15. Mise-en-Scene: Casting, Location, Costume and Props of my Music Video

Casting: As explained in the synopsis of my video, I have decided to change the casting from what would be the band members to casting a real couple to play a couple on screen in order to give the video more of a narrative and meaning while at the same time as being fairly abstract in the way that it will just be shot as a 'day in the life' of this couple. The performance by the couple will be important in communicating the style of home movie, also communicating the theme of nostalgia, as well as the theme of love.

Props: I was not planning on including any props into my film as it is very candid and I want it to feel like it is being stripped bare without adding layers and layers on mise-en-scene so to speak.

Location: The location that I picked for my music video was the cliffs and seafront of Scarborough's North and South Bay. I chose this location because it is where I used to go as a child, so I knew the area for one but also it has sort of meaningful personal value to me and so does the song so I knew filming a 'day in the life' style of video here would fit and also motivate me because its what I want to do and where I want to film it. 

Costumes: The costumes for my music video will be typical modern indie rock, i.e. a lot of denim, black jeans, Vans shoes etc. The couple that we have chosen to cast in our music video already style themselves in the indie fashion so this makes it slightly easier in terms of costume as it will be their own clothes.  Below are examples of a male and a female modern indie rocker, this is the style that my music video's costume/aesthetic will be modeled around.
















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Cast List:

• Male in couple             Matty Laws
• Female in couple         Nellie Buttifant