Mise-en-scene

Our ideas that are shown in the mind map above has been developed from some inspiration from the other Ellie Goulding music videos. The lyrics from the opening stanza in the track, the ideas will contribute to the narrative that will be told throughout the music video, as the video will be conveyed as a journey. The journey in the video is seem more realistic as we chose to use natural locations, which are wide open spaces, we have chose to use Seaford, Eastbourne Beach, Beachy Head and some woods in Polegate. Therefore the effect of these locations will make the main character seem far away from home. Also we have incorporated a few urban areas as well where the main character's journey will carry on , to show that she is getting to the end of the journey and a clue to being closer to home, so the urban areas, would be a town centre, and a possibility of a supermarket, like Tesco's. The other main settings, would be in the character's bedroom specifically focusing on the bed.

In the opening scenes of the video we will use some establishing shots to show the audience that the setting is very surreal and dream like. In those shots, we need to have some focus on the clouds, as they are symbolic of dreams and will notify the audience that the character will be in a dream throughout the video. The costumes should be quite simple to provide for the characters in the video. As Jess has been cast to play Ellie Goulding in some parts of the video. Ellie Goulding is known to shop at Topshop and few other high street retailers, and Jess has the same jumper as Ellie already so we will have to look into more detail into what she wears normally in her videos, and we will try to adapted the costumes as best we can. Some of the extras in the background will be wearing pyjamas, so this will be easy to get hold of and they should wear any other sleep related clothing.

From looking at the previous videos that Ellie Goulding has made we are not going to be using many props. Although some musical instruments will be incorporated to be used by the main character. For the scenes that take place in the woods, a comfort element, will be added to make the scenes seem quirky and surreal for the main character. A few blankets and cushions will be layed down near a tree, on a blanket, to make it seem natural in the environment. A possibility of filming in the dark with a handheld light and candles for the light, so the effect could be quite dreamy.