Research and Planning

Research and planning for Our Music video

Maxwell – This woman works

Our music video (my partner and I) is going to be about a mother going through struggles being a single parent and not being able to cope. On top of that, she finds out she is suffering from cancer and she doesn’t have enough money to pay the bills because of this she finds it hard to give attention to her only son. Her son on the other hand is talented at dancing and shows how much he wants to make his mum proud. Throughout the music video you will realise the twist to the music video. Which is that the Artist who is going to be singing to the song is actually the son, the artist is singing in the past and realising the struggles his mum were facing. We have decided to use flash backs of the bad times which is about to in black and white and then begin the story with the good memories which will be in colour. Our music video will include a moral lesson which relates to anyone who is aged 18-40 and going through a tough time. The song reflects how hard the mother’s life is.

Location

We are going to be setting our music video in many different location, this includes in a flat, estate, park, garden, stage for the dance performance and hospital. We going to use an estate area to show that the family is from a lower class and this can relate to some viewers. We are going to use the park to show the fun memories with the mother and son. The garden would be used for the artist singing and the mother running, to show she’s gone. We have asked permission to use the hospital to shoot the mother walking to one of wards for people that have cancer. We thought this would be a great idea to shoot her walking towards the door so we can see her facial expression.

Costume

Characters: Artist, Mum, little boy, teenage boy and the little boys friends (dance performance)

Mum: Caribbean style (dull/bright colours)

·         Cardigan

·         Coat

·         Handbag

·         Slippers

·         Hair wrap

·         Earrings

·         Work wear

·         White dress ( garden)

Little boy (bright colours)

·         School uniform

·         T-shirt

·         Jeans

·         Trainers

·         School bag

Man

·         Jeans

·         White T-shirt

·         Trainers

Little boy friend’s (bright colour)

·         T-shirt

·         Jeans

·         Trainers

·         Jumpers

Audience for the dance performance

·         Casual wear

Props

I and my partner have decided to use some symbolic objects which will show you how the artist is feeling and express what is happening in the music video.

·         Frame

·         Weave

·         Chain

·         Flowers

·         Ultrasound