Shooting Progress 5: Alice in Wonderland

We ensured we used a variety of angles in order to present our music video clearly. We used tilt shots in order to create the whimsical atmosphere to hint to the audience that something is not right. We also used establishing shots in order to present the location that is distinctly different to the one in the first scene of our main protagonist drinking out of a cup, causing her to transport into Wonderland.

Wonderland is very whimsical and therefore we needed to use mise en scene to create this magical atmosphere to our audience. A lot of the inanimate objects, as seen in the latest film adaptation, were seemingly alive and therefore we needed to create the same effect.

Alice's costume is very easily recognisable and therefore we included the blue dress with the collar and the black bow headband. Therefore our audience are able to understand what character we are portraying.

 

For most of our previous shots, the location used was the UEA, however in order to entertain our audience being that it is a music video, we decided to film the Alice in Wonderland scenes in the plantation gardens. My group and I felt it had the wonderland look and therefore would be a perfect location to use.

Along with Alice, another crucial character of the story is the Mad Hatter in which is another significant hint to our audience of what story we are presenting.

Shooting Progress 4: Goldilocks

  Being that costume conveys the character we are portraying the most, my group and I had to carefully consider what key features we needed to include in order for our audience to understand who we are presenting. Therefore, we curled Danielle's hair in order to replicate Goldilock's hair so that, along with the mise en scene, our audience will recognise this classic fairytale.

                         An aspect of the Goldilocks fairytale is the three bowls and therefore we have chosen to include this into our music video in order to have another association for our audience to recognise.

Shooting progress 3: Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood's costume is very distinctive and recognisable, therefore we had to include the infamous red hooded cape and the basket in order for our audience to understand which female protagonist we are portraying, thereby presenting what fairy-tale we are filming. We also took inspiration from the modern adaptation of the fairy-tale in which enabled us to see how the protagonist is represented to appeal to modern audiences in which will be of a similar age to our audiences. The red lipstick, as seen in both of the above, links to the lyrics thus conforming to Goodwin's Theory, by suggesting a "femme fatale" look which presents her as a warrior like in the song.

 We ensured that a lot of close-ups were featured in order to present certain aspects of the characters costume that makes her Little Red Riding Hood. We filmed shots of her hood, such as over the shoulder and extreme close-ups and we also used extreme close-ups of her basket and tracking shots. From this, our audience can clearly see what we are portraying.

In order to reflect the upbeat tune of the song that we are filming the music video for, we featured many shots of her skipping, which we will edit to feature close-up shots and over the shoulder shots, so that many angles are featured so as to entertain the audience by adding variety.



Shooting Progress 2: Hansel & Gretel

Costume:

The costume was a crucial aspect in portraying the characters of Hansel & Gretel so that our audience can clearly understand what is being shown. Therefore we incorporated features such as the braces and the hair accessories in order to make our characters look fairytale-like and much like the characters described in the fairytale.

 Camera Angles:

Being that the costume helped establish the characters being portrayed, we focused on close-up shots to present Hansel & Gretel for our audience to understand. For example, close-up shots of their faces and close-up shots of what they are holding.

Mise en Scene:

A main part of the fairytale of Hansel & Gretel is the gingerbread house, however, we are unable to edit a life-size one in the shot, or make one. Therefore we made a standard sized one and added a twist to the story where the house is actually little. This fits in with the theme of the song where Hansel & Gretel are bigger than the house both literally and metaphorically. They are the 'Warriors' who are able to defeat this point in the fairytale thus linking to Goodwin's Theory of connecting the music and lyrics to the visuals.

Whilst filming, I have also been taking photos that can be potentially used for our print productions. The gingerbread is a good prop that creates the fairytale theme we are looking for therefore making it a good image to use.