Mood Board

For our mood board, my group and I compiled images that the song evoked and what we immediately took to sought inspiration. For example, there are images from music videos such as Paramore's "Now" where the use of props immediately came to mind thus providing an idea to use and develop in our music video in order to effectively display the songs lyrics. Another aspect we began to consider was the locations and what sort of areas are appropriate in representing the theme of the song. A mutual agreement was that we should use natural landscapes such as forests, woodland areas and beaches. Therefore our next step is to consider where is suitable in terms of area but also convenience for us and our actors in order to be able to easily get to our chosen location.

Concept Board: Visual Elements

Visual Elements

Concept Board: Props & Locations

Props

Concept Board : Costume

Location Idea 1: UEA Lake

When listening to our chosen song "Warriors" by Coco and the Butterfields, our group had imagery of nature and adventure and therefore decided that the University of East Anglia (UEA) lake in Norwich would provide a great location with its woodland areas.

The use of many locations within the UEA means that we can use different scenery to have a diverse range of shots with different compositions. This then allows the video to have the sense of adventure and moving forward by changing the scenery to present their journey. Therefore the UEA location is ideal for convenience of timing in terms of our filming schedule and being able to use our actors in order to film a lot of shots in one day using the different areas of the UEA to appear as if they are individual and different places.

This picture evokes images of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy in which is of a fantasy adventure genre, thus suiting the intended theme of our music video. For example, in this image below from the film, the tree arches over much like the image above taken from the UEA thus being able to create connections between our music video and the film in order to clearly present themes of fantasy and adventure.