We hope this information that has provided has given you a better insight of what we would hope to achieve.