Development: Filming the Narrative

As an essential aspect of the mise-en-scene, we used several props during filming; pictured above is the mannequin that we employed to enhance the 'weirdness' of the stalker character in our narrative - we cut from footage of our lead-singer to footage of the motionless mannequin to show the stalker was imagining the lead-singer that she was fascinated with - just from staring at a motionless object. To enforce the stalker's insanity, we added an effect found in the effects on Premier-Pro; this addition of unnatural effects during the editing process only added to the surreal nature of our narrative.

We gathered many props for our carefully constructed mise-en-scene, however some, such as the doll's head above, we decided against its inclusion in the video as it was agreed that it gave the video an element of the horror genre, a genre that we didn't think was conventional of the music video.

To ensure we recognised every aspect of the mise-en-scene, we made sure that the set/setting in which we were filming was housing the conventions that we wanted to be included in our video. As our narrative was concerning a stalker obsessed with the band 'Paramore', we used a garage that had simple, white walls. We then painted the band's name onto the wall in dark, brown paint, before printing of countless photo's of the band - taken from our photoshoots for the Digipack and Advertisement tasks - and plastered them to the walls. This instantly personalised the location; transforming a plain set into one that had several recognisable elements that featured motifs of the band - the band name and the band themselves.

Another picture of us constructing the set; the left wall shows the plain, white wall while the wall to the right shows how we have constructed the mise-en-scene - adding posters and paint to transform the set.

The above-picture shows the make-up for the narrative's actress; as yet another aspect of the mise-en-scene, the make-up was important in portraying certain characteristics to the audience. We opted for naturalistic make-up, with an emphasis on eye-liner; her hair had two different colours - this coupled with her costume of black-leather jacket and black skirt, we felt were conventional of the rock-music genre.

This final picture shows an example of the importance of lighting; the actress is lit from beneath using a lamp with it's shade narrowed to focus the light on the actresses face. This gave an eerie and unnatural lighting to the set, to enforce the weirdness of the character. Indeed, we used several different lighting techniques when filming, from flashing lights to candles - each carrying different atmospheres and emotions through their unique ways of lighting.