Settings and Locations

Setting & Location

One idea could be to do parts of the music video in a dance studio, with the group making up their own dance routine to go with the soundtrack. As the song is dance/pop based it would be good to have a shot of them dancing to the soundtrack as the song is really lively and uplifting. Also in addition the members of the group do performing arts at college so they will have experience in creating a dance routine and being good at it too. We do already have access to a dance studio and that is based at our college so we could take that into consideration. The one at our college has lighting effects and a big mirror so they are able to see themselves when dancing. The dance studio is also fairly big giving them enough room to dance and move around freely. Dance and music go well together so I think it would be good to have this shot within the music video, it will also give them a chance to show off one of their many talents. Pro of this setting/location is that it allows the members to show off their talents and I think it would go really well with the soundtrack as the genre is pop and many pop videos follow the norms of having the girls within the pop videos do dances. However on the other hand one Con of this location/setting is that it may look a bit “cheap” however if we can sort out the lighting and effects maybe we can improve the situation.

Another idea like this image here could be jus of a plain background and flooring and just have the band within the shot. This would be cheap and it also emphasises the importance and status of the band as they are the main focus within the shot. Like this one shown here. I may also include a couple of props that may fit in with the song to make the shot a bit livelier and less boring. For example if we look at this shot here we can clearly see this member of a band is the main focus and the song may be based around a woman’s lifestyle and emphasise the fact that she may be a housewife. Whereas the song we are using is based on addiction I would need props to fit in with that. A pro of this type of setting/location is that it emphasises the importance of the band member/s. It also makes the scene less busy which in some cases is a good idea as some scenes can look a bit “messy” and “over the top”. In addition this type of shot will be easy and cheap to create as well as we can change and manipulate the setting to our own style. However one Con of this type of location/setting is that it may look a bit boring, challenging this I have decided that if I am going to use this type of location I am not going to use it all the time I may just use it now and again within the music video.

This clearly is a location within a house. I think this would be a good idea to shoot some of the video as we can easily access this and it would be cheap. It also looks more elegant. I think this type of setting/location would be good for a calmer less energetic song. So this may not be ideal for the song I will be using as the song is energetic and this sort of location will not fit in, it may clash. However this setting could be considered for the calmer parts of the song. Where the soundtrack is not over powering their voices.

This is one of my favourite settings as it is cheap and easy to construct. It also makes the singer the main focus as everything else in the background has been cut out. I think this would go well within my music video. It also draws attention to the main singer. This setting also looks tidier and would fit in with any context as you can add props to make it relate to the lyrics of the song. However one disadvantage of this setting is that it can tend to look boring. Also as the background is black and the members of the band are black the colours may contrast so I may have to consider a different colour backing.

This is also another of my favourite setting/locations. This location is in London city. I like this location as it is bright and lively. It makes the video seem more realistic and interesting. It will also be cheap to film as we don’t need to pay for any costs, only travel fairs to the location. However this sort of location could also look a bit cheap as everyone chooses to film within cities. However if I was going to do it for my music video I would film it at night time when all the lights are on and everything looks brighter as this would fit more with the style of the band. One advantage of this type of location is that it would be good for filming as we already have “extras” so we will not need to find  people to be a part of the video. One disadvantage is that we may have to get consent of the people that we may catch in our filming so this may be time consuming.